diff --git a/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxExceptions.py b/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxExceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..652f25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxExceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"""
+exceptions of the cryptobox package
+"""
+
+
+class CryptoBoxError(Exception):
+	"""base class for exceptions of the cryptobox"""
+	pass
+
+
+class CBConfigError(CryptoBoxError):
+	"""any kind of error related to the configuration of a cryptobox"""
+	pass
+
+
+class CBConfigUnavailableError(CBConfigError):
+	"""config file/input was not available at all"""
+	
+	def __init__(self, source=None):
+		self.source = source
+	
+	def __str__(self):
+		if self.source:
+			return "failed to access the configuration of the cryptobox: %s" % self.source
+		else:
+			return "failed to access the configuration of the cryptobox"
+
+
+class CBConfigUndefinedError(CBConfigError):
+	"""a specific configuration setting was not defined"""
+
+	def __init__(self, section, name=None):
+		self.section = section
+		self.name = name
+	
+	def __str__(self):
+		# is it a settings or a section?
+		if self.name:
+			# setting
+			return "undefined configuration setting: [%s]->%s - please check your configuration file" % (self.section, self.name)
+		else:
+			# section
+			return "undefined configuration section: [%s] - please check your configuration file" % (self.section, )
+			
+
+
+class CBConfigInvalidValueError(CBConfigError):
+	"""a configuration setting was invalid somehow"""
+
+	def __init__(self, section, name, value, reason):
+		self.section = section
+		self.name = name
+		self.value = value
+		self.reason = reason
+	
+	def __str__(self):
+		return "invalid configuration setting [%s]->%s (%s): %s" % (self.section, self.name, self.value, self.reason)
+
+
+class CBEnvironmentError(CryptoBoxError):
+	"""some part of the environment of the cryptobox is broken
+	e.g. the wrong version of a required program
+	"""
+
+	def __init__(self, desc):
+		self.desc = desc
+
+	def __str__(self):
+		return "misconfiguration detected: %s" % self.desc
+
+
diff --git a/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxWebserver.py b/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxWebserver.py
index 6d07822..eea7ce5 100755
--- a/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxWebserver.py
+++ b/pythonrewrite/bin2/CryptoBoxWebserver.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class CryptoBoxWebserver:
 		#perhaps put config handling into a seperate class in CryptoBox.py?
 		# [l] why do we need to map the css manually? Shouldn't the whole
 		# www-data path be accessible anyway?
+		'''
 		cherrypy.config.configMap.update(
 			{ 
 			"/cryptobox.css": { 
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ class CryptoBoxWebserver:
 					"staticFilter.file": os.path.abspath("../www-data/cryptobox.css" )
 				}
 		})
+		'''
 		
 	def start(self):
+		cherrypy.config.update(file = "cryptoboxwebserver.conf")
 		cherrypy.server.start()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pythonrewrite/bin2/cryptoboxwebserver.conf b/pythonrewrite/bin2/cryptoboxwebserver.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9219f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonrewrite/bin2/cryptoboxwebserver.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[global] 
+server.socketPort = 8080
+#server.environment = "production"
+server.environment = "development"
+server.logToScreen = True
+server.threadPool = 1
+server.reverseDNS = False
+server.logFile = "cryptoboxwebserver.log"
+
+[/favicon.ico]
+static_filter.on = True
+static_filter.file = "/var/www/cryptobox/favicon.ico"
+
+[/cryptobox.css]
+static_filter.on = True
+static_filter.file = "/var/www/cryptobox/cryptobox.css"
+