diff --git a/src/core/config.pl b/src/core/config.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index cf88449..0000000
--- a/src/core/config.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,289 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-
-use strict;
-use XML::DOM;
-
-sub write_c_header(@);
-sub write_sql_dump(@);
-sub get_data($);
-
-my $dump_to_sql = 0;
-
-# initialize parser and read the file
-my $input = "./config.xml";
-my $parser = new XML::DOM::Parser;
-my $tree = $parser->parsefile($input) || die "Unable to parse XML file.";
-
-# Get data
-my $nodes = $tree->getElementsByTagName("option");
-my @options = ();
-for (my $i = 0; $i < $nodes->getLength; $i++)
-{
-	my @data = get_data($nodes->item($i));
-	push @options, \@data;
-}
-
-write_c_header(@options);
-write_sql_dump(@options) if ($dump_to_sql);
-
-my $config_defaults = "void config_defaults(struct hub_config* config)\n{\n";
-my $config_apply = "static int apply_config(struct hub_config* config, char* key, char* data, int line_count)\n{\n\tint max = 0;\n\tint min = 0;\n\n";
-my $config_free = "void free_config(struct hub_config* config)\n{\n";
-my $config_dump = "void dump_config(struct hub_config* config, int ignore_defaults)\n{\n";
-
-foreach my $option (@options)
-{
-	my ($type, $name, $default, $advanced, $short, $desc, $since, $example, $check, $ifdef) = @$option;
-	my $string = ($type =~ /(string|file|message)/);
-	my $min = undef;
-	my $max = undef;
-	my $regexp = undef;
-
-	if (defined $check)
-	{
-		$min = $check->getAttribute("min");
-		$max = $check->getAttribute("max");
-		$regexp = $check->getAttribute("regexp");
-
-		$max = undef if ($max eq "");
-		$min = undef if ($min eq "");
-		$regexp = undef if ($regexp eq "");
-	}
-
-	$config_defaults .= "#ifdef $ifdef\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	$config_defaults .= "\tconfig->$name = ";
-	$config_defaults .= "hub_strdup(\"" if ($string);
-	$config_defaults .= $default;
-	$config_defaults .= "\")" if ($string);
-	$config_defaults .= ";\n";
-	$config_defaults .= "#endif /* $ifdef */\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-
-	$config_apply .= "#ifdef $ifdef\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	$config_apply .= "\tif (!strcmp(key, \"" . $name . "\"))\n\t{\n";
-
-	if ($type eq "int")
-	{
-		$config_apply .= "\t\tmin = $min;\n" if (defined $min);
-		$config_apply .= "\t\tmax = $max;\n" if (defined $max);
-		$config_apply .= "\t\tif (!apply_integer(key, data, &config->$name, ";
-		if (defined $min) { $config_apply .= "&min"; } else { $config_apply .= "0"; }
-		$config_apply .= ", ";
-		if (defined $max) { $config_apply .= "&max"; } else { $config_apply .= "0"; }
-		$config_apply .= "))\n";
-	}
-	elsif ($type eq "boolean")
-	{
-		$config_apply .= "\t\tif (!apply_boolean(key, data, &config->$name))\n";
-	}
-	elsif ($string)
-	{
-		$config_apply .="\t\tif (!apply_string(key, data, &config->$name, (char*) \"\"))\n";
-	}
-
-	$config_apply .= "\t\t{\n" .
-				  "\t\t\tLOG_ERROR(\"Configuration parse error on line %d\", line_count);\n" .
-				  "\t\t\treturn -1;\n" .
-				  "\t\t}\n" .
-				  "\t\treturn 0;\n" .
