diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f06235c..e91c398 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 dist
+config/*
+!config/template.*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a089309..1a75e52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 Ely account frontend application
 ================================
+
+`npm start` - developing mode
+`npm run build` - build frontend app
+`npm test` - run tests
+
+Setup
+-----
+Create `./config/dev.json` based on `./config/template.dev.json`.
diff --git a/config/template.dev.json b/config/template.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e6318a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/template.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "apiHost": "http://account.l"
+}
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 3654cd0..939908f 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ var isTest = process.argv.some(function(arg) {
 
 process.env.NODE_ENV = JSON.stringify(isProduction ? 'production' : 'development');
 
-const API_HOST = 'http://account.l';
 const CSS_CLASS_TEMPLATE = isProduction ? '[hash:base64:5]' : '[path][name]-[local]';
+var config;
+
+try {
+    config = require('./config/dev.json');
+} catch (err) {
+    console.error('\n\n===\nPlease create dev.json config under ./config based on template.dev.json\n===\n\n');
+    throw err;
+}
 
 var webpackConfig = {
     entry: {
@@ -72,7 +79,10 @@ var webpackConfig = {
         port: 8080,
         proxy: {
             '/api*': {
-                target: API_HOST
+                headers: {
+                    host: config.apiHost.replace(/https?:|\//g, '')
+                },
+                target: config.apiHost
             }
         },
         hot: true,