diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 376319d..281344a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.dll
 *.so
 *.dylib
+.idea/*
 
 # Test binary, build with `go test -c`
 *.test
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 /logs/*
 
 # ignore configuration file
-/config.json
+/config.yml
 
 # Ignore Vagrant stuff
 /.vagrant
diff --git a/api/_testdata/config.json b/api/_testdata/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 327c993..0000000
--- a/api/_testdata/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "authKeys": [
-        "existingkey"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/api/_testdata/config.yml b/api/_testdata/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d04127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/_testdata/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+authKey: 'existingkey'
diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 49c47b8..ce06713 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -11,23 +11,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Pterodactyl/wings/config"
 )
 
-// API is a grouping struct for the api
-type API struct {
+type InternalAPI struct {
 	router *gin.Engine
 }
 
-// NewAPI creates a new Api object
-func NewAPI() API {
-	return API{}
+func NewAPI() InternalAPI {
+	return InternalAPI{}
 }
 
-// Listen starts the api http server
-func (api *API) Listen() {
+// Configure the API and begin listening on the configured IP and Port.
+func (api *InternalAPI) Listen() {
+	listener := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", viper.GetString(config.APIHost), viper.GetInt(config.APIPort))
+
 	if !viper.GetBool(config.Debug) {
 		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 	}
 
 	api.router = gin.Default()
+	api.router.RedirectTrailingSlash = false
+	api.RegisterRoutes()
 
 	api.router.Use(func(c *gin.Context) {
 		c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
@@ -47,7 +49,3 @@ func (api *API) Listen() {
 	log.Info("Now listening on %s", listenString)
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(listenString, nil))
 }
-
-func getRoot(c *gin.Context) {
-	c.String(http.StatusOK, "hello!")
-}
diff --git a/api/auth_test.go b/api/auth_test.go
index 086f4a0..c66e868 100644
--- a/api/auth_test.go
+++ b/api/auth_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Pterodactyl/wings/control"
 )
 
-const configFile = "_testdata/config.json"
+const configFile = "_testdata/config.yml"
 
 func TestAuthHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
diff --git a/api/handlers.go b/api/handlers.go
index 34c0ace..77a43eb 100644
--- a/api/handlers.go
+++ b/api/handlers.go
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// handleGetIndex handles GET /
-func handleGetIndex(c *gin.Context) {
+func GetIndex(c *gin.Context) {
 	auth := GetContextAuthManager(c)
 
 	if auth != nil && auth.HasPermission("c:info") {
diff --git a/api/handlers_server_files.go b/api/handlers_server_files.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d4c5ae3..0000000
--- a/api/handlers_server_files.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-
-func handlePostFilesFolder(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handleGetDirectory(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFileCopy(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFileMove(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFileDelete(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFileCompress(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFileDecompress(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handleGetFileStat(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handleGetFile(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handlePostFile(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handleDeleteFile(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
-
-func handleGetDownloadFile(c *gin.Context) {
-
-}
diff --git a/api/routes.go b/api/routes.go
index a6451c4..7804e19 100644
--- a/api/routes.go
+++ b/api/routes.go
@@ -1,9 +1,49 @@
 package api
 
-func (api *API) registerRoutes() {
-	api.router.GET("/", AuthHandler(""), handleGetIndex)
-	api.router.PATCH("/config", AuthHandler("c:config"), handlePatchConfig)
+func (api *InternalAPI) RegisterRoutes() {
+	// Register routes for v1 of the API. This API should be fully backwards compatable with
+	// the existing Nodejs Daemon API.
+	v1 := api.router.Group("/v1")
+	{
+		v1.GET("/", AuthHandler(""), GetIndex)
+		v1.PATCH("/config", AuthHandler("c:config"), PatchConfiguration)
 
