diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.yml b/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f920cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+orchestrator:
+  host: OR_HOST
+  port: OR_PORT
diff --git a/config/default.yml b/config/default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5671616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+orchestrator:
+  host: localhost
+  port: 3030
diff --git a/services/orchestrator/README.adoc b/services/orchestrator/README.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bcd501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/orchestrator/README.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+= Otto Orchestrator
+
+The Otto Orchestration service is responsible for provisioning agents to do their
+necessary work.
diff --git a/services/orchestrator/src/index.ts b/services/orchestrator/src/index.ts
index 69a6ffc..21813a8 100644
--- a/services/orchestrator/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/orchestrator/src/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,20 @@ require('module-alias/register');
 import logger from '@otto/logger';
 import { serveApp } from '@otto/server'
 
+import feathers from '@feathersjs/feathers';
+import configuration from '@feathersjs/configuration';
+import express from '@feathersjs/express';
+
 logger.info('Starting orchestrator');
+
+const app = express(feathers());
+
+// We need to fish out the orchestrator specific settings
+const settings = configuration()(app);
+app.configure((app) => {
+  Object.keys(settings['orchestrator']).forEach((key) => {
+    app.set(key, settings['orchestrator'][key]);
+  });
+});
+
+serveApp(app);