diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd3e709..99b6bb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,25 +1,57 @@
 # ssb-config
 
-Configuration module used by [`scuttlebot`](https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot).
+Configuration module useful for starting an [`ssb-server`](https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server).
 
-## example
+## example usage
 
 ``` js
+var Server = require('ssb-server')
 var config = require('ssb-config')
 
-//if you want to set up a test network, that
-//doesn't collide with main ssb pass the name of that network in.
+var server = Server(config)
+server.whoami((err, feed) => {
+  console.log(feed)
 
-var test_config = require('ssb-config/inject')('testnet', {port: 9999})
-//you can also pass a second argument, which overrides the default defaults.
+  server.close(() => console.log('closing the server!'))
+})
 ```
 
+Custom configutation (e.g. set up a test network that doesn't collide with main ssb network):
+```js
+// if you want to customise, e.g. 
+// 
+
+var Server = require('ssb-server')
+var Config = require('ssb-config/inject')
+var config = Config('testnet', { port: 9999 })
+
+var server = Server(config)
+server.whoami((err, feed) => {
+  console.log(feed)
+
+  server.close(() => console.log('closing the server!'))
+})
+```
+
+## API
+
+### `require('ssb-config')`
+
+returns you the stock standard config for starting an `ssb-server`
+
+### `require('ssb-config/inject')(appName, opts) => Object`
+
+A function which takes:
+- `appName` *(string)* which declares where to look for further config, where to readand write databases. Stores data in `~/.${appName}`, defaults to `ssb` (so data in `~/.ssb`).
+- `opts` *(object)* an object which is fed into the config generation as a bunch of defaults (see 'Configuration' below)
+
 ## Configuration
 
-There are some configuration options for the sysadmins out there. All configuration is loaded via [`rc`](https://github.com/dominictarr/rc). You can pass any configuration value in as cli arg, env var, or in a file.
+All configuration is loaded via [`rc`](https://github.com/dominictarr/rc). This means the final config is a result of config collected from `opts` passed into the inject method, cli args, env var, and config (e.g. `~/.ssb/config`). See the rc repo for full details.
 
-* `host` *(string)* The domain or ip address for `sbot`. Defaults to your public ip address.
-* `port` *(string|number)* The port for `sbot`. Defaults to `8008`.
+Options:
+
+* `connections` *(object)* Details `incoming` and `outgoing` connections behaviour (see below)
 * `timeout`: *(number)* Number of milliseconds a replication stream can idle before it's automatically disconnected. Defaults to `30000`.
 * `pub` *(boolean)* Replicate with pub servers. Defaults to `true`.
 * `local` *(boolean)* Replicate with local servers found on the same network via `udp`. Defaults to `true`.
@@ -30,53 +62,93 @@ There are some configuration options for the sysadmins out there. All configurat
 * `master` *(array)* Pubkeys of users who, if they connect to the Scuttlebot instance, are allowed to command the primary user with full rights. Useful for remotely operating a pub. Defaults to `[]`.
 * `logging.level` *(string)* How verbose should the logging be. Possible values are error, warning, notice, and info. Defaults to `notice`.
 
-### `connections`
+Deprecated Options:
+* `host` *(string)* The domain or ip address for `sbot`. Defaults to your public ip address.
+* `port` *(string|number)* The port for `sbot`. Defaults to `8008`.
 
-Two objects to specify `incoming` and `outgoing` transports and transformations for connections.
+You should use `connections` to more explicitly configure connections.
 
