diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8bdc6426..bf2320a8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ gem "foreman"
 gem "colored"
 gem 'resque_mailer'
 gem 'tabs_on_rails'
+gem 'settingslogic'
 
 group :assets do
   gem "sass-rails",   "3.2.5"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 897f640d..e6a488f2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ GEM
       libwebsocket (~> 0.1.3)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rubyzip
+    settingslogic (2.0.8)
     shoulda-matchers (1.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     simplecov (0.6.4)
@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails (= 3.2.5)
   seed-fu
+  settingslogic
   shoulda-matchers
   simplecov
   six
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
index 087db6bb..8c7d6989 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ table {
   &.small { 
     @extend .btn-small;
   }
+
+  &.active { 
+    border-color:#aaa;
+    background-color:#ccc;
+  }
 }
 
 a:focus { 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index 4619cb01..4b123e4f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Admin::UsersController < ApplicationController
 
 
   def new
-    @admin_user = User.new(:projects_limit => GITLAB_OPTS["default_projects_limit"])
+    @admin_user = User.new(:projects_limit => Gitlab.config.default_projects_limit)
   end
 
   def edit
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 514e4661..de3f36c8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def web_app_url
-    "#{request_protocol}://#{GIT_HOST["host"]}/"
+    "#{request_protocol}://#{Gitlab.config.web_host}/"
   end
 
   def last_commit(project)
diff --git a/app/mailers/notify.rb b/app/mailers/notify.rb
index 05fd17b5..37b442bc 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notify.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notify.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ class Notify < ActionMailer::Base
   include Resque::Mailer
   add_template_helper ApplicationHelper
 
-  default_url_options[:host] = EMAIL_OPTS["host"]
-  default_url_options[:protocol] = -> { EMAIL_OPTS["protocol"] ? EMAIL_OPTS["protocol"] : "http" }.call
+  default_url_options[:host] = Gitlab.config.web_host
+  default_url_options[:protocol] = Gitlab.config.web_protocol
 
-  default from: EMAIL_OPTS["from"]
+  default from: Gitlab.config.email_from
 
   def new_user_email(user_id, password)
     @user = User.find(user_id)
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 9f51f4e4..7cbc8928 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def web_url
-    [GIT_HOST['host'], code].join("/")
+    [Gitlab.config.url, code].join("/")
   end
 
   def common_notes
diff --git a/app/roles/git_push.rb b/app/roles/git_push.rb
index d557ce4e..b4c59472 100644
--- a/app/roles/git_push.rb
+++ b/app/roles/git_push.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module GitPush
         id: commit.id,
         message: commit.safe_message,
         timestamp: commit.date.xmlschema,
-        url: "http://#{GIT_HOST['host']}/#{code}/commits/#{commit.id}",
+        url: "#{Gitlab.config.url}/#{code}/commits/#{commit.id}",
         author: {
           name: commit.author_name,
           email: commit.author_email
diff --git a/app/roles/repository.rb b/app/roles/repository.rb
index f61c7782..8d5b018d 100644
--- a/app/roles/repository.rb
+++ b/app/roles/repository.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module Repository
   end
 
   def path_to_repo
-    File.join(GIT_HOST["base_path"], "#{path}.git")
+    File.join(Gitlab.config.git_base_path, "#{path}.git")
   end
 
