diff --git a/model_service/app.py b/model_service/app.py
index 5960ae3..aaf9713 100644
--- a/model_service/app.py
+++ b/model_service/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.flask import FlaskIntegration
 from flask import Flask
@@ -13,34 +12,23 @@ from utils import register_all_error_handlers, storage
 # import views
 from views import SVMView, CNNView, RootView
 
-# Setup sentry
-SENTRY_DSN = os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN")
-if SENTRY_DSN:
+from config import Config
+
+if Config.SENTRY_DSN:
     sentry_sdk.init(
-        dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+        dsn=Config.SENTRY_DSN,
         integrations=[FlaskIntegration()],
         send_default_pii=True,
-        release=os.environ.get('RELEASE_ID', 'test'),
-        environment=os.environ.get('RELEASEMODE', 'dev')
+        release=Config.RELEASE_ID,
+        environment=Config.RELEASEMODE
     )
 
 # create flask app
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_proto=1)
-# configure flask app
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URI', "sqlite://")  # Default to memory db
-app.config['MINIO_ENDPOINT'] = os.environ['MINIO_ENDPOINT']
-app.config['MINIO_ACCESS_KEY'] = os.environ['MINIO_ACCESS_KEY']
-app.config['MINIO_SECRET_KEY'] = os.environ['MINIO_SECRET_KEY']
-app.config['MINIO_SVM_BUCKET_NAME'] = os.environ.get('MINIO_SVM_BUCKET_NAME', 'svm')
-app.config['MINIO_CNN_BUCKET_NAME'] = os.environ.get('MINIO_CNN_BUCKET_NAME', 'cnn')
-app.config['MINIO_SECURE'] = os.environ.get('MINIO_SECURE', False)
-app.config['MINIO_REGION'] = os.environ.get('MINIO_REGION', None)
 
-# important stuff
-app.secret_key = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', os.urandom(12))
-# disable this for better performance
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+# load config
+app.config.from_object(Config)
 
 # initialize stuff
 db.init_app(app)
@@ -62,3 +50,9 @@ for view in [SVMView, CNNView, RootView]:
 # start debuggig if needed
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(debug=True)
+else:
+    import logging
+
+    gunicorn_logger = logging.getLogger('gunicorn.error')
+    app.logger.handlers = gunicorn_logger.handlers
+    app.logger.setLevel(gunicorn_logger.level)
diff --git a/model_service/config.py b/model_service/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..001352d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_service/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+
+class Config:
+    # sentry stuff
+    SENTRY_DSN = os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN")
+    RELEASE_ID = os.environ.get("RELEASE_ID", "test")
+    RELEASEMODE = os.environ.get("RELEASEMODE", "dev")
+
+    # configure flask app
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URI', "sqlite://")  # Default to memory db
+    MINIO_ENDPOINT = os.environ['MINIO_ENDPOINT']
+    MINIO_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ['MINIO_ACCESS_KEY']
+    MINIO_SECRET_KEY = os.environ['MINIO_SECRET_KEY']
+    MINIO_SVM_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get('MINIO_SVM_BUCKET_NAME', 'svm')
+    MINIO_CNN_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get('MINIO_CNN_BUCKET_NAME', 'cnn')
+    MINIO_SECURE = os.environ.get('MINIO_SECURE', False)
+    MINIO_REGION = os.environ.get('MINIO_REGION', None)
+
+    # important stuff
+    SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', os.urandom(12))
+    # disable this for better performance
+    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False