-				  "\t}\n";
-	$config_apply .= "#endif /* $ifdef */\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	$config_apply .= "\n";
-
-	if ($string)
-	{
-		$config_free .= "#ifdef $ifdef\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-		$config_free .= "\thub_free(config->" . $name . ");\n";
-		$config_free .= "#endif /* $ifdef */\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-		$config_free .= "\n";
-	}
-
-	my $out = "%s";
-	my $val = "config->$name";
-	my $test = "config->$name != $default";
-
-	$out = "%d" if ($type eq "int");
-	$val = "config->$name ? \"yes\" : \"no\"" if ($type eq "boolean");
-
-	if ($string)
-	{
-		$out = "\\\"%s\\\"";
-		$test = "strcmp(config->$name, \"$default\") != 0";
-	}
-
-	$config_dump .= "#ifdef $ifdef\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	$config_dump .= "\tif (!ignore_defaults || $test)\n";
-	$config_dump .= "\t\tfprintf(stdout, \"$name = $out\\n\", $val);\n";
-	$config_dump .= "#endif /* $ifdef */\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	$config_dump .= "\n";
-}
-
-$config_apply .= "\t/* Still here -- unknown directive */\n";
-$config_apply .= "\tLOG_ERROR(\"Unknown configuration directive: '%s'\", key);\n";
-$config_apply .= "\treturn -1;\n";
-$config_apply .= "}\n\n";
-$config_defaults .= "}\n\n";
-$config_free .= "}\n\n";
-$config_dump .= "}\n\n";
-
-open GENIMPL, ">gen_config.c" || die "Unable to write source file";
-print GENIMPL "/* THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT CHANGE IT! */\n\n";
-print GENIMPL $config_defaults;
-print GENIMPL $config_apply;
-print GENIMPL $config_free;
-print GENIMPL $config_dump;
-
-
-sub get_data($)
-{
-	my $p = shift;
-
-	my $short = "";
-	my $example = "";
-	my $description = "";
-	my $since = "";
-	my $ifdef = "";
-
-	$short = $p->getElementsByTagName("short")->item(0)->getFirstChild()->getData() if ($p->getElementsByTagName("short")->getLength());
-	$since = $p->getElementsByTagName("since")->item(0)->getFirstChild()->getData() if ($p->getElementsByTagName("since")->getLength());
-	$example = $p->getElementsByTagName("example")->item(0)->getFirstChild()->getData() if ($p->getElementsByTagName("example")->getLength());
-	$description = $p->getElementsByTagName("description")->item(0)->getFirstChild()->getData() if ($p->getElementsByTagName("description")->getLength());
-	my $check = $p->getElementsByTagName("check")->item(0);
-	$ifdef = $p->getElementsByTagName("ifdef")->item(0)->getFirstChild()->getData() if ($p->getElementsByTagName("ifdef")->getLength());
-
-	my @data = (
-			$p->getAttribute("type"),
-			$p->getAttribute("name"),
-			$p->getAttribute("default"),
-			$p->getAttribute("advanced"),
-			$short,
-			$description,
-			$since,
-			$example,
-			$check,
-			$ifdef
-		);
-	return @data;
-}
-
-# Write header file
-sub write_c_header(@)
-{
-	my @data = @_;
-
-	open GENHEAD, ">gen_config.h" || die "Unable to write header file";
-	print GENHEAD "/* THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT CHANGE IT! */\n\n";
-	print GENHEAD "struct hub_config\n{\n";
-
-	foreach my $option (@data)
-	{
-		my ($type, $name, $default, $advanced, $short, $desc, $since, $example, $check, $ifdef) = @$option;
-
-		my $string = ($type =~ /(string|file|message)/);
-
-		print GENHEAD "#ifdef $ifdef\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-
-		print GENHEAD "\t";
-		print GENHEAD "int  " if ($type eq "int");
-		print GENHEAD "int  " if ($type eq "boolean");
-		print GENHEAD "char*" if ($string);
-		print GENHEAD " " . $name . ";";
-
-		my $comment = "";
-		if ($type eq "message")
-		{
-			$comment = "\"" . $default . "\"";
-		}
-		elsif (defined $short && length $short > 0)
-		{
-			$comment = $short;
-			if (defined $default)
-			{
-				$comment .= " (default: ";
-				$comment .= "\"" if ($string);
-				$comment .= $default;
-				$comment .= "\"" if ($string);
-				$comment .= ")";
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (length $comment > 0)
-		{
-			my $pad = "";