-The default is the following. It specifies the default TCP `net`work transport for incoming and outging connections, using secret-handshake/boxstream ([shs](https://github.com/auditdrivencrypto/secret-handshake)) for authentication and encryption.
+### `connections`
 
+An object with two required properties: `incoming` and `outgoing` to specify transports and transformations for connections.
+Defaults to the following:
 ```json
-"connections": {
+{
   "incoming": {
     "net": [{ "port": 8008, "scope": "public", "transform": "shs" }]
   },
   "outgoing": {
     "net": [{ "transform": "shs" }]
   }
-},
+}
 ```
 
-If you want to use [Tor](https://torproject.org) to create outgoing connections you can specify your `outgoing` like this. It will use `localhost:9050` as the socks server for creating this.
+It specifies the default TCP `net`work transport for incoming and outging connections, using secret-handshake/boxstream ([shs](https://github.com/auditdrivencrypto/secret-handshake)) for authentication and encryption.
+
+A **transport** is a vehicle or avenue for communication. The following transports are currently supported:
+- `net` - TCP based
+- `unix` - socket based
+- `onion` - TOR based
+- `ws` - websocket based
+
+Each transport can have an array of different configurations passed to it, these are objects with properties:
+- `transform` *(string)* determines whether traffic is encrypted, and if so how.
+  - `shs` - secret handashake
+  - `noauth` - no encryption
+- `port` *(integer)*
+- `host` *(string)* only relevant for ... TODO
+- `scope` *(string)* ... TODO
+  - `private` - TODO
+  - `public` - TODO
+- `external` *(array of strings)* ... TODO
+
+---
+
+### Example `connnections` configurations
+
+If you only want to use [Tor](https://torproject.org) to create outgoing connections you can specify your `outgoing` like this. It will use `localhost:9050` as the socks server for creating this.
 
 ```json
-"connections": {
+{
+  "incoming": {
+    "net": [{ "port": 8008, "scope": "public", "transform": "shs" }]
+  },
   "outgoing": {
     "onion": [{ "transform": "shs" }]
   }
-},
+}
 ```
 
 If you want to run a peer behind NAT or other kind of proxy but still want sbot to be able to create invites for the outside addres, you can specify a `public` scope as your `incoming.net` by defining the `external` parameter like this:
 
 ```json
-"incoming": {
-  "net": [
-    { "scope": "public",  "external": ["cryptop.home"], "transform": "shs", "port": 8008 },
-    { "scope": "private", "transform": "shs", "port": 8008, "host": "internal1.con.taine.rs" },
-  ]
-},
+{ 
+  "incoming": {
+    "net": [
+      { "scope": "public",  "external": ["cryptop.home"], "transform": "shs", "port": 8008 },
+      { "scope": "private", "transform": "shs", "port": 8008, "host": "internal1.con.taine.rs" },
+    ]
+  },
+  "outgoing": {
+    "net": [{ "transform": "shs" }]
+  }
+}
 ```
 
 One thing to notice is that you _need_ `incoming` connections for Apps (like patchwork or git-ssb) to function. By default they use the same authentication mechanism (shs) to grant access to the database, choosing access levels depending on the keypair that opens the connection. If you connect to yourself, you get full access (query and publish). If a remote peer connects, it can only replicate. So be sure to have **at least one** `incoming` connection.
 
-That beeing said, the overhead of encryption for local applications can be very high, especially on low-powered devices. For this use-case there is a `noauth` transform which by-passes the authentication and grants full access to anybody that can connect to it. **hint:** *This is risky! it might expose private messages or enables people to publish as you!* Therefore be sure to bind the listener to `localhost` or use the `unix` socket. The `unix` file socket is creted as `$HOME/.ssb/socket` by default and has permissions such that only the user running `sbot server` can open it, just like the `.ssb/secret` file.
+That being said, the overhead of encryption for local applications can be very high, especially on low-powered devices. For this use-case there is a `noauth` transform which by-passes the authentication and grants full access to anybody that can connect to it. **hint:** *This is risky! it might expose private messages or enables people to publish as you!* Therefore be sure to bind the listener to `localhost` or use the `unix` socket. The `unix` file socket is creted as `$HOME/.ssb/socket` by default and has permissions such that only the user running `sbot server` can open it, just like the `.ssb/secret` file.
 
 ```json
-"incoming": {
-  "unix": [{ "scope":"device", "transform":"noauth" }],
-  "net": [{ "scope": "device", "transform": "noauth", "port": 8009, "host": "localhost" }]
-},
+{ 
+  "incoming": {
+    "unix": [{ "scope":"device", "transform":"noauth" }],
+    "net": [{ "scope": "device", "transform": "noauth", "port": 8009, "host": "localhost" }]
+  },
+  "outgoing": {
+    "net": [{ "transform": "shs" }]
+  }
+}
 ```
 
