diff --git a/bird/bird.go b/bird/bird.go
index b737344..85a9d6a 100644
--- a/bird/bird.go
+++ b/bird/bird.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var BirdCmd string
+var Conf BirdConfig
 
 var Cache = struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func toCache(key string, val Parsed) {
 func Run(args string) ([]byte, error) {
 	args = "show " + args
 	argsList := strings.Split(args, " ")
-	return exec.Command(BirdCmd, argsList...).Output()
+	return exec.Command(Conf.BirdCmd, argsList...).Output()
 }
 
 func RunAndParse(cmd string, parser func([]byte) Parsed) (Parsed, bool) {
diff --git a/bird/config.go b/bird/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c84802b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bird/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package bird
+
+// Birdwatcher Birdc Configuration
+
+type StatusConfig struct {
+	ReconfigTimestampSource string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_source"`
+	ReconfigTimestampMatch  string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_match"`
+
+	FilteredFields []string `toml:"filtered_fields"`
+}
+
+type BirdConfig struct {
+	Listen         string
+	ConfigFilename string `toml:"config"`
+	BirdCmd        string `toml:"birdc"`
+}
diff --git a/birdwatcher.go b/birdwatcher.go
index 339fb1b..e5a9621 100644
--- a/birdwatcher.go
+++ b/birdwatcher.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ecix/birdwatcher/bird"
 	"github.com/ecix/birdwatcher/endpoints"
+
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func makeRouter() *httprouter.Router {
 
 // Print service information like, listen address,
 // access restrictions and configuration flags
-func PrintServiceInfo(conf *Config, birdConf BirdConfig) {
+func PrintServiceInfo(conf *Config, birdConf bird.BirdConfig) {
 	// General Info
 	log.Println("Starting Birdwatcher")
 	log.Println("     Using:", birdConf.BirdCmd)
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func main() {
 	PrintServiceInfo(conf, birdConf)
 
 	// Configure client
-	bird.BirdCmd = birdConf.BirdCmd
+	bird.Conf = birdConf
 
 	// Make server
 	r := makeRouter()
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index fea2b6f..d8a82b4 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -6,32 +6,22 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
+
+	"github.com/ecix/birdwatcher/bird"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
 	Server ServerConfig
-	Status StatusConfig
-	Bird   BirdConfig
-	Bird6  BirdConfig
+
+	Status bird.StatusConfig
+	Bird   bird.BirdConfig
+	Bird6  bird.BirdConfig
 }
 
 type ServerConfig struct {
 	AllowFrom []string `toml:"allow_from"`
 }
 
-type StatusConfig struct {
-	ReconfigTimestampSource string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_source"`
-	ReconfigTimestampMatch  string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_match"`
-
-	FilteredFields []string `toml:"filtered_fields"`
-}
-
-type BirdConfig struct {
-	Listen         string
-	ConfigFilename string `toml:"config"`
-	BirdCmd        string `toml:"birdc"`
-}
-
 // Try to load configfiles as specified in the files
 // list. For example:
 //