diff --git a/config.go b/config/config.go
similarity index 66%
rename from config.go
rename to config/config.go
index 4f6e054..e3f03ae 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package main
+package config
 
 import (
-	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -12,16 +11,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// if the debug flag is passed through the command line arguments.
 	Debug bool
 
-	// Directory where the server data is stored at.
-	Data string
-
 	Api    *ApiConfiguration
-	Docker *server.DockerConfiguration
-
-	// Determines if permissions for a server should be set automatically on
-	// daemon boot. This can take a long time on systems with many servers, or on
-	// systems with servers containing thousands of files.
-	SetPermissionsOnBoot bool `yaml:"set_permissions_on_boot"`
+	System *SystemConfiguration
+	Docker *DockerConfiguration
 
 	// The amount of time in seconds that should elapse between disk usage checks
 	// run by the daemon. Setting a higher number can result in better IO performance
@@ -59,6 +51,52 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	AuthenticationToken string `yaml:"token"`
 }
 
+// Defines basic system configuration settings.
+type SystemConfiguration struct {
+	// Directory where the server data is stored at.
+	Data string
+
+	// The user that should own all of the server files, and be used for containers.
+	User string
+
+	// The path to the system's timezone file that will be mounted into running Docker containers.
+	TimezonePath string `yaml:"timezone_path"`
+
+	// Determines if permissions for a server should be set automatically on
+	// daemon boot. This can take a long time on systems with many servers, or on
+	// systems with servers containing thousands of files.
+	SetPermissionsOnBoot bool `yaml:"set_permissions_on_boot"`
+}
+
+// Defines the docker configuration used by the daemon when interacting with
+// containers and networks on the system.
+type DockerConfiguration struct {
+	// Network configuration that should be used when creating a new network
+	// for containers run through the daemon.
+	Network struct {
+		// The interface that should be used to create the network. Must not conflict
+		// with any other interfaces in use by Docker or on the system.
+		Interface string
+
+		// The name of the network to use. If this network already exists it will not
+		// be created. If it is not found, a new network will be created using the interface
+		// defined.
+		Name string
+	}
+
+	// If true, container images will be updated when a server starts if there
+	// is an update available. If false the daemon will not attempt updates and will
+	// defer to the host system to manage image updates.
+	UpdateImages bool `yaml:"update_images"`
+
+	// The location of the Docker socket.
+	Socket string
+
+	// Defines the location of the timezone file on the host system that should
+	// be mounted into the created containers so that they all use the same time.
+	TimezonePath string `yaml:"timezone_path"`
+}
+
 // Defines the configuration for the internal API that is exposed by the
 // daemon webserver.
 type ApiConfiguration struct {
@@ -85,8 +123,10 @@ type ApiConfiguration struct {
 // of the places in the code using them will need to be doing checks, which is
 // a tedious thing to have to do.
 func (c *Configuration) SetDefaults() {
-	// Set the default data directory.
-	c.Data = "/srv/daemon-data"
+	c.System = &SystemConfiguration{
+		Data: "/srv/daemon-data",
+		TimezonePath:"/etc/timezone",
+	}
 
 	// By default the internal webserver should bind to all interfaces and
 	// be served on port 8080.
@@ -102,7 +142,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) SetDefaults() {
 	// In production and heavy use environments where boot speed is essential,
 	// this should be set to false as servers will self-correct permissions on
 	// boot anyways.
-	c.SetPermissionsOnBoot = true
+	c.System.SetPermissionsOnBoot = true
 
 	// Configure the default throttler implementation. This should work fine
 	// for 99% of people running servers on the platform. The occasional host
@@ -114,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) SetDefaults() {
 	c.Throttles.CheckInterval = 100
 
 	// Configure the defaults for Docker connection and networks.
-	c.Docker = &server.DockerConfiguration{}
+	c.Docker = &DockerConfiguration{}
 	c.Docker.UpdateImages = true
 	c.Docker.Socket = "/var/run/docker.sock"
 	c.Docker.Network.Name = "pterodactyl_nw"
@@ -142,3 +182,18 @@ func ReadConfiguration(path string) (*Configuration, error) {
 
 	return c, nil
 }
+
+// Ensures that the Pterodactyl core user exists on the system. This user will be the
+// owner of all data in the root data directory and is used as the user within containers.
+//
+// If files are not owned by this user there will be issues with permissions on Docker
+// mount points.
+func (c *Configuration) EnsurePterodactylUser() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Ensures that the configured data directory has the correct permissions assigned to
+// all of the files and folders within.
+func (c *Configuration) EnsureFilePermissions() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/config/servers/.gitkeep b/config/servers/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from config/.gitignore
rename to data/.gitignore
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6776ac6..56c3262 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Nvveen/Gotty v0.0.0-20120604004816-cd527374f1e5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/fifo v0.0.0-20190226154929-a9fb20d87448 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v0.0.0-20180422163414-57142e89befe
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.3.3 // indirect
diff --git a/server/environment_docker.go b/server/environment_docker.go
index 6e7b96b..9189452 100644
--- a/server/environment_docker.go
+++ b/server/environment_docker.go
@@ -20,62 +20,37 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Defines the docker configuration used by the daemon when interacting with
-// containers and networks on the system.
-type DockerConfiguration struct {
-	Container struct {
-		User string
-	}
-
-	// Network configuration that should be used when creating a new network
-	// for containers run through the daemon.
-	Network struct {
-		// The interface that should be used to create the network. Must not conflict
-		// with any other interfaces in use by Docker or on the system.
-		Interface string
-
-		// The name of the network to use. If this network already exists it will not
-		// be created. If it is not found, a new network will be created using the interface
-		// defined.
-		Name string
-	}
-
-	// If true, container images will be updated when a server starts if there
-	// is an update available. If false the daemon will not attempt updates and will
-	// defer to the host system to manage image updates.
-	UpdateImages bool `yaml:"update_images"`
-
-	// The location of the Docker socket.
-	Socket string
-
-	// Defines the location of the timezone file on the host system that should
-	// be mounted into the created containers so that they all use the same time.
-	TimezonePath string `yaml:"timezone_path"`
-}
-
 // Defines the base environment for Docker instances running through Wings.
 type DockerEnvironment struct {
 	Server *Server
 
