diff --git a/decoder/config.json b/decoder/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 23d03e7..0000000
--- a/decoder/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"rpc_user": "lbry", "rpc_password": "lbry", "rpc_port": 9245, "rpc_url": "127.0.0.1"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/decoder/decoder.py b/decoder/decoder.py
index f19d8ba..49716ec 100644
--- a/decoder/decoder.py
+++ b/decoder/decoder.py
@@ -6,17 +6,25 @@ from lbryschema.decode import smart_decode
 from flask import Flask, url_for
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-
-def get_lbrycrdd_connection_details():
-    with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))+'/config.json', 'r') as f:
-        config = json.load(f)
-    rpc_user = config['rpc_user']
-    rpc_pass = config['rpc_password']
-    rpc_port = config['rpc_port']
-    rpc_url = config['rpc_url']
-    return 'http://%s:%s@%s:%i' % (rpc_user, rpc_pass, rpc_url,
-                                   rpc_port)
-
+def get_lbrycrdd_connection_details(wallet_conf):
+    settings = {"username": "lbry",
+                "password": "lbry",
+                "rpc_port": 9245}
+    if wallet_conf and os.path.exists(wallet_conf):
+        with open(wallet_conf, "r") as conf:
+            conf_lines = conf.readlines()
+        for l in conf_lines:
+            if l.startswith("rpcuser="):
+                settings["username"] = l[8:].rstrip('\n')
+            if l.startswith("rpcpassword="):
+                settings["password"] = l[12:].rstrip('\n')
+            if l.startswith("rpcport="):
+                settings["rpc_port"] = int(l[8:].rstrip('\n'))
+    rpc_user = settings["username"]
+    rpc_pass = settings["password"]
+    rpc_port = settings["rpc_port"]
+    rpc_url = "127.0.0.1"
+    return "http://%s:%s@%s:%i" % (rpc_user, rpc_pass, rpc_url, rpc_port)
 
 @app.errorhandler(500)
 def internal_error(error):
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ def internal_error(error):
 
 @app.route('/claim_decode/<txid>/<nout>')
 def api_decode(txid, nout):
-    connection_string = get_lbrycrdd_connection_details()
+    connection_string = get_lbrycrdd_connection_details(os.path.expanduser("~")+"/.lbrycrd/lbrycrd.conf")
     rpc = AuthServiceProxy(connection_string)
     result = rpc.getclaimsfortx(txid)
     claim = None
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ def api_decode(txid, nout):
 
 @app.route('/claim_decodeinv/<claimid>')
 def api_decodebyclaim(claimid):
-    connection_string = get_lbrycrdd_connection_details()
+    connection_string = get_lbrycrdd_connection_details(os.path.expanduser("~")+"/.lbrycrd/lbrycrd.conf")
     rpc = AuthServiceProxy(connection_string)
     claim = rpc.getvalueforname(claimid)
     if claim: