diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 7d395ade..6b81e2b6 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const rebuild = require('./services/rebuild-app'); // A script to programmatical
 const systemInfo = require('./services/system-info'); // Basic system info, for resource widget
 const sslServer = require('./services/ssl-server'); // TLS-enabled web server
 const corsProxy = require('./services/cors-proxy'); // Enables API requests to CORS-blocked services
-const getConf = require('./services/get-conf'); // Returns the configuration as a JSON object
 
 /* Helper functions, and default config */
 const printMessage = require('./services/print-message'); // Function to print welcome msg on start
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ const method = (m, mw) => (req, res, next) => (req.method === m ? mw(req, res, n
 const app = express()
   // Serves up static files
   .use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist')))
-  .use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'), { index: 'initialization.html' }))
+  .use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')))
   // Load middlewares for parsing JSON, and supporting HTML5 history routing
   .use(express.json({ limit: '1mb' }))
   .use(history())
@@ -117,14 +116,6 @@ const app = express()
     } catch (e) {
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ success: false, message: e }));
     }
-  })
-  // GET endpoint returns the app configuration
-  .use(ENDPOINTS.getConf, (req, res) => {
-    try {
-      res.end(JSON.stringify(getConf()));
-    } catch (e) {
-      res.end(JSON.stringify({ success: false, message: e }));
-    }
   });
 
 /* Create HTTP server from app on port, and print welcome message */
diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index 83bf628b..e453628a 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import Vuex from 'vuex';
 import axios from 'axios';
+import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import Keys from '@/utils/StoreMutations';
 import ConfigAccumulator from '@/utils/ConfigAccumalator';
 import { componentVisibility } from '@/utils/ConfigHelpers';
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import { applyItemId } from '@/utils/SectionHelpers';
 import filterUserSections from '@/utils/CheckSectionVisibility';
 import { InfoHandler, InfoKeys } from '@/utils/ErrorHandler';
 import { isUserAdmin } from '@/utils/Auth';
-import { serviceEndpoints } from '@/utils/defaults';
 
 Vue.use(Vuex);
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ const store = new Vuex.Store({
     /* Called when app first loaded. Reads config and sets state */
     async [INITIALIZE_CONFIG]({ commit }) {
       // Get the config file from the server and store it for use by the accumulator
-      commit(SET_REMOTE_CONFIG, (await axios.get(serviceEndpoints.getConf)).data);
+      commit(SET_REMOTE_CONFIG, yaml.load((await axios.get('conf.yml')).data));
       const deepCopy = (json) => JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json));
       const config = deepCopy(new ConfigAccumulator().config());
       commit(SET_CONFIG, config);
diff --git a/src/utils/defaults.js b/src/utils/defaults.js
index aba08691..57cabb6d 100644
--- a/src/utils/defaults.js
+++ b/src/utils/defaults.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ module.exports = {
     statusCheck: '/status-check',
     save: '/config-manager/save',
     rebuild: '/config-manager/rebuild',
-    getConf: '/config-manager/get',
     systemInfo: '/system-info',
     corsProxy: '/cors-proxy',
   },