diff --git a/http/handler.go b/http/handler.go
index ce8e38d..4291379 100644
--- a/http/handler.go
+++ b/http/handler.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "fmt"
 import "time"
 import "path"
 import "io/fs"
+import "slices"
 import "errors"
 import "strings"
 import "strconv"
@@ -48,6 +49,31 @@ func (this *Handler) Init (ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (this *Handler) Configure (config step.Meta) error {
+	var err       error
+	var rateLimit float64
+	if rateLimitStr := config.Get("http.rate-limit"); rateLimitStr != "" {
+		rateLimit, err = strconv.ParseFloat(rateLimitStr, 64)
+		if err != nil { return err }
+	}
+	this.Directories         = config.Get("http.serve-directories") == "true"
+	this.StepExt             = ucontainer.NewSet(slices.Clone(config["http.step-extension"])...)
+	this.Index               = slices.Clone(config["http.index-file"])
+	this.ErrorDocument       = config.Get("http.error-document")
+	this.DirectoryDocument   = config.Get("http.directory-document")
+	this.DenyAll             = ucontainer.NewSet("step.meta")
+	this.RateLimit           = time.Duration(rateLimit * float64(time.Second))
+	this.TrustXForwardedFor  = config.Get("http.trust-x-forwarded-for") == "true"
+	this.TrustCFConnectingIP = config.Get("http.trust-cf-connecting-ip") == "true"
+	if len(this.StepExt) == 0 {
+		this.StepExt.Add(".step")
+	}
+	if len(this.Index) == 0 {
+		this.Index = []string { "index.step", "index.html", "index" }
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (this *Handler) ServeHTTP (res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	remoteAddrStr := req.RemoteAddr
 	if addr := req.Header.Get("CF-Connecting-IP"); addr != "" {
@@ -274,7 +300,6 @@ func (this *Handler) serveError (
 	if safeMode || this.ErrorDocument == "" {
 		res.Header().Add("Content-Type", "text/plain")
 		res.WriteHeader(status)
-		// TODO: allow customization with templates
 		if message == nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(res, "%d %s\n", status, http.StatusText(status))
 		} else {