diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e9de22..ef77957 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ install: sslh $(MAN)
 install-debian: install sslh $(MAN)
 	sed -e "s+^PREFIX=+PREFIX=$(PREFIX)+" scripts/etc.init.d.sslh > /etc/init.d/sslh
 	chmod 755 /etc/init.d/sslh
-	cp scripts/etc.default.sslh /etc/default/sslh
 	update-rc.d sslh defaults
 
 uninstall:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a97760a..7000160 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ Installation
 
 		make
 		cp sslh-fork /usr/local/sbin/sslh
-		cp scripts/etc.default.sslh /etc/default/sslh
+		cp basic.cfg /etc/sslh.cfg
+                vi /etc/sslh.cfg
 
 * For Debian:
 
@@ -113,14 +114,12 @@ start automatically at boot-up, e.g. under Debian:
 Configuration
 =============
 
-You can edit settings in /etc/default/sslh:
-
-	LISTEN=ifname:443
-	SSH=localhost:22
-	SSL=localhost:443
+If you use the scripts provided, sslh will get its
+configuration from /etc/sslh.cfg. Please refer to
+example.cfg for an overview of all the settings.
 
 A good scheme is to use the external name of the machine in
-`$LISTEN`, and bind `httpd` to `localhost:443` (instead of all
+`listen`, and bind `httpd` to `localhost:443` (instead of all
 binding to all interfaces): that way, HTTPS connections
 coming from inside your network don't need to go through
 `sslh`, and `sslh` is only there as a frontal for connections
diff --git a/scripts/etc.default.sslh b/scripts/etc.default.sslh
deleted file mode 100755
index 50894b9..0000000
--- a/scripts/etc.default.sslh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-LISTEN=ifname:443
-SSH=localhost:22
-SSL=localhost:443
-USER=nobody
-PID=/var/run/sslh.pid
diff --git a/scripts/etc.init.d.sslh b/scripts/etc.init.d.sslh
index 5cb89f9..54aa0d1 100755
--- a/scripts/etc.init.d.sslh
+++ b/scripts/etc.init.d.sslh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DAEMON=$PREFIX/sbin/sslh
 start()
 {
         echo "Start services: sslh"
-        $DAEMON --user ${USER} --pidfile ${PID} --listen ${LISTEN} --ssh ${SSH} --ssl ${SSL}
+        $DAEMON -F /etc/sslh.cfg
         logger -t ${tag} -p ${facility} -i 'Started sslh'
 }