diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e43951d..c6ec0cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ config = {
 	"server_host": "127.0.0.1", 
 	"server_port": "3333",
 	"server_path": "login_callback",
+
+	# preferences
+	"days_of_history": 1,
+	"log_level": "INFO"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b7ecae9..1e902b9 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
-#logger.setLevel('DEBUG')
-logger.setLevel('INFO')
-#logger.setLevel('WARN')
-#logger.setLevel('ERROR')
-#logger.setLevel('CRITICAL')
 
 from EagleEyev3 import *
 from settings import config
@@ -33,6 +28,26 @@ SESSION_TYPE = 'filesystem'
 app.config.from_object(__name__)
 Session(app)
 
+
+# check if it could pull in a config object from settings.py
+if config:
+    # start checking for keys in config object and set sensible defaults
+    if 'days_of_history' in config:
+        DAYS_OF_HISTORY = config['days_of_history']
+    else:
+        # fallback to a sane default
+        DAYS_OF_HISTORY = 1
+else:
+    if 'log_level' in config:
+        logger.setLevel(config['log_level'])
+    else:
+        logging.setLevel(config['INFO'])
+
+
+
+
+
+
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
 
@@ -161,7 +176,8 @@ def camera_detail(esn=None):
     camera = een.get_camera_by_id(esn)
     now = een.time_now()
 
-    for i in tqdm(range(0,4)):
+    # because of API limitation, can only query 6 hours max
+    for i in tqdm(range(0, DAYS_OF_HISTORY * 4)):
         camera.get_list_of_events(end_timestamp=een.time_before(ts=now, hours=6*i), \
                                 start_timestamp=een.time_before(ts=now, hours=6*(i+1)))