diff --git a/erc20/bridge/local.toml b/erc20/bridge/local.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cea565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/erc20/bridge/local.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+keystore = "./keys"
+
+[home]
+account = "0xd6d713a71eb3955c680d5967e9bb22298edefcc3"
+required_confirmations = 0
+poll_interval = 5
+request_timeout = 360
+rpc_host = "http://127.0.0.1"
+rpc_port = 38545 
+password = "./keys/d6d713a71eb3955c680d5967e9bb22298edefcc3.pwd"
+default_gas_price = 1000000000
+
+[foreign]
+account = "0xd6d713a71eb3955c680d5967e9bb22298edefcc3"
+required_confirmations = 0
+poll_interval = 5
+request_timeout = 360
+rpc_host = "http://127.0.0.1"
+rpc_port = 48545
+password = "./keys/d6d713a71eb3955c680d5967e9bb22298edefcc3.pwd"
+default_gas_price = 21000000000
+gas_price_oracle_url = "https://gasprice.poa.network/"
+gas_price_speed_type = "fast"
+gas_price_timeout = 10
+
+[authorities]
+accounts = [
+        "0xd6d713a71eb3955c680d5967e9bb22298edefcc3"
+]
+required_signatures = 1
+
+[transactions]
+deposit_relay = { gas = 300000, concurrency = 100 }
+withdraw_confirm = { gas = 300000, concurrency = 100 }
+withdraw_relay = { gas = 300000, concurrency = 100 }
diff --git a/erc20/bridge/start_bridge.sh b/erc20/bridge/start_bridge.sh
index 0ed2ff4..cd970fa 100755
--- a/erc20/bridge/start_bridge.sh
+++ b/erc20/bridge/start_bridge.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 BRIDGE_BASE="/home/koal/git-repos/parity-bridge-research/erc20/bridge"
 TASK="PoA_bridge"
 BRIDGE_BIN="./bridge"
-CONFIG="sokol_ropsten_config_rpc.toml"
-DATABASE="sokol_ropsten_db.toml"
+
+if [ -f "./.env" ]; then
+    source "./.env"
+else
+    CONFIG="sokol_ropsten_config_rpc.toml"
+    DATABASE="sokol_ropsten_db.toml"
+fi
 
 TASK_WORK_DIR="${BRIDGE_BASE}"