diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b84dbd8e4e..4feb3418f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-1. `$ npm install`
+First step is to obtain all of the dependencies requires by node-forum:
 
-2. `node app`
+    $ npm install
+
+Next, we install redis. If you have redis installed, you can skip this step.
+
+    # apt-get install redis
+
+Lastly, we run the forum.
+
+    $ node app
 
 ## Config
 
@@ -20,4 +28,15 @@ node-forum is pre-configured to run on port 4567, with default options defined i
 		<td><b>port</b></td>
 		<td><i>(Default: 4567)</i> The default port that node-forum runs on</td>
 	</tr>
+	<tr>
+		<td><b>mailer</b></td>
+		<td>
+			<i>(Default: {<br />
+				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;host: 'localhost',<br />
+				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;port: '25',<br />
+				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from: 'mailer@localhost.lan'<br />
+			})</i><br />
+			Settings for the outgoing mailer (for emails involving user registration/password resets)
+		</td>
+	</tr>
 </table>
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diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 5edb9eb8d1..ac009fe563 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 var config = {
-	"port": 4567
+	"port": 4567,
+	"mailer": {
+		host: 'localhost',
+		port: '25',
+		from: 'mailer@localhost.lan'
+	}
 }
 
 module.exports = config;
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diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 92ed61b7a4..d0b1e2ef0c 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -3,22 +3,16 @@ var express = require('express'),
     config = require('../config.js'),
     WebServer = express();
 
-
 (function(app) {
 	var templates = global.templates;
 
 	app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
 		var body = 'testing';
-		res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-		res.setHeader('Content-Length', body.length);
-		res.end(body);
+		res.send(body);
 	});
 	app.get('/', function(req, res) {
 		console.log(templates['header']);
-		var body = templates['header'] + templates['home'] + templates['footer'];
-		res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-		res.setHeader('Content-Length', body.length);
-		res.end(body);
+		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['home'] + templates['footer']);
 	});
 
 	app.get('/login', function(req, res) {
@@ -30,10 +24,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 
 	app.get('/register', function(req, res) {
-		var body = templates['header'] + templates['register'] + templates['footer'];
-		res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-		res.setHeader('Content-Length', body.length);
-		res.end(body);
+		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['register'] + templates['footer']);
 	});
 
 	module.exports.init = function() {
@@ -45,11 +36,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 			app.use(express.logger({ format: '\x1b[1m:method\x1b[0m \x1b[33m:url\x1b[0m :response-time ms' }));
 			app.use(express.methodOverride());
 			app.use(express.static(global.configuration.ROOT_DIRECTORY + '/public')); 
-			app.set('mailOptions', {
-				host: 'localhost',
-				port: '25',
-				from: 'admin@198.199.80.41'
-			});
+			app.set('mailOptions', config.mailer);
 		});
 		
 		app.listen(config.port);