-	api.registerServerRoutes()
-	api.registerServerFileRoutes()
+		v1.GET("/servers", AuthHandler("c:list"), handleGetServers)
+		v1.POST("/servers", AuthHandler("c:create"), handlePostServers)
+
+		v1ServerRoutes := v1.Group("/servers/:server")
+		{
+			v1ServerRoutes.GET("/", AuthHandler("s:get"), handleGetServer)
+			v1ServerRoutes.PATCH("/", AuthHandler("s:config"), handlePatchServer)
+			v1ServerRoutes.DELETE("/", AuthHandler("g:server:delete"), handleDeleteServer)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/reinstall", AuthHandler("s:install-server"), handlePostServerReinstall)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/rebuild", AuthHandler("g:server:rebuild"), handlePostServerRebuild)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/password", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerPassword)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/power", AuthHandler("s:power"), handlePostServerPower)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/command", AuthHandler("s:command"), handlePostServerCommand)
+			v1ServerRoutes.GET("/log", AuthHandler("s:console"), handleGetServerLog)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/suspend", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerSuspend)
+			v1ServerRoutes.POST("/unsuspend", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerUnsuspend)
+		}
+
+		v1ServerFileRoutes := v1.Group("/servers/:server/files")
+		{
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.GET("/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:read"), handleGetFile)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.GET("/stat/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:"), handleGetFileStat)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.GET("/dir/:directory", AuthHandler("s:files:get"), handleGetDirectory)
+
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/dir/:directory", AuthHandler("s:files:create"), handlePostFilesFolder)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:post"), handlePostFile)
+
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/copy/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:copy"), handlePostFileCopy)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/move/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:move"), handlePostFileMove)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/rename/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:move"), handlePostFileMove)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/compress/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:compress"), handlePostFileCompress)
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.POST("/decompress/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:decompress"), handlePostFileDecompress)
+
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.DELETE("/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:delete"), handleDeleteFile)
+
+			v1ServerFileRoutes.GET("/download/:token", handleGetDownloadFile)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/api/routes_server.go b/api/routes_server.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eb6e6d..0000000
--- a/api/routes_server.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-func (api *API) registerServerRoutes() {
-
-	api.router.GET("/servers", AuthHandler("c:list"), handleGetServers)
-
-	api.router.POST("/servers", AuthHandler("c:create"), handlePostServers)
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server", AuthHandler("s:get"), handleGetServer)
-	api.router.PATCH("/servers/:server", AuthHandler("s:config"), handlePatchServer)
-	api.router.DELETE("/servers/:server", AuthHandler("g:server:delete"), handleDeleteServer)
-
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/reinstall", AuthHandler("s:install-server"), handlePostServerReinstall)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/rebuild", AuthHandler("g:server:rebuild"), handlePostServerRebuild)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/password", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerPassword)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/power", AuthHandler("s:power"), handlePostServerPower)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/command", AuthHandler("s:command"), handlePostServerCommand)
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server/log", AuthHandler("s:console"), handleGetServerLog)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/suspend", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerSuspend)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/unsuspend", AuthHandler(""), handlePostServerUnsuspend)
-}
diff --git a/api/routes_server_files.go b/api/routes_server_files.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 747e05c..0000000
--- a/api/routes_server_files.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-func (api *API) registerServerFileRoutes() {
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server/files/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:read"), handleGetFile)
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server/files/stat/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:"), handleGetFileStat)
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server/files/dir/:directory", AuthHandler("s:files:get"), handleGetDirectory)
-
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/dir/:directory", AuthHandler("s:files:create"), handlePostFilesFolder)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:post"), handlePostFile)
-
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/copy/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:copy"), handlePostFileCopy)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/move/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:move"), handlePostFileMove)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/rename/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:move"), handlePostFileMove)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/compress/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:compress"), handlePostFileCompress)
-	api.router.POST("/servers/:server/files/decompress/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:decompress"), handlePostFileDecompress)
-
-	api.router.DELETE("/servers/:server/files/file/:file", AuthHandler("s:files:delete"), handleDeleteFile)
-
-	api.router.GET("/servers/:server/files/download/:token", handleGetDownloadFile)
-}
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index 21cb0a3..195b86c 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var RootCommand = &cobra.Command{
 var configPath string
 
 func init() {
-	RootCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "./config.json", "Allows to set the path of the configuration file.")
+	RootCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "./config.yml", "Allows to set the path of the configuration file.")
 }
 
