diff --git a/config/default.json5 b/config/default.json5
index 6778151c..f45eb45d 100644
--- a/config/default.json5
+++ b/config/default.json5
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
     filter: null,
     path: null
   },
-
-  // Specifies if configuration using Conf() should be persisted between restarts
-  persistConf: true,
+  conf: {
+    name: 'config',
+    // Specifies if configuration using Conf() should be persisted between restarts
+    persist: true
+  },
 
   // Settings for blockchain related function
   blockchain: {
diff --git a/config/development.json5 b/config/development.json5
index 6b99a8f6..b33ae80e 100644
--- a/config/development.json5
+++ b/config/development.json5
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {
   host: "localhost",
   port: 3030,
-  persistConf: false,
+  conf: {
+    name: 'dev-config',
+    persist: true
+  },
   db: {
     dialect: "postgres",
     host: "localhost",
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e3834494..909d6b42 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import services from './services'
 import appHooks from './app.hooks'
 import sequelize from './sequelize'
 import blockchain from './blockchain/'
-import conf from './conf'
+import { configure as confConfigure } from './conf'
 // Don't remove this comment. It's needed to format import lines nicely.
 
 const app: Application = express(feathers())
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ app.configure(express.rest())
 app.configure(socketio())
 
 app.configure(sequelize)
-app.configure(conf)
+app.configure(confConfigure)
 
 // Configure other middleware (see `middleware/index.js`)
 app.configure(middleware)
diff --git a/src/blockchain/events.ts b/src/blockchain/events.ts
index af80af18..ad59e5ff 100644
--- a/src/blockchain/events.ts
+++ b/src/blockchain/events.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Contract, EventData } from 'web3-eth-contract'
 import { BlockHeader, Eth } from 'web3-eth'
 import { Subscription } from 'web3-core-subscriptions'
-import Conf from 'conf'
+import confFactory from '../conf'
 import config from 'config'
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 import { NotImplemented } from '@feathersjs/errors'
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ abstract class BaseEventsEmitter extends AutoStartStopEventEmitter {
       if (options.blockTracker instanceof BlockTracker) {
         this.blockTracker = options.blockTracker
       } else {
-        const confStore = options.blockTracker.store || new Conf()
+        const confStore = options.blockTracker.store || confFactory()
         this.blockTracker = new BlockTracker(confStore)
       }
     } else {
-      this.blockTracker = new BlockTracker(new Conf())
+      this.blockTracker = new BlockTracker(confFactory())
     }
 
     if (options?.newBlockEmitter) {
diff --git a/src/conf.ts b/src/conf.ts
index 1d0484f5..f0e0b91a 100644
--- a/src/conf.ts
+++ b/src/conf.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,44 @@
 import { Application } from './declarations'
 import config from 'config'
 import Conf from 'conf'
-import { factory } from './logger'
+import { factory as logFactory } from './logger'
 
-const logger = factory('conf')
+const logger = logFactory('conf')
 
-export default function conf (app: Application): void {
-  if (!config.get('persistConf')) {
+export interface ConfOptions {
+  host: string
+  port: number
+  log?: {
+    level?: string
+    filter?: string
+    path?: string
+  }
+  blockchain: {
+    provider: string
+    pinningContractAddress: string
+    startingBlock: string | number
+    eventsEmitter?: {
+      polling: boolean
+      pollingInterval?: number
+      confirmations?: number
+    }
+  }
+  newBlockEmitter: {
+    polling: boolean
+    pollingInterval?: number
+  }
+}
+
+export default function factory (): Conf {
+  const configName = config.get<string>('conf.name')
+
+  return new Conf<ConfOptions>({ configName })
+}
+
+export function configure (app: Application): void {
+  if (!config.get('conf.persist')) {
     logger.info('Clearing all persisted configuration.')
-    new Conf().clear()
+
+    factory().clear()
   }
 }