diff --git a/thelounge/config.yaml b/thelounge/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0cf564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thelounge/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: thelounge-config
+  namespace: irc
+data:
+  config.js: |
+    module.exports = {
+      public: false,
+      reverseProxy: true,
+      port: 9000,
+
+      messageStorage: ["sqlite"],
+      storagePolicy: {
+        enabled: true,
+        maxAgeDays: 365,
+        deletionPolicy: "statusOnly",
+      },
+
+      ldap: {
+        enable: true,
+        url: "ldap://ak-outpost-ldap-outpost.auth.svc.cluster.local",
+        primaryKey: "cn",
+        baseDN: "ou=users,dc=farh,dc=net",
+      },
+    };
diff --git a/thelounge/kustomization.yaml b/thelounge/kustomization.yaml
index adce6b4..902b09c 100644
--- a/thelounge/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/thelounge/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ resources:
   - service.yaml
   - httproute.yaml
   - authorizationpolicy.yaml
+  - config.yaml
diff --git a/thelounge/statefulset.yaml b/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
index 724f1ce..59b0d2e 100644
--- a/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config
               mountPath: /var/opt/thelounge
+            - name: thelounge-config
+              mountPath: /var/opt/thelounge/config.js
+              subPath: config.js
+              readOnly: true
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "100m"
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ spec:
             periodSeconds: 5
             timeoutSeconds: 1
             failureThreshold: 3
+      volumes:
+        - name: thelounge-config
+          configMap:
+            name: thelounge-config
   volumeClaimTemplates:
     - metadata:
         name: config