diff --git a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/classes.py b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/classes.py
index e0615818a3..81a9700b7e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/classes.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, python_2_unicode_compatible
 
+from .utils import read_configuration_file
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -173,7 +175,13 @@ class Setting(object):
                     )
                 )
         else:
-            self.raw_value = getattr(settings, self.global_name, self.default)
+            self.raw_value = read_configuration_file(
+                path=settings.CONFIGURATION_FILEPATH
+            ).get(
+                self.global_name, getattr(
+                    settings, self.global_name, self.default
+                )
+            )
 
         self.yaml = Setting.serialize_value(self.raw_value)
         self.loaded = True
diff --git a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/literals.py b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/literals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8ba171ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/literals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_LIST = (
+    'ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'APPEND_SLASH', 'AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS',
+    'DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE', 'DATABASES', 'DEBUG', 'DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL',
+    'DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTS', 'EMAIL_BACKEND', 'EMAIL_HOST',
+    'EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', 'EMAIL_HOST_USER', 'EMAIL_PORT', 'EMAIL_TIMEOUT',
+    'EMAIL_USE_SSL', 'EMAIL_USE_TLS', 'FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE',
+    'HOME_VIEW', 'INSTALLED_APPS', 'INTERNAL_IPS', 'LANGUAGES',
+    'LANGUAGE_CODE', 'LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL', 'LOGIN_URL', 'STATIC_URL',
+    'STATICFILES_STORAGE', 'TIME_ZONE', 'WSGI_APPLICATION',
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/literals.py b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/literals.py
index 381ddaaef2..5c0b0db1a1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/literals.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/literals.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-ENVIRONMENT_TEST_NAME = 'PAGINATE_BY'
-ENVIRONMENT_TEST_VALUE = '999999'
+TEST_SETTING_NAME = 'COMMON_PAGINATE_BY'
+TEST_SETTING_VALUE = 999999
diff --git a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/test_classes.py b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/test_classes.py
index 517fccacdc..3ec0bbd2ba 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/test_classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/tests/test_classes.py
@@ -2,15 +2,39 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 import os
 
+import yaml
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
 from mayan.apps.common.settings import setting_paginate_by
 from mayan.apps.common.tests import BaseTestCase
+from mayan.apps.common.utils import fs_cleanup, mkstemp
 
-from .literals import ENVIRONMENT_TEST_NAME, ENVIRONMENT_TEST_VALUE
+from .literals import TEST_SETTING_NAME, TEST_SETTING_VALUE
 
 
 class ClassesTestCase(BaseTestCase):
+    def test_config_file(self):
+        test_config_file_descriptor, test_config_filename = mkstemp()
+        with open(test_config_filename, mode='w') as file_object:
+            file_object.write(
+                yaml.safe_dump(
+                    {TEST_SETTING_NAME: TEST_SETTING_VALUE}
+                )
+            )
+
+        settings.CONFIGURATION_FILEPATH = test_config_filename
+        setting_value = setting_paginate_by.value
+        fs_cleanup(filename=test_config_filename)
+
+        self.assertEqual(setting_value, TEST_SETTING_VALUE)
+
     def test_environment_variable(self):
-        os.environ[
-            'MAYAN_{}'.format(ENVIRONMENT_TEST_NAME)
-        ] = ENVIRONMENT_TEST_VALUE
-        self.assertTrue(setting_paginate_by.value, ENVIRONMENT_TEST_VALUE)
+        os.environ['MAYAN_{}'.format(TEST_SETTING_NAME)] = '{}'.format(
+            TEST_SETTING_VALUE
+        )
+
+        setting_value = setting_paginate_by.value
+        os.environ.pop('MAYAN_{}'.format(TEST_SETTING_NAME))
+        self.assertEqual(setting_value, TEST_SETTING_VALUE)
+
diff --git a/mayan/settings/utils.py b/mayan/apps/smart_settings/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from mayan/settings/utils.py
rename to mayan/apps/smart_settings/utils.py
diff --git a/mayan/settings/base.py b/mayan/settings/base.py
index 9104a74664..6d3034930e 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/base.py
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ import sys
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from mayan.apps.smart_settings.literals import DJANGO_SETTINGS_LIST
+from mayan.apps.smart_settings.utils import (
+    get_environment_variables, read_configuration_file, yaml_loads
+)
+
 from .literals import (
     CONFIGURATION_FILENAME, CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILENAME,
-    DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY, DJANGO_SETTINGS_LIST, SECRET_KEY_FILENAME, SYSTEM_DIR
-)
-from .utils import (
-    get_environment_variables, read_configuration_file, yaml_loads
+    DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY, SECRET_KEY_FILENAME, SYSTEM_DIR
 )
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
@@ -327,9 +329,15 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
-CONFIGURATION_FILEPATH = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, CONFIGURATION_FILENAME)
-CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILEPATH = os.path.join(
-    MEDIA_ROOT, CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILENAME
+CONFIGURATION_FILEPATH = os.environ.get(
+    'MAYAN_CONFIGURATION_FILEPATH', os.path.join(
+        MEDIA_ROOT, CONFIGURATION_FILENAME
+    )
+)
+CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILEPATH = os.environ.get(
+    'MAYAN_CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILEPATH', os.path.join(
+        MEDIA_ROOT, CONFIGURATION_LAST_GOOD_FILENAME
+    )
 )
 
 if 'revertsettings' not in sys.argv:
diff --git a/mayan/settings/literals.py b/mayan/settings/literals.py
index 7cd0108d68..b30b20544b 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/literals.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/literals.py
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_LIST = (
-    'ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'APPEND_SLASH', 'AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS',
-    'DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE', 'DATABASES', 'DEBUG', 'DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL',
-    'DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTS', 'EMAIL_BACKEND', 'EMAIL_HOST',
-    'EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', 'EMAIL_HOST_USER', 'EMAIL_PORT', 'EMAIL_TIMEOUT',
-    'EMAIL_USE_SSL', 'EMAIL_USE_TLS', 'FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE',
-    'HOME_VIEW', 'INSTALLED_APPS', 'INTERNAL_IPS', 'LANGUAGES',
-    'LANGUAGE_CODE', 'LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL', 'LOGIN_URL', 'STATIC_URL',
-    'STATICFILES_STORAGE', 'TIME_ZONE', 'WSGI_APPLICATION',
-)
-
 DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY = 'secret-key-missing!'
 SECRET_KEY_FILENAME = 'SECRET_KEY'
 SYSTEM_DIR = 'system'