diff --git a/bin/embark b/bin/embark
index 2cd96aef3..11ff3d791 100644
--- a/bin/embark
+++ b/bin/embark
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ program.command('demo').description('create a working dapp with a SimpleStorage
 
   var targetDir = "./embark_demo";
   wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(boilerPath, targetDir);
-  wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(demoPath + "/app",  targetDir + "/app",  {forceDelete: true});
-  wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(demoPath + "/spec", targetDir + "/spec", {forceDelete: true});
+  wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(demoPath + "/app",    targetDir + "/app",    {forceDelete: true});
+  wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(demoPath + "/config", targetDir + "/config", {forceDelete: true});
+  wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(demoPath + "/spec",   targetDir + "/spec",   {forceDelete: true});
 
   cd(targetDir);
   run('npm install');
diff --git a/demo/config/blockchain.yml b/demo/config/blockchain.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10c49900a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/config/blockchain.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+development:
+  rpc_host: localhost
+  rpc_port: 8101
+  rpc_whitelist: "*"
+  minerthreads: 1
+  datadir: /tmp/embark
+  mine_when_needed: true
+  gas_limit: 100000
+  gas_price: 10000000000000
+  console: false
+  account:
+    init: true
+    password: config/password
+staging:
+  rpc_host: localhost
+  rpc_port: 8101
+  rpc_whitelist: "*"
+  datadir: default
+  network_id: 0
+  console: true
+  account:
+    init: false
+    address: 
diff --git a/demo/config/contracts.yml b/demo/config/contracts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6d25d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/config/contracts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+development:
+  SimpleStorage:
+    args:
+      - 100
+staging:
+  SimpleStorage:
+    args:
+      - 100
diff --git a/demo/config/password b/demo/config/password
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c747d679e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/config/password
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dev_password
diff --git a/demo/config/server.yml b/demo/config/server.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b9fa0014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/config/server.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+host: localhost
+port: 8000