-			for (my $i = length $name; $i < 32; $i++)
-			{
-				$pad .= " ";
-			}
-			$comment = $pad . "/*<<< " . $comment . " */";
-		}
-		print GENHEAD $comment . "\n";
-		print GENHEAD "#endif /* $ifdef */\n" if ($ifdef ne "");
-	}
-
-	print GENHEAD "};\n\n";
-}
-
-
-sub write_sql_dump(@)
-{
-	my @data = @_;
-
-	# Write SQL dump code
-	open GENSQL, ">gen_config.sql" || die "Unable to write SQL dump";
-	print GENSQL "START TRANSACTION;\n\n
-		DROP TABLE uhub_config IF EXISTS;\n\n
-		CREATE TABLE uhub_config (
-			name VARCHAR(32) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
-			defaultValue TINYTEXT NOT NULL,
-			description LONGTEXT NOT NULL,
-			type TINYTEXT NOT NULL,
-			advanced BOOLEAN,
-			example LONGTEXT,
-			since TINYTEXT
-		);\n\n";
-
-	foreach my $option (@data)
-	{
-		my ($type, $name, $default, $advanced, $short, $desc, $since, $example, $check, $ifdef) = @$option;
-
-		if ($type =~ /(string|file|message)/ )
-		{
-			$default = "\\\"$default\\\"";
-		}
-
-		$desc =~ s/\"/\\\"/g;
-		$type =~ s/^int$/integer/;
-
-		my $stmt = "INSERT INTO uhub_config VALUES(";
-		$stmt .= "\"$name\", ";
-		$stmt .= "\"$default\", ";
-		$stmt .= "\"$desc\", ";
-		$stmt .= "\"$type\", ";
-
-		if (defined $example)
-		{
-			my $example_str = $example;
-			$example_str =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
-			$example_str =~ s/\"/\\\"/g;
-			$stmt .= "\"$example_str\", ";
-		} else {
-			$stmt .= "NULL, ";
-		}
-
-		if (defined $since) {
-			$stmt .= "\"$since\", ";
-		} else {
-			$stmt .= "NULL, ";
-		}
-
-		if (defined $advanced) {
-			$stmt .= "\"$advanced\"";
-		} else {
-			$stmt .= "NULL";
-		}
-
-		$stmt .= ");\n";
-
-		print GENSQL $stmt;
-	}
-	print GENSQL "\n\nCOMMIT;\n\n";
-}
diff --git a/src/core/config.py b/src/core/config.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..733e23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+  uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub
+  Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Jan Vidar Krey
+"""
+
+from xml.dom import minidom, Node
+from datetime import datetime
+import argparse
+
+class OptionParseError(Exception):
+	pass
+
+class Option(object):
+	def _get(self, node, name):
+		self.__dict__[name] = None
+		if (node.getElementsByTagName(name)):
+			self.__dict__[name] = node.getElementsByTagName(name)[0].firstChild.nodeValue
+
+	def _attr(self, node, name, required = False):
+		try:
+			return node.attributes[name].value
+		except Exception:
+			pass
+		if (required):
+			raise OptionParseError("Option %s is required but not found!" % name)
+		return None
+
+	def __init__(self, node):
+		self.otype = self._attr(node, 'type', True)
+
+		# Verify that the type is known
+		if not self.otype in ["int", "boolean", "string", "message", "file"]:
+			raise OptionParseError("Option %s has unknown type" % self.name)
+
+		self.name = self._attr(node, 'name', True)
+		self.default = self._attr(node, 'default', True)
+		self.advanced = self._attr(node, 'advanced', False)
+		self.is_string = self.otype in ["string", "message", "file"]
+
+		self._get(node, "short");
+		self._get(node, "description");
+		self._get(node, "syntax");
+		self._get(node, "since");
+		self._get(node, "example");
+
+		check = node.getElementsByTagName("check")
+		if (check):
+			check = node.getElementsByTagName("check")[0]
+			self.check_min = self._attr(check, 'min', False)
+			self.check_max = self._attr(check, 'max', False)
+			self.check_regexp = self._attr(check, 'regexp', False)
+		else:
+			self.check_min = None
+			self.check_max = None
+			self.check_regexp = None
+
+
+	def c_type(self):
+		if self.otype == "boolean":
+			return "int"
+		elif self.is_string:
+			return "char*"
+		else:
+			return self.otype
+
+	def sql_type(self):
+		if self.otype == "int":
+			return "integer"
+		return self.otype
+
+	def c_comment(self):
+		comment = ""
+		if (self.otype == "message"):
+			comment = self.formatted_default()
+		elif len(self.short):