 // Execute registers the RootCommand
diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 27dc704..0000000
--- a/config.example.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "debug": false,
-  "dataPath": "/srv/wings",
-  "api": {
-    "host": "0.0.0.0",
-    "port": 8080,
-    "ssl": {
-      "enabled": false,
-      "generateLetsEncrypt": true,
-      "certificate": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/pterodactyl.app/fullchain.pem",
-      "key": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/pterodactyl.app/privkey.pem"
-    },
-    "uploads": {
-        "maximumSize": 150000000
-    }
-  },
-  "docker": {
-    "socket": "/var/run/docker.sock",
-    "autoupdateImages": true,
-    "networkInterface": "172.18.0.1",
-    "timezonePath": "/etc/timezone"
-  },
-  "sftp": {
-    "host": "0.0.0.0",
-    "port": 2022
-  },
-  "query": {
-    "killOnFail": false,
-    "failLimit": 5
-  },
-  "remote": "https://pterodactyl.app",
-  "log": {
-    "path": "/srv/wings/logs/",
-    "level": "info",
-    "deleteAfterDays": 100
-  },
-  "authKeys": [
-      "somekey"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a170504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+debug: false
+data: '/srv/daemon-data'
+api:
+  host: '0.0.0.0'
+  port: 8080
+  ssl:
+    enabled: false
+    cert: ''
+    key: ''
+  uploads:
+    maximumSize: 150000000
+docker:
+  socket: '/var/run/docker.sock'
+  autoupdateImages: true
+  networkInterface: '172.18.0.1'
+  timezonePath: '/etc/timezone'
+sftp:
+  host: '0.0.0.0'
+  port: 2022
+query:
+  killOnFail: true
+  failLimit: 5
+remote: 'http://example.com'
+log:
+  path: './logs/'
+  level: 'info'
+  deleteAfterDays: 10
+authKey: 'test123'
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 47bef4a..7635697 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ func LoadConfiguration(path string) error {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(path)
 	} else {
 		viper.AddConfigPath("./")
+		viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
 		viper.SetConfigName("config")
 	}
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func setDefaults() {
 
 // ContainsAuthKey checks wether the config contains a specified authentication key
 func ContainsAuthKey(key string) bool {
-	for _, k := range viper.GetStringSlice(AuthKeys) {
+	for _, k := range viper.GetStringSlice(AuthKey) {
 		if k == key {
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 3a89d1f..1773208 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-const configFile = "../config.example.json"
+const configFile = "../config.yml.example"
 
 func TestLoadConfiguraiton(t *testing.T) {
 	err := LoadConfiguration(configFile)
diff --git a/config/keys.go b/config/keys.go
index 5764edb..fcf6304 100644
--- a/config/keys.go
+++ b/config/keys.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 	SSLGenerateLetsencrypt = "api.ssl.letsencrypt"
 	// SSLCertificate is a string containing the location of
 	// a ssl certificate to use
-	SSLCertificate = "api.ssl.certificate"
+	SSLCertificate = "api.ssl.cert"
 	// SSLKey is a string containing the location of the key
 	// for the ssl certificate
 	SSLKey = "api.ssl.key"
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ const (
 	// logs should be stored. They will be deleted after. If set to 0
 	// logs will be stored indefinitely.
 	LogDeleteAfterDays = "log.deleteAfterDays"
-	// AuthKeys contains an array of auth keys that will be replaced by something better
-	AuthKeys = "authkeys"
+	// AuthKey contains a key that will be replaced by something better
+	AuthKey = "authKey"
 )