+	// The user that containers should be running as.
+	User string
+
 	// Defines the configuration for the Docker instance that will allow us to connect
 	// and create and modify containers.
-	Configuration DockerConfiguration
+	TimezonePath string
 
 	// The Docker client being used for this instance.
 	Client *client.Client
 }
 
 // Creates a new base Docker environment. A server must still be attached to it.
-func NewDockerEnvironment(cfg DockerConfiguration) (*DockerEnvironment, error) {
+func NewDockerEnvironment(opts ...func(*DockerEnvironment)) (*DockerEnvironment, error) {
 	cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(client.FromEnv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &DockerEnvironment{
-		Configuration: cfg,
-		Client:        cli,
-	}, nil
+	env := &DockerEnvironment{
+		Client: cli,
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(env)
+	}
+
+	return env, nil
 }
 
 // Ensure that the Docker environment is always implementing all of the methods
@@ -182,7 +157,7 @@ func (d *DockerEnvironment) Create() error {
 
 	conf := &container.Config{
 		Hostname:     "container",
-		User:         d.Configuration.Container.User,
+		User:         d.User,
 		AttachStdin:  true,
 		AttachStdout: true,
 		AttachStderr: true,
@@ -214,8 +189,8 @@ func (d *DockerEnvironment) Create() error {
 				ReadOnly: false,
 			},
 			{
-				Target:   d.Configuration.TimezonePath,
-				Source:   d.Configuration.TimezonePath,
+				Target:   d.TimezonePath,
+				Source:   d.TimezonePath,
 				Type:     mount.TypeBind,
 				ReadOnly: true,
 			},
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 335f1e0..739462b 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
 	"github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ type Allocations struct {
 
 // Iterates over a given directory and loads all of the servers listed before returning
 // them to the calling function.
-func LoadDirectory(dir string, cfg DockerConfiguration) ([]*Server, error) {
+func LoadDirectory(dir string, cfg *config.SystemConfiguration) ([]*Server, error) {
 	// We could theoretically use a standard wait group here, however doing
 	// that introduces the potential to crash the program due to too many
 	// open files. This wouldn't happen on a small setup, but once the daemon is
@@ -162,19 +163,24 @@ func LoadDirectory(dir string, cfg DockerConfiguration) ([]*Server, error) {
 // Initalizes a server using a data byte array. This will be marshaled into the
 // given struct using a YAML marshaler. This will also configure the given environment
 // for a server.
-func FromConfiguration(data []byte, cfg DockerConfiguration) (*Server, error) {
+func FromConfiguration(data []byte, cfg *config.SystemConfiguration) (*Server, error) {
 	s := &Server{}
 
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, s); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	withConfiguration := func (e *DockerEnvironment) {
+		e.User = cfg.User
+		e.TimezonePath = cfg.TimezonePath
+		e.Server = s
+	}
+
 	// Right now we only support a Docker based environment, so I'm going to hard code
 	// this logic in. When we're ready to support other environment we'll need to make
 	// some modifications here obviously.
 	var env Environment
-	if t, err := NewDockerEnvironment(cfg); err == nil {
-		t.Server = s
+	if t, err := NewDockerEnvironment(withConfiguration); err == nil {
 		env = t
 	} else {
 		return nil, err
@@ -183,8 +189,7 @@ func FromConfiguration(data []byte, cfg DockerConfiguration) (*Server, error) {
 	s.environment = env
 
 	s.fs = &Filesystem{
-		// @todo adjust this to be configuration provided!
-		Root:   "/srv/daemon-data",
+		Root:   cfg.Data,
 		Server: s,
 	}
 
diff --git a/wings.go b/wings.go
index 8597eab..aeb9748 100644
--- a/wings.go
+++ b/wings.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"net/http"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	zap.S().Infof("using configuration file: %s", configPath)
 
-	c, err := ReadConfiguration(configPath)
+	c, err := config.ReadConfiguration(configPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 		return
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func main() {
 		zap.S().Debugw("running in debug mode")
 	}
 
-	servers, err := server.LoadDirectory("config/servers", *c.Docker)
+	servers, err := server.LoadDirectory("data/servers", c.System)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Fatalw("failed to load server configurations", zap.Error(err))
 		return