   def update_repository
@@ -141,4 +141,12 @@ module Repository
 
     file_path
   end
+
+  def ssh_url_to_repo
+    url_to_repo
+  end
+
+  def http_url_to_repo
+    http_url = [Gitlab.config.url, "/", path, ".git"].join()
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/projects/_form.html.haml b/app/views/admin/projects/_form.html.haml
index 822dc064..41c620a0 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/projects/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/projects/_form.html.haml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       Path
     .input
       .input-prepend
-        %span.add-on= "#{GIT_HOST["git_user"]}@#{GIT_HOST["host"]}:"
+        %span.add-on= Gitlab.config.ssh_path
         = f.text_field :path, :placeholder => "example_project", :disabled => !@admin_project.new_record?
   .clearfix
     = f.label :code do
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
index 36923bed..e057155b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_form.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         Git Clone
       .input
         .input-prepend
-          %span.add-on= "#{GIT_HOST["git_user"]}@#{GIT_HOST["host"]}:"
+          %span.add-on= Gitlab.config.ssh_path
           = f.text_field :path, :placeholder => "example_project", :disabled => !@project.new_record?
           %span.add-on= ".git"
     .clearfix
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
index e420f700..9f3bfa86 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         Git Clone
       .input
         .input-prepend
-          %span.add-on= "#{GIT_HOST["git_user"]}@#{GIT_HOST["host"]}:"
+          %span.add-on= Gitlab.config.ssh_path
           = f.text_field :path, :placeholder => "example_project", :disabled => !@project.new_record?
           %span.add-on= ".git"
     .clearfix
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
index 44f9053d..23a49873 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
   .row
     .span7
       .form-horizontal
-        .input-prepend
+        .input-prepend.project_clone_holder
+
           %span.add-on git clone
+          = link_to "SSH", "#", :class => "btn small active", :"data-clone" => @project.ssh_url_to_repo
+          = link_to "HTTP", "#", :class => "btn small", :"data-clone" => @project.http_url_to_repo
           = text_field_tag :project_clone, @project.url_to_repo, :class => "one_click_select span5"
     .span4.right
       .right
@@ -23,4 +26,12 @@
 = render "events/event_last_push", :event => @last_push
 .content_list= render @events
 
-
+:javascript 
+  $(function(){
+    var link_sel = ".project_clone_holder a";
+    $(link_sel).bind("click", function() { 
+      $(link_sel).removeClass("active");
+      $(this).addClass("active");
+      $("#project_clone").val($(this).attr("data-clone"));
+    })
+  })
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 74e841d2..12c28675 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -1,21 +1,37 @@
-# Gitlab application config file
+# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 
+# Gitlab application config file  #
+# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
+
+#
+# 1. Common settings
+# ==========================
+
+# Web application specific settings
+web:
+  host: localhost
+  port: 80
+  https: false
 
 # Email used for notification
 # about new issues, comments
 email:
-  from: notify@gitlabhq.com
-  host: gitlabhq.com
+  from: notify@localhost
 
-  # Protocol used for links in email letters
-  # Value can be http or https
-  protocol: http # or https
+# Application specific settings
+# Like default project limit for user etc
+app: 
+  default_projects_limit: 10 
+
+
+# 
+# 2. Advanced settings: 
+# ==========================
 
