diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 969e8ed..0cbec4d 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ from flask_migrate import Migrate
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_mail import Mail
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect
-from config import Config
+from config import FlaskApplicationSettings
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config.from_object(Config)
+app.config.from_object(FlaskApplicationSettings)
 
 # Check security of secret
-if Config.SECRET_KEY == "a-random-secret-key":
+if FlaskApplicationSettings.SECRET_KEY == "a-random-secret-key":
     raise Exception("Please use a strong secret key!")
 
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 8b4efe8..96725a5 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -6,11 +6,28 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     print("   \033[92mWARNING: Local config not found\033[0m")
 
+    # The LocalConfig class serves a dual purpose and overrides settings in
+    # both V5Config and some fields of FlaskApplicationSettings. The first has
+    # defaults (DefaultConfig), but not the second, so we provide them here.
     class LocalConfig():
-        pass
+        FLASK_DEBUG = False
+        DB_NAME = "pcv5"
+        SECRET_KEY = "a-random-secret-key"
 
+#---
+# Flask configuration
+#---
+
+class FlaskApplicationSettings(object):
+    """
+    This object specifies the settings for the Flask application. All the keys
+    and values are predefined by Flask.
+
+    See: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.1.x/config/
+    """
+
+    DEBUG = os.environ.get("FLASK_DEBUG") or LocalConfig.FLASK_DEBUG
 
-class Config(object):
     SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY') or LocalConfig.SECRET_KEY
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL') or \
         'postgresql+psycopg2://' + os.environ.get('USER') + ':@/' \
@@ -27,9 +44,11 @@ class Config(object):
     # Do not attach cookies to cross-origin requests
     SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = "Lax"
 
+#---
+# v5 configuration
+#---
 
 class DefaultConfig(object):
-    """Every value here can be overrided in the local_config.py class"""
     # Domain
     DOMAIN = "v5.planet-casio.com"
     # Database name
@@ -62,5 +81,9 @@ class DefaultConfig(object):
 
 
 class V5Config(LocalConfig, DefaultConfig):
-    # Values put here cannot be overidden with local_config
+    """
+    This object holds the settings for the v5 code. Each parameter has the
+    value specified in LocalConfig (if any), and defaults to the value set in
+    DefaultConfig.
+    """
     pass
diff --git a/local_config.py.default b/local_config.py.default
deleted file mode 100644
index f631079..0000000
--- a/local_config.py.default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# This is a sample file
-# You can override every value available in the class DefaultConfig
-
-class LocalConfig(object):
-    DB_NAME = "pcv5"
-    USE_LDAP = True
-    LDAP_PASSWORD = "openldap"
-    LDAP_ENV = "o=prod"
-    SECRET_KEY = "a-random-secret-key"  # CHANGE THIS VALUE *NOW*
-    AVATARS_FOLDER = '/home/pc/data/avatars/'
-    ENABLE_GUEST_POST = True
-    SEND_MAILS = True