diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
index c43db3dc8..b3be92a0f 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
 
             var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
             builder.AddInMemoryCollection(runtimeDictionary);
+            builder.AddJsonFile(Path.Combine(configurationService.GetAppDataFolder(), "appsettings.json"), optional: true);
 
             Configuration = builder.Build();
 
@@ -179,11 +180,11 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
 
         public static IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder(string[] args, string[] urls, string contentRoot) =>
             WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
-                .UseConfiguration(Configuration)
                 .UseContentRoot(contentRoot)
                 .UseWebRoot(contentRoot)
                 .UseUrls(urls)
                 .PreferHostingUrls(true)
+                .UseConfiguration(Configuration)
                 .UseStartup<Startup>()
                 .UseNLog();
     }
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.Development.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fa8ce71a9..000000000
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.Development.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "IncludeScopes": false,
-    "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Debug",
-      "System": "Information",
-      "Microsoft": "Information"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.json b/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 26bb0ac7a..000000000
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "IncludeScopes": false,
-    "Debug": {
-      "LogLevel": {
-        "Default": "Warning"
-      }
-    },
-    "Console": {
-      "LogLevel": {
-        "Default": "Warning"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
index fb196c48d..997bbed0a 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Updater
                 "Definitions/torrentwtf.yml",
                 "Definitions/eotforum.yml",
                 "Definitions/nexttorrent.yml",
+                "appsettings.Development.json",
+                "appsettings.json",
             };
 
             foreach (var oldFile in oldFiles)