 # Git Hosting configuration
 git_host:
-  system: gitolite
   admin_uri: git@localhost:gitolite-admin
   base_path: /home/git/repositories/
-  host: localhost
+  # host: localhost
   git_user: git
   upload_pack: true
   receive_pack: true
@@ -31,7 +47,3 @@ git:
   git_max_size: 5242880 # 5.megabytes
   # Git timeout to read commit, in seconds
   git_timeout: 10
-
-# Gitlab settings
-gitlab:
-  default_projects_limit: 10
diff --git a/config/initializers/00_before_all.rb b/config/initializers/00_before_all.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 01498804..00000000
--- a/config/initializers/00_before_all.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-GIT_HOST = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["git_host"]
-EMAIL_OPTS = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["email"]
-GIT_OPTS = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["git"]
-GITLAB_OPTS = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["gitlab"]
diff --git a/config/initializers/0_before_all.rb b/config/initializers/0_before_all.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc0575ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/0_before_all.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GITLAB_OPTS = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["gitlab"]
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a71bfd25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+class Settings < Settingslogic
+  source "#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml"
+
+  class << self
+    def web_protocol
+      self.web['protocol'] ||= web.https ? "https://" : "http://"
+    end
+
+    def web_host 
+      self.web['host'] ||= 'localhost'
+    end
+
+    def email_from
+      self.email['from'] ||= "notify@" + web_host
+    end
+
+    def url 
+      self['url'] ||= build_url
+    end 
+
+    def build_url
+      raw_url = self.web_protocol
+      raw_url << web.host
+      raw_url << ":#{web.port}" if web.port.to_i != 80
+    end
+
+    def ssh_port
+      git_host['port'] || 22
+    end
+
+    def ssh_user
+      git_host['git_user'] || 'git'
+    end
+
+    def ssh_host
+      git_host['host'] || web_host || 'localhost'
+    end
+
+    def ssh_path
+      if ssh_port != 22
+        "ssh://#{ssh_user}@#{ssh_host}:#{ssh_port}/"
+      else
+        "#{ssh_user}@#{ssh_host}:"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def git_base_path
+      git_host['base_path'] || '/home/git/repositories/'
+    end
+
+    def git_upload_pack
+      if git_host['upload_pack'] == false
+        false
+      else
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def git_receive_pack
+      if git_host['receive_pack'] == false
+        false
+      else
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def git_bin_path
+      git['path'] || '/usr/bin/git'
+    end
+
+    def git_max_size
+      git['git_max_size'] || 5242880 # 5.megabytes
+    end
+
+    def git_timeout
+      git['git_timeout'] || 10
+    end
+
+    def gitolite_admin_uri
+      git['admin_uri'] || 'git@localhost:gitolite-admin'
+    end
+
+    def default_projects_limit
+      app['default_projects_limit'] || 10
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/gitlab/10_app.rb b/config/initializers/2_app.rb
similarity index 75%
rename from config/initializers/gitlab/10_app.rb
rename to config/initializers/2_app.rb
index f6314ff0..fc97960b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/gitlab/10_app.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/2_app.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 module Gitlab
   Version = File.read(Rails.root.join("VERSION"))
   Revision = `git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1`
+
+  def self.config
+    Settings 
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/gitlab/20_grit_ext.rb b/config/initializers/3_grit_ext.rb
similarity index 78%
rename from config/initializers/gitlab/20_grit_ext.rb
rename to config/initializers/3_grit_ext.rb
index ad8ea105..fd7e288a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/gitlab/20_grit_ext.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/3_grit_ext.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require 'grit'
 require 'pygments'
 
-Grit::Git.git_timeout = GIT_OPTS["git_timeout"]
-Grit::Git.git_max_size = GIT_OPTS["git_max_size"]
+Grit::Git.git_timeout = Gitlab.config.git_timeout
+Grit::Git.git_max_size = Gitlab.config.git_max_size
 
 Grit::Blob.class_eval do
   include Linguist::BlobHelper
diff --git a/config/initializers/gitlab/30_resque_queues.rb b/config/initializers/4_resque_queues.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from config/initializers/gitlab/30_resque_queues.rb
rename to config/initializers/4_resque_queues.rb
diff --git a/config/initializers/devise.rb b/config/initializers/devise.rb
index 78652bc2..cb1ae0ac 100644
--- a/config/initializers/devise.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/devise.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Devise.setup do |config|
   # ==> Mailer Configuration
   # Configure the e-mail address which will be shown in Devise::Mailer,
   # note that it will be overwritten if you use your own mailer class with default "from" parameter.
-  config.mailer_sender = EMAIL_OPTS["from"]
+  config.mailer_sender = Gitlab.config.email_from
 
   # Configure the class responsible to send e-mails.
   # config.mailer = "Devise::Mailer"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b87009b1..2514d681 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ Gitlab::Application.routes.draw do
 