+			comment = "%s (default: %s)" % (self.short, self.formatted_default())
+		return comment
+
+	def formatted_default(self):
+		if self.is_string:
+			return "\"%s\"" % self.default
+		return self.default
+
+class SourceGenerator(object):
+	def __init__(self, filename, cppStyle = True):
+		print "Generating %s..." % filename
+		self.f = open(filename, 'w');
+
+	def write_header(self, Comment = True):
+		if Comment:
+			s =  "/*\n * uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub\n"
+			s += " * Copyright (C) 2007-%s, Jan Vidar Krey\n *\n" % datetime.now().strftime("%Y")
+			s += " * THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT MODIFY\n"
+			s += " * Created %s, by config.py\n */\n\n" % datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
+			self.f.write(s)
+
+class CHeaderGenerator(SourceGenerator):
+	def __init__(self, filename):
+		super(CHeaderGenerator, self).__init__(filename)
+
+	def _write_declaration(self, option):
+		comment = ' ' * (32 - len(option.name)) + "/*<<< %s */" % option.c_comment()
+		ptype = option.c_type() + (5 - len(option.c_type())) * ' '
+		self.f.write("\t%(type)s %(name)s;%(comment)s\n" % {
+				"type": ptype,
+				"name": option.name,
+				"comment": comment})
+
+	def write(self, options):
+		self.write_header()
+		self.f.write("struct hub_config\n{\n")
+		for option in options:
+			self._write_declaration(option)
+		self.f.write("};\n\n")
+
+class CSourceGenerator(SourceGenerator):
+	def __init__(self, filename):
+		super(CSourceGenerator, self).__init__(filename)
+
+	def _write_default_impl(self, option):
+		s = "\tconfig->%s = " % option.name
+		if option.is_string:
+			s += "hub_strdup(%s);\n" % option.formatted_default()
+		else:
+			s += option.formatted_default() + ";\n"
+		self.f.write(s)
+
+	def _write_apply_impl(self, option):
+		s = "\tif (!strcmp(key, \"%s\"))\n\t{\n" % option.name
+		if option.otype == "int":
+			s_min = "0"
+			s_max = "0"
+			if (option.check_min):
+				s += "\t\tmin = %s;\n" % option.check_min
+				s_min = "&min"
+			if (option.check_max):
+				s += "\t\tmax = %s;\n" % option.check_max
+				s_max = "&max"
+			s+= "\t\tif (!apply_integer(key, data, &config->%s, %s, %s))\n" % (option.name, s_min, s_max)
+		elif option.otype == "boolean":
+			s += "\t\tif (!apply_boolean(key, data, &config->%s))\n" % option.name
+		elif option.is_string:
+			s += "\t\tif (!apply_string(key, data, &config->%s, (char*) \"\"))\n" % option.name
+		s += "\t\t{\n\t\t\tLOG_ERROR(\"Configuration parse error on line %d\", line_count);\n\t\t\treturn -1;\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn 0;\n\t}\n\n"
+		self.f.write(s)
+
+	def _write_free_impl(self, option):
+		if option.is_string:
+			self.f.write("\thub_free(config->%s);\n\n" % option.name)
+
+	def _write_dump_impl(self, option):
+		s = ""
+		fmt = "%s"
+		val = "config->%s" % option.name
+		test = "config->%s != %s" % (option.name, option.default)
+
+		if (option.otype == "int"):
+			fmt = "%d"
+		elif (option.otype == "boolean"):
+			val = "config->%s ? \"yes\" : \"no\"" % option.name
+		elif (option.is_string):
+			fmt = "\\\"%s\\\"";
+			test = "strcmp(config->%s, %s) != 0" % (option.name, option.formatted_default())
+
+		s += "\tif (!ignore_defaults || %s)\n" % test;
+		s += "\t\tfprintf(stdout, \"%s = %s\\n\", %s);\n\n" % (option.name, fmt, val)
+		self.f.write(s)
+
+	def write(self, options):
+		self.write_header()
+		self.f.write("void config_defaults(struct hub_config* config)\n{\n")
+		for option in options:
+			self._write_default_impl(option)
+		self.f.write("}\n\n")
+		self.f.write("static int apply_config(struct hub_config* config, char* key, char* data, int line_count)\n{\n\tint max = 0;\n\tint min = 0;\n\n")
+		for option in options:
+			self._write_apply_impl(option)
+		self.f.write("\t/* Still here -- unknown directive */\n\tLOG_ERROR(\"Unknown configuration directive: '%s'\", key);\n\treturn -1;\n}\n\n")
+		self.f.write("void free_config(struct hub_config* config)\n{\n")
