diff --git a/stream/config.json b/stream/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0812e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "FFMPEG_PATH": "",
+  "STREAM_URL": "rtmp://localhost/live/opensourceradio",
+
+  "FONT_SIZE": "10",
+  "FONT_COLOR": "#FFFFFF",
+  "FONT_BORDER": "#000000",
+
+  "VIDEO_WIDTH": "1280",
+  "VIDEO_HEIGHT": "720",
+  "VIDEO_CODEC": "libx264",
+  "VIDEO_BIT_RATE": "2500k",
+
+  "AUDIO_BIT_RATE": "128k",
+  "AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE": "44100",
+  "AUDIO_CODEC": "aac",
+
+  "NUM_THREADS": "2",
+  "PRESET": "superfast",
+  "CRF": "28",
+  "BUFFER_SIZE": "2500k",
+  "FRAMES_PER_SECOND": "24",
+
+  "OVERLAY_TITLE": "opensourceradio"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stream/index.js b/stream/index.js
index 0bd8496..7e0f218 100644
--- a/stream/index.js
+++ b/stream/index.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ const musicMetadata = require('music-metadata');
 
 const stream = require('./src/stream');
 const { findCurrentSchedule } = require('./src/schedule');
-const { printMetadata, printHeader, getNextSong, printSchedule, writeAppState, loadAppState } = require('./src/utils');
+const { printMetadata, printHeader, getNextSong, printSchedule, writeAppState, loadAppState, getConfig } = require('./src/utils');
+
 const videoPath = `${__dirname}/assets/video/dock.mp4`;
 const audioPath = `${__dirname}/assets/audio/`;
-const STREAM_URL = 'rtmp://localhost/live/opensourceradio';
+const { STREAM_URL } = getConfig();
 
 const appState = {
   currentSchedule: null,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const playSong = () => {
     .then(metadata => {
       printMetadata(metadata);
       return stream(STREAM_URL, videoPath, currentAudioPath, metadata)
-    });
+    }).catch(onSongError);
 }
 
 const onSongFinished = msg => {
@@ -50,13 +51,14 @@ const onSongFinished = msg => {
 
 const onSongError = err => {
   console.log(chalk.red('ffmpeg stream error:'), err);
+  console.log('Quitting process...');
+  process.exit(-1);
 
-
+  //WRITE STATE TO FILE?
   const writeState = Object.create({}, appState);
   writeState.lastSongPlayed = getNextSong(writeState.playlist, writeState.lastSongPlayed);
   writeState.songCount++;
-  
-  //WRITE STATE TO FILE?
+
   writeAppState(writeState)
   .then(() => {
     process.exit(-1);
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ const radioInterval = () => {
 
 console.log(chalk.magenta(`Welcome to opensource radio. 📻`));
 console.log(chalk.magenta('Starting server...'))
+
 loadAppState()
   .then(state => {
     console.log(chalk.blue('Loaded app state from file.'));
diff --git a/stream/src/stream/index.js b/stream/src/stream/index.js
index f4ae29e..90c6475 100644
--- a/stream/src/stream/index.js
+++ b/stream/src/stream/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ const ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
 const progress = require('cli-progress');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 
-const { printFfmpegHeader } = require('../utils');
+const { printFfmpegHeader, getConfig } = require('../utils');
 const addOptions = require('./options');
 const addFilters = require('./filters');
 
+const { FFMPEG_PATH } = getConfig();
+
+if(FFMPEG_PATH && FFMPEG_PATH !== "") {
+  console.log(chalk.magenta('Setting custom ffmpeg path: ', FFMPEG_PATH));
+  ffmpeg.setFfmpegPath(FFMPEG_PATH);
+}
+
 const makeProgressBar = () => {
   return new progress.Bar({ format: 'Audio Progress {bar} {percentage}% | Time Playing: {duration_formatted} |' }, progress.Presets.shades_classic);
 }
diff --git a/stream/src/stream/options.js b/stream/src/stream/options.js
index b98e794..5dfe15a 100644
--- a/stream/src/stream/options.js
+++ b/stream/src/stream/options.js
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-const WIDTH = 1280;
-const HEIGHT = 720;
+const { getConfig } = require('../utils');
 
-const VIDEO_CODEC = 'libx264';
-const VIDEO_BIT_RATE = '2500k';
-const AUDIO_BIT_RATE = '128k';
+const {
+  VIDEO_WIDTH,
+  VIDEO_HEIGHT,
+  VIDEO_CODEC,
+  VIDEO_BIT_RATE,
 
-const AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE= '44100';
-const AUDIO_CODEC = 'aac'
+  AUDIO_BIT_RATE,
+  AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE,
+  AUDIO_CODEC,
 
-const NUM_THREADS = '2';
-const PRESET = 'superfast';
-const CRF = '28';
-const BUFFER_SIZE = '2500k';
-const FRAMES_PER_SECOND = '24';
+  NUM_THREADS,
+  PRESET,
+  CRF,
+  BUFFER_SIZE,
+  FRAMES_PER_SECOND
+} = getConfig();
 
 const addOptions = (metadata) => {
   
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ const addOptions = (metadata) => {
     `-pix_fmt yuv420p`
   ];
 
-  outputOptions.push(`-s ${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT}`);
+  outputOptions.push(`-s ${VIDEO_WIDTH}x${VIDEO_HEIGHT}`);
 
   outputOptions.push(`-b:v ${VIDEO_BIT_RATE}`);
   outputOptions.push(`-minrate ${VIDEO_BIT_RATE}`);
diff --git a/stream/src/stream/overlay.js b/stream/src/stream/overlay.js
index a1f045f..325ca2a 100644
--- a/stream/src/stream/overlay.js
+++ b/stream/src/stream/overlay.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+const { getConfig } = require('../utils');
+
+const {
+  FONT_SIZE,
+  FONT_COLOR,
+  FONT_BORDER,
+  OVERLAY_TITLE
+} = getConfig();
+
 const FONT_PATH = `${process.cwd()}/assets/font/scp.ttf`;
-const FONT_SIZE = '10'
-const FONT_COLOR = '#FFFFFF';
-const FONT_BORDER = "#000000";
 const X_POSITION = 2;
 
 const sanitizeText = str => {
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ const addOverlay = metadata => {
   const overlayTextItems = [];
   let yPosition = 5;
 
-  overlayTextItems.push(createOverlayText('opensourceradio', X_POSITION, yPosition));
+  overlayTextItems.push(createOverlayText(OVERLAY_TITLE, X_POSITION, yPosition));
   yPosition += 8;
 
   if(common.artist) {
diff --git a/stream/src/utils.js b/stream/src/utils.js
index 94e6bdb..dc12d2a 100644
--- a/stream/src/utils.js
+++ b/stream/src/utils.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const moment = require('moment');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
-const getFullPath = name => { return `${__dirname}/../assets/audio/${name}`; }
-const pad = n => n < 10 ? `0${n}` : n;
+const getConfig = () => require('../config.json');
 
+const pad = n => n < 10 ? `0${n}` : n;
 const TIME_FORMAT = 'MMM DD YYYY hh:mm a';
 
 const printMetadata = metadata => {
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ function loadAppState() {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  getFullPath,
   printHeader,
   printMetadata,
   printSchedule,
@@ -101,4 +100,5 @@ module.exports = {
   writeAppState,
   loadAppState,
   TIME_FORMAT,
+  getConfig
 };