diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80e11b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "development": {
+    "stripe": {
+      "secretKey": "sk_test_xEq4UqxSlnZN7x5nddoorhlD"
+    },
+    "slack": {
+      "token": "",
+      "privateChannel": "",
+      "publicChannel": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "token": "cdb4aaae8452d1ba70790c1350ca7f0772f19d3d"
+    },
+    "twitter": {
+      "consumerKey": "",
+      "consumerSecret": "",
+      "token": "",
+      "tokenSecret": ""
+    },
+    "google": {
+      "spreadsheet_id": "1BUL1pjaXVlO5MRuOk-W5MEmKqxfzGnj7eFMif8tIVaU"
+    }
+  },
+  "production": {
+    "stripe": {
+      "secretKey": ""
+    },
+    "slack": {
+      "token": "",
+      "privateChannel": "",
+      "publicChannel": ""
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "token": ""
+    },
+    "twitter": {
+      "consumerKey": "",
+      "consumerSecret": "",
+      "token": "",
+      "tokenSecret": ""
+    }
+  },
+  "all": {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/routes/membership.js b/routes/membership.js
index 7641e33..81e8a56 100644
--- a/routes/membership.js
+++ b/routes/membership.js
@@ -5,16 +5,15 @@ var GoogleSpreadsheet = require('google-spreadsheet');
 var async = require('async');
 var moment = require('moment');
 
-// spreadsheet key is the long id in the sheets URL
-var doc = new GoogleSpreadsheet('1BUL1pjaXVlO5MRuOk-W5MEmKqxfzGnj7eFMif8tIVaU');
-var sheet;
-
 var slack   = require('../services/slack');
 var config  = require('../lib/config');
 var stripe  = require('stripe')(config.stripe.secretKey);
 
 
 function addNewMemberToSheets(name, email, residence, slackHandle) {
+  var doc = new GoogleSpreadsheet(config.google.spreadsheet_id);
+  var sheet;
+
   async.series([
     function setAuth(step) {
       console.log('Start Google Spreadsheed auth.');