diff --git a/src/core.php b/src/core.php
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+<?php
+require_once 'lib/redbean/RedBean/redbean.inc.php';
+require_once 'lib/chibi-core/Facade.php';
+
+date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'en_US.UTF-8');
+define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+
+function configFactory()
+{
+	$config = new \Chibi\Config();
+	$configPaths =
+	[
+		__DIR__ . DS . '../config.ini',
+		__DIR__ . DS . '../local.ini'
+	];
+	$configPaths = array_filter($configPaths, 'file_exists');
+
+	foreach ($configPaths as $path)
+	{
+		$config->loadIni($path);
+	}
+
+	return $config;
+}