 The local plugin inside scuttlebot will use the first incoming connection of either public or private scope. 
diff --git a/inject.js b/inject.js
index e7d0892..0197102 100644
--- a/inject.js
+++ b/inject.js
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ var merge = require('deep-extend')
 var RC = require('rc')
 
 var SEC = 1e3
-var MIN = 60*SEC
+var MIN = 60 * SEC
 
 module.exports = function (name, override) {
   name = name || 'ssb'
-  var HOME = home() || 'browser' //most probably browser
-  var result = RC(name || 'ssb', merge({
-    //just use an ipv4 address by default.
-    //there have been some reports of seemingly non-private
-    //ipv6 addresses being returned and not working.
-    //https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot/pull/102
+  var HOME = home() || 'browser' // most probably browser
+
+  var result = RC(name, merge({
+    // just use an ipv4 address by default.
+    // there have been some reports of seemingly non-private
+    // ipv6 addresses being returned and not working.
+    // https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot/pull/102
+    path: path.join(HOME, '.' + name),
     party: true,
-    host: nonPrivate.v4 || '',
-    port: 8008,
     timeout: 0,
     pub: true,
     local: true,
@@ -27,33 +27,34 @@ module.exports = function (name, override) {
       dunbar: 150,
       hops: 3
     },
-    ws: {
-      port: 8989
-    },
     gossip: {
       connections: 3
     },
+    // *** LEGACY *** (used to generate default connections.incoming)
+    host: nonPrivate.v4 || '',
+    port: 8008,
+    ws: { port: 8989 },
+    // **************
     connections: {
       outgoing: {
-        net: [{ transform: "shs" }]
+        net: [{ transform: 'shs' }]
       }
     },
-    path: path.join(HOME, '.' + name),
     timers: {
       connection: 0,
-      reconnect: 5*SEC,
-      ping: 5*MIN,
-      handshake: 5*SEC
+      reconnect: 5 * SEC,
+      ping: 5 * MIN,
+      handshake: 5 * SEC
     },
-    //change these to make a test network that will not connect to the main network.
+    // change these to make a test network that will not connect to the main network.
     caps: {
-      //this is the key for accessing the ssb protocol.
-      //this will be updated whenever breaking changes are made.
-      //(see secret-handshake paper for a full explaination)
-      //(generated by crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('base64'))
+      // this is the key for accessing the ssb protocol.
+      // this will be updated whenever breaking changes are made.
+      // (see secret-handshake paper for a full explaination)
+      // (generated by crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('base64'))
       shs: '1KHLiKZvAvjbY1ziZEHMXawbCEIM6qwjCDm3VYRan/s=',
 
-      //used to sign messages
+      // used to sign messages
       sign: null
     },
     master: [],
@@ -62,11 +63,15 @@ module.exports = function (name, override) {
 
   if (!result.connections.incoming) {
     result.connections.incoming = {
-      net: [{ host: result.host, port: result.port, scope: "public", "transform": "shs" }],
-      ws: [{ host: result.host, port: result.ws.port, scope: "device", "transform": "shs" }]
+      net: [{ host: result.host, port: result.port, scope: 'public', 'transform': 'shs' }],
+      ws: [{ host: result.host, port: result.ws.port, scope: 'device', 'transform': 'shs' }]
     }
   }
-  return result
-}
 
+  // *** LEGACY TIDYUP ***
+  delete result.host
+  delete result.port
+  delete result.ws
 
+  return result
+}