diff --git a/src/Jackett/Jackett.csproj b/src/Jackett/Jackett.csproj
index 2f71054f6..08e4c3b6a 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Jackett.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett/Jackett.csproj
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     <Compile Include="CookieContainerExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataUrl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ExceptionWithConfigData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpClientExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IndexerInterface.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IndexerManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Indexers\BitHdtv.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Program.cs b/src/Jackett/Program.cs
index b8a115d57..52c0d18d5 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using NLog;
+using Jackett.Indexers;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
 using NLog.Targets;
 using System;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ namespace Jackett
 
         public static bool IsWindows { get { return Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT; } }
 
+
+
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
             ExitEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
@@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ namespace Jackett
             LogManager.Configuration = logConfig;
             LoggerInstance = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
+            ReadSettingsFile();
+
             var serverTask = Task.Run(async () =>
             {
                 ServerInstance = new Server();
@@ -99,10 +105,32 @@ namespace Jackett
 
             Console.WriteLine("Running in headless mode.");
 
+
+
             Task.WaitAll(serverTask);
             Console.WriteLine("Server thread exit");
         }
 
+        static void ReadSettingsFile()
+        {
+            var path = Path.Combine(AppConfigDirectory, "config.json");
+            if (!File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                JObject f = new JObject();
+                f.Add("port", Server.DefaultPort);
+                f.Add("public", true);
+                File.WriteAllText(path, f.ToString());
+            }
+
+            var configJson = JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText(path));
+            int port = (int)configJson.GetValue("port");
+            Server.Port = port;
+
+            Server.ListenPublic = (bool)configJson.GetValue("public");
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Config file path: " + path);
+        }
+
         static public void RestartAsAdmin()
         {
             var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(Application.ExecutablePath.ToString()) { Verb = "runas" };
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Server.cs b/src/Jackett/Server.cs
index 28213dd2f..18934598c 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Server.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Server.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ namespace Jackett
 {
     public class Server
     {
-        public const int Port = 9117;
+        public const int DefaultPort = 9117;
+        public static int Port = DefaultPort;
+        public static bool ListenPublic = true;
 
         HttpListener listener;
         IndexerManager indexerManager;
@@ -55,7 +57,13 @@ namespace Jackett
             try
             {
                 listener = new HttpListener();
-                listener.Prefixes.Add("http://*:9117/");
+                listener.Prefixes.Add(string.Format("http://127.0.0.1:{0}/", Port));
+                listener.Prefixes.Add(string.Format("http://localhost:{0}/", Port));
+                if (ListenPublic)
+                {
+                    listener.Prefixes.Add(string.Format("http://*:{0}/", Port));
+                }
+
                 listener.Start();
             }
             catch (HttpListenerException ex)
@@ -88,6 +96,7 @@ namespace Jackett
             }
 
             Program.LoggerInstance.Info("Server started on port " + Port);
+            Program.LoggerInstance.Info("Accepting only requests from local system: " + (!ListenPublic));
 
             while (true)
             {