diff --git a/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml b/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml
index 637b0d5..7fd569e 100644
--- a/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ shinyproxy_app_name: shinyproxy.jar
 shinyproxy_user: shinyproxy
 shinyproxy_install_dir: /opt/shinyproxy
 shinyproxy_http_port: 8080
+
+shinyproxy_app_title: 'Open Analytics Shiny Proxy'
+shinyproxy_logo_url: 'http://www.openanalytics.eu/sites/www.openanalytics.eu/themes/oa/logo.png'
+shinyproxy_authentication: ldap
+shinyproxy_admin_group: ''
+shinyproxy_ldap_server: 'ldap://ldap.forumsys.com:389/dc=example,dc=com'
+shinyproxy_ldap_admin: cn=read-only-admin,dc=example,dc=com
+shinyproxy_ldap_admin_pwd: password
+shinyproxy_user_dn_pattern: 'uid={0}'
+shinyproxy_group_search_base: ''
+shinyproxy_group_search_filter: '(uniqueMember={0})'
diff --git a/shinyproxy/handlers/main.yml b/shinyproxy/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e3b523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shinyproxy/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+- name: Restart shinyproxy
+  service: name=shinyproxy state=restarted
diff --git a/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml b/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml
index 614f88a..b66a1f1 100644
--- a/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
       template: src=upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2 dest=/etc/init/shinyproxy.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
       when: is_trusty
 
+    - name: Install the shinyproxy configuration file
+      template: src=shinyproxy-conf.yml.j2 dest={{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}/application.yml owner=root group={{ shinyproxy_user }} mode=0640
+      notify: Restart shinyproxy
+      tags: [ 'shinyproxy', 'shinyproxy_conf' ]
+
     - name: Ensure that the shinyproxy service is enabled and running
       service: name=shinyproxy state=started enabled=yes
 
diff --git a/shinyproxy/templates/shinyproxy-conf.yml.j2 b/shinyproxy/templates/shinyproxy-conf.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc848c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shinyproxy/templates/shinyproxy-conf.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+shiny:
+  proxy:
+    title: {{ shinyproxy_app_title }}
+    logo-url: {{ shinyproxy_logo_url }}
+    landing-page: /
+    heartbeat-rate: 10000
+    heartbeat-timeout: 60000
+    port: 8080
+    authentication: {{ shinyproxy_authentication }}
+    admin-groups: {{ shinyproxy_admin_group }}
+    # LDAP configuration
+    ldap:
+      url: {{ shinyproxy_ldap_server }}
+      user-dn-pattern: {{ shinyproxy_user_dn_pattern }}
+      group-search-base: {{ shinyproxy_group_search_base }}
+      group-search-filter: {{ shinyproxy_group_search_filter }}
+      manager-dn: {{ shinyproxy_ldap_admin }}
+      manager-password: {{ shinyproxy_ldap_admin_pwd }}
+# Docker configuration
+    docker:
+      cert-path: /home/none
+      url: http://localhost:2375
+      host: 127.0.0.1
+      port-range-start: 20000
+  apps:
+  - name: 01_hello
+    display-name: Hello Application
+    description: Application which demonstrates the basics of a Shiny app
+    docker-cmd: ["R", "-e shinyproxy::run_01_hello()"]
+    docker-image: openanalytics/shinyproxy-demo
+    groups: scientists, mathematicians
+  - name: 06_tabsets
+    docker-cmd: ["R", "-e shinyproxy::run_06_tabsets()"]
+    docker-image: openanalytics/shinyproxy-demo
+    groups: scientists
+
+logging:
+  file:
+    shinyproxy.log
+
diff --git a/shinyproxy/templates/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2 b/shinyproxy/templates/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2
index 1519b12..93c4b4b 100644
--- a/shinyproxy/templates/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2
+++ b/shinyproxy/templates/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ respawn limit 10 5
 setuid {{ shinyproxy_user }}
 setgid {{ shinyproxy_user }}
 
-exec java -jar {{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}/{{ shinyproxy_app_name }}
+script
+    cd {{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}
+    exec java -jar ./{{ shinyproxy_app_name }}
+end script
+