+		for option in options:
+			self._write_free_impl(option)
+		self.f.write("}\n\n")
+		self.f.write("void dump_config(struct hub_config* config, int ignore_defaults)\n{\n")
+		for option in options:
+			self._write_dump_impl(option)
+		self.f.write("}\n\n")
+
+class SqlWebsiteDocsGenerator(SourceGenerator):
+	def __init__(self, filename, sqlite_support = False):
+		self.sqlite_support = sqlite_support
+		super(SqlWebsiteDocsGenerator, self).__init__(filename)
+
+	def _sql_escape(self, s):
+		if self.sqlite_support:
+			return s.replace("\"", "\"\"")
+		return s.replace("\"", "\\\"")
+		
+
+	def _write_or_null(self, s):
+		if (not s or len(s) == 0):
+			return "NULL"
+		return "\"%s\"" % self._sql_escape(s)
+
+	def write(self, options):
+		self.write_header(False)
+		table = "uhub_config"
+
+		s = ""
+		if not self.sqlite_support:
+			s += "START TRANSACTION;\n\nDROP TABLE %(table)s IF EXISTS;" % { "table": table }
+		s += "\n\nCREATE TABLE %(table)s (\n\tname VARCHAR(32) UNIQUE NOT NULL,\n\tdefaultValue TINYTEXT NOT NULL,\n\tdescription LONGTEXT NOT NULL,\n\ttype TINYTEXT NOT NULL,\n\tadvanced BOOLEAN,\n\texample LONGTEXT,\n\tsince TINYTEXT\n);\n\n" % { "table": table }
+		self.f.write(s)
+
+		for option in options:
+			s = "INSERT INTO %(table)s VALUES(\"%(name)s\", \"%(default)s\", \"%(description)s\", \"%(type)s\", %(example)s, %(since)s, %(advanced)s);\n" % {
+					"table": table,
+					"name": self._sql_escape(option.name),
+					"default": self._sql_escape(option.formatted_default()),
+					"description": self._sql_escape(option.description),
+					"type": option.sql_type(),
+					"example": self._write_or_null(option.example),
+					"since": self._write_or_null(option.since),
+					"advanced": self._write_or_null(option.example),
+				}
+			self.f.write(s)
+
+		if not self.sqlite_support:
+			self.f.write("\n\nCOMMIT;\n\n")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	# parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "Configuration file parser and source generator")
+	# parser.add_argument("--in", nargs=1, type=argparse.FileType('r'), default="config.xml", help="Input file (config.xml)", required = True)
+	# parser.add_argument("--c-decl", nargs=1, type=argparse.FileType('w'), default="gen_config.h", help="Output file for C declarations (gen_config.h)")
+	# parser.add_argument("--c-impl", nargs=1, type=argparse.FileType('w'), default="gen_config.c", help="Output file for C implementation (gen_config.c)")
+	# parser.add_argument("--doc-sql", nargs=1, type=argparse.FileType('w'), help="Output file for SQL documentation")
+	# args = parser.parse_args()
+
+	xmldoc = minidom.parse("./config.xml")
+	opt_tags = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('option')
+	options = []
+	for option in opt_tags:
+		opt = Option(option)
+		options.append(opt)
+
+	header = CHeaderGenerator("./gen_config.h");
+	header.write(options);
+
+	source = CSourceGenerator("./gen_config.c");
+	source.write(options);
+
+	#sql = SqlWebsiteDocsGenerator("./gen_config.sql", True);
+	#sql.write(options);
+
+
diff --git a/src/core/gen_config.c b/src/core/gen_config.c
index 063db97..8372a7c 100644
--- a/src/core/gen_config.c
+++ b/src/core/gen_config.c
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT CHANGE IT! */
+/*
+ * uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Jan Vidar Krey
+ *
+ * THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT MODIFY
+ * Created 2013-04-22 21:57, by config.py
+ */
 
 void config_defaults(struct hub_config* config)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/gen_config.h b/src/core/gen_config.h
index a6effe1..26ed499 100644
--- a/src/core/gen_config.h
+++ b/src/core/gen_config.h
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT CHANGE IT! */
+/*
+ * uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Jan Vidar Krey
+ *
+ * THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED - DO NOT MODIFY
+ * Created 2013-04-22 21:57, by config.py
+ */
 
 struct hub_config
 {