   # Enable Grack support
   mount Grack::Bundle.new({
-    git_path: GIT_OPTS['path'],
-    project_root: GIT_HOST['base_path'],
-    upload_pack: GIT_HOST['upload_pack'],
-    receive_pack: GIT_HOST['receive_pack']
+    git_path:     Gitlab.config.git_bin_path,
+    project_root: Gitlab.config.git_base_path,
+    upload_pack:  Gitlab.config.git_upload_pack,
+    receive_pack: Gitlab.config.git_receive_pack
   }), at: '/:path', constraints: { path: /[\w-]+\.git/ }
 
   #
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git_host.rb b/lib/gitlab/git_host.rb
index 3d8d1747..76b2c7b1 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git_host.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git_host.rb
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def self.admin_uri
-      GIT_HOST["admin_uri"]
+      Gitlab.config.git_host.admin_uri
     end
 
     def self.url_to_repo(path)
-      if !GIT_HOST["port"] or GIT_HOST["port"] == 22
-        "#{GIT_HOST["git_user"]}@#{GIT_HOST["host"]}:#{path}.git"
-      else
-        "ssh://#{GIT_HOST["git_user"]}@#{GIT_HOST["host"]}:#{GIT_HOST["port"]}/#{path}.git"
-      end
+      Gitlab.config.ssh_path + "#{path}.git"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
index efb89165..7b80d4a8 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def configure
-      Timeout::timeout(20) do
+      Timeout::timeout(30) do
         File.open(File.join(Rails.root, 'tmp', "gitlabhq-gitolite.lock"), "w+") do |f|
           begin 
             f.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
index a02aef79..ac712234 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
     desc "GITLAB | Check gitlab installation status"
     task :status => :environment  do
       puts "Starting diagnostic"
+      git_base_path = Gitlab.config.git_base_path
 
       print "config/database.yml............"
       if File.exists?(File.join Rails.root, "config", "database.yml") 
@@ -20,17 +21,16 @@ namespace :gitlab do
         return
       end
 
-      GIT_HOST = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/gitlab.yml")["git_host"]
-      print "#{GIT_HOST['base_path']}............"
-      if File.exists?(GIT_HOST['base_path'])  
+      print "#{git_base_path}............"
+      if File.exists?(git_base_path)  
         puts "exists".green 
       else 
         puts "missing".red
         return
       end
 
-      print "#{GIT_HOST['base_path']} is writable?............"
-      if File.stat(GIT_HOST['base_path']).writable?
+      print "#{git_base_path} is writable?............"
+      if File.stat(git_base_path).writable?
         puts "YES".green 
       else
         puts "NO".red
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
 
       begin
-        `git clone #{GIT_HOST["admin_uri"]} /tmp/gitolite_gitlab_test`
+        `git clone #{Gitlab.config.gitolite_admin_uri} /tmp/gitolite_gitlab_test`
         FileUtils.rm_rf("/tmp/gitolite_gitlab_test")
         print "Can clone gitolite-admin?............"
         puts "YES".green 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
 
       print "UMASK for .gitolite.rc is 0007? ............"
-      unless open("#{GIT_HOST['base_path']}/../.gitolite.rc").grep(/REPO_UMASK = 0007/).empty?
+      unless open("#{git_base_path}/../.gitolite.rc").grep(/REPO_UMASK = 0007/).empty?
         puts "YES".green 
       else
         puts "NO".red
diff --git a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
index 31b211b6..aabb4334 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe Notify do
   include EmailSpec::Matchers
 
   before :all do
-    default_url_options[:host] = EMAIL_OPTS['host']
+    default_url_options[:host] = Gitlab.config.web_host
   end
 
   let(:recipient) { Factory.create(:user, :email => 'recipient@example.com') }
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index ab1baf0e..0c54ae01 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe Project do
 
   it "returns the full web URL for this repo" do
     project = Project.new(:code => "somewhere")
-    project.web_url.should == "#{GIT_HOST['host']}/somewhere"
+    project.web_url.should == "#{Gitlab.config.url}/somewhere"
   end
 
   describe :valid_repo? do