diff --git a/scholia/config.py b/scholia/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3c00e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scholia/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""config.
+
+Usage:
+  scholia.config
+
+"""
+
+import configparser
+
+from io import StringIO
+
+from os.path import exists, expanduser
+
+
+CONFIG_FILENAMES = [
+    'scholia.ini',
+    '~/etc/scholia.ini',
+    '~/scholia.ini']
+
+DEFAULTS = """
+[query-server]
+sparql_endpoint = https://query.wikidata.org/sparql
+
+[requests]
+user_agent = Scholia
+
+"""
+
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+config.read_file(StringIO(DEFAULTS))
+
+for filename in CONFIG_FILENAMES:
+    full_filename = expanduser(filename)
+    if exists(full_filename):
+        config.read(full_filename)
+        break
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    for section in config.sections():
+        print(f"[{section}]")
+        for key in config[section]:
+            print(f"{key} = {config[section].get(key)}")
+        print()
diff --git a/scholia/network.py b/scholia/network.py
index 22a13acc..ef78257f 100644
--- a/scholia/network.py
+++ b/scholia/network.py
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from .query import SPARQL_ENDPOINT
+from .config import config
 
 import requests
 
 
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
 EXAMPLE_SPARQL_QUERY = """
 SELECT ?item1 ?item1Label ?item2 ?item2Label ?weight
 WITH {
diff --git a/scholia/query.py b/scholia/query.py
index 898c27db..cfdecef1 100644
--- a/scholia/query.py
+++ b/scholia/query.py
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@
 
 from six import u
 
-SPARQL_ENDPOINT = "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql"
+from .config import config
 
-USER_AGENT = 'Scholia'
+
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
+USER_AGENT = config['requests'].get('user_agent')
 
 HEADERS = {'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
 
diff --git a/scholia/rss.py b/scholia/rss.py
index 5dee6569..7705cc09 100644
--- a/scholia/rss.py
+++ b/scholia/rss.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 
 from six import u
 
-from .query import SPARQL_ENDPOINT
+from .config import config
+
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
 
 
 WORK_ITEM_RSS = u("""
diff --git a/scholia/scrape/ceurws.py b/scholia/scrape/ceurws.py
index cbd9fd18..1eeb3b0e 100644
--- a/scholia/scrape/ceurws.py
+++ b/scholia/scrape/ceurws.py
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from ..config import config
 from ..qs import paper_to_quickstatements, proceedings_to_quickstatements
-from ..query import iso639_to_q, SPARQL_ENDPOINT as WDQS_URL
+from ..query import iso639_to_q
 from ..utils import escape_string, pages_to_number_of_pages
 
 
-USER_AGENT = 'Scholia'
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
+USER_AGENT = config['requests'].get('user_agent')
 
 HEADERS = {'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
 
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ def paper_to_q(paper):
         query = SHORT_TITLED_PAPER_TO_Q_QUERY.format(
             url=url)
 
-    response = requests.get(WDQS_URL,
+    response = requests.get(SPARQL_ENDPOINT,
                             params={'query': query, 'format': 'json'},
                             headers=HEADERS)
     if not response.ok:
diff --git a/scholia/scrape/nips.py b/scholia/scrape/nips.py
index 229cc942..8de35f72 100644
--- a/scholia/scrape/nips.py
+++ b/scholia/scrape/nips.py
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from ..config import config
 from ..qs import paper_to_quickstatements
 from ..utils import escape_string
-from ..query import SPARQL_ENDPOINT as WDQS_URL
+
+
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
+USER_AGENT = config['requests'].get('user_agent')
 
 PAPER_TO_Q_QUERY = u("""
 SELECT ?paper WHERE {{
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@
 
 URL_BASE = "https://papers.nips.cc"
 
-USER_AGENT = "Scholia"
 
 # Year should be the nominal year, - not the year of publication
 YEAR_TO_Q = {
@@ -146,9 +150,9 @@ def paper_to_q(paper):
         label=title, title=title,
         url=paper['url'], full_text_url=paper['full_text_url'])
 
-    response = requests.get(
-        WDQS_URL, params={'query': query, 'format': 'json'},
-        headers={'User-Agent': USER_AGENT})
+    response = requests.get(SPARQL_ENDPOINT,
+                            params={'query': query, 'format': 'json'},
+                            headers={'User-Agent': USER_AGENT})
     if not response.ok:
         raise Exception("Wikidata API response error: {}".format(
             response.status_code))
diff --git a/scholia/scrape/ojs.py b/scholia/scrape/ojs.py
index 4b5ea894..e31911da 100644
--- a/scholia/scrape/ojs.py
+++ b/scholia/scrape/ojs.py
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from ..config import config
 from ..qs import paper_to_quickstatements
-from ..query import iso639_to_q, issn_to_qs, SPARQL_ENDPOINT as WDQS_URL
+from ..query import iso639_to_q, issn_to_qs
 from ..utils import escape_string, pages_to_number_of_pages
 
 
-USER_AGENT = 'Scholia'
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
+USER_AGENT = config['requests'].get('user_agent')
 
 HEADERS = {'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
 
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ def paper_to_q(paper):
         query = SHORT_TITLED_PAPER_TO_Q_QUERY.format(
             url=paper['url'])
 
-    response = requests.get(WDQS_URL,
+    response = requests.get(SPARQL_ENDPOINT,
                             params={'query': query, 'format': 'json'},
                             headers=HEADERS)
     data = response.json()['results']['bindings']
diff --git a/scholia/text.py b/scholia/text.py
index 659257be..aecf4b5a 100644
--- a/scholia/text.py
+++ b/scholia/text.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 from six.moves import cPickle as pickle
 
-from .query import SPARQL_ENDPOINT
+from .config import config
 
 import re
 
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 import requests
 
 
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
+
 TOPIC_LABELS_SPARQL = """
 SELECT ?topic ?topic_label
 WITH {
diff --git a/scholia/wikipedia.py b/scholia/wikipedia.py
index 6f77dff7..a0386bf1 100644
--- a/scholia/wikipedia.py
+++ b/scholia/wikipedia.py
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
 
 from six import b, u
 
-from .query import SPARQL_ENDPOINT
+from .config import config
+
+
+SPARQL_ENDPOINT = config['query-server'].get('sparql_endpoint')
 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY_SPARQL_QUERY = """