diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index e8cf2ed3a..1180a50bc 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     Pleroma.HTML.Scrubber.Default
   ]
 
+# Deprecated, will be gone in 1.0
 config :pleroma, :fe,
   theme: "pleroma-dark",
   logo: "/static/logo.png",
@@ -172,6 +173,24 @@
   subject_line_behavior: "email",
   always_show_subject_input: true
 
+config :pleroma, :frontend_configurations,
+  pleroma_fe: %{
+    theme: "pleroma-dark",
+    logo: "/static/logo.png",
+    background: "/images/city.jpg",
+    redirectRootNoLogin: "/main/all",
+    redirectRootLogin: "/main/friends",
+    showInstanceSpecificPanel: true,
+    scopeOptionsEnabled: false,
+    formattingOptionsEnabled: false,
+    collapseMessageWithSubject: false,
+    hidePostStats: false,
+    hideUserStats: false,
+    scopeCopy: true,
+    subjectLineBehavior: "email",
+    alwaysShowSubjectInput: true
+  }
+
 config :pleroma, :activitypub,
   accept_blocks: true,
   unfollow_blocked: true,
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 5464fa90d..8740c3fae 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -101,7 +101,24 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Mailer,
 * `backends`: `:console` is used to send logs to stdout, `{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}` to log to syslog
 See: [logger’s documentation](https://hexdocs.pm/logger/Logger.html) and [ex_syslogger’s documentation](https://hexdocs.pm/ex_syslogger/)
 
+
+## :frontend_configurations
+
+This can be used to configure a keyword list that keeps the configuration data for any kind of frontend. By default, settings for `pleroma_fe` are configured.
+
+Frontends can access these settings at `/api/pleroma/frontend_configurations`
+
+To add your own configuration for PleromaFE, use it like this:
+
+`config :pleroma, :frontend_configurations, :pleroma_fe, %{theme: "my-theme", ...}`
+
+These settings need to be complete, they will overide the defaults.
+
 ## :fe
+__THIS IS DEPRECATED__
+
+If you are using this method, please change it to the `frontend_configurations` method. Please set this option to false in your config like this: `config :pleroma, :fe, false`.
+
 This section is used to configure Pleroma-FE, unless ``:managed_config`` in ``:instance`` is set to false.
 
 * `theme`: Which theme to use, they are defined in ``styles.json``
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/application.ex b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
index 47c0e5b68..c65bebb3b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/application.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def user_agent() do
   def start(_type, _args) do
     import Cachex.Spec
 
+    Pleroma.Config.DeprecationWarnings.warn()
+
     # Define workers and child supervisors to be supervised
     children =
       [
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/config/deprecation_warnings.ex b/lib/pleroma/config/deprecation_warnings.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc50682ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/config/deprecation_warnings.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2019 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Config.DeprecationWarnings do
+  require Logger
+
+  def check_frontend_config_mechanism() do
+    if Pleroma.Config.get(:fe) do
+      Logger.warn("""
+      !!!DEPRECATION WARNING!!!
+      You are using the old configuration mechanism for the frontend. Please check config.md.
+      """)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def warn do
+    check_frontend_config_mechanism()
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index 68e7a44b6..bfa10451a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
     post("/help/test", TwitterAPI.UtilController, :help_test)
     get("/statusnet/config", TwitterAPI.UtilController, :config)
     get("/statusnet/version", TwitterAPI.UtilController, :version)
+    get("/pleroma/frontend_configurations", TwitterAPI.UtilController, :frontend_configurations)
   end
 
   scope "/api", Pleroma.Web do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
index a79072f3d..b347faa71 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
@@ -183,25 +183,31 @@ def config(conn, _params) do
           invitesEnabled: if(Keyword.get(instance, :invites_enabled, false), do: "1", else: "0")
         }
 
-        pleroma_fe = %{
-          theme: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :theme),
-          background: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :background),
-          logo: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo),
-          logoMask: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo_mask),
-          logoMargin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo_margin),
-          redirectRootNoLogin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :redirect_root_no_login),
-          redirectRootLogin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :redirect_root_login),
-          chatDisabled: !Keyword.get(instance_chat, :enabled),
-          showInstanceSpecificPanel: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :show_instance_panel),
-          scopeOptionsEnabled: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :scope_options_enabled),
-          formattingOptionsEnabled: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :formatting_options_enabled),
-          collapseMessageWithSubject: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :collapse_message_with_subject),
-          hidePostStats: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :hide_post_stats),
-          hideUserStats: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :hide_user_stats),
-          scopeCopy: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :scope_copy),
-          subjectLineBehavior: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :subject_line_behavior),
-          alwaysShowSubjectInput: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :always_show_subject_input)
-        }
+        pleroma_fe =
+          if instance_fe do
+            %{
+              theme: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :theme),
+              background: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :background),
+              logo: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo),
+              logoMask: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo_mask),
+              logoMargin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :logo_margin),
+              redirectRootNoLogin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :redirect_root_no_login),
+              redirectRootLogin: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :redirect_root_login),
+              chatDisabled: !Keyword.get(instance_chat, :enabled),
+              showInstanceSpecificPanel: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :show_instance_panel),
+              scopeOptionsEnabled: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :scope_options_enabled),
+              formattingOptionsEnabled: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :formatting_options_enabled),
+              collapseMessageWithSubject:
+                Keyword.get(instance_fe, :collapse_message_with_subject),
+              hidePostStats: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :hide_post_stats),
+              hideUserStats: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :hide_user_stats),
+              scopeCopy: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :scope_copy),
+              subjectLineBehavior: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :subject_line_behavior),
+              alwaysShowSubjectInput: Keyword.get(instance_fe, :always_show_subject_input)
+            }
+          else
+            Pleroma.Config.get([:frontend_configurations, :pleroma_fe])
+          end
 
         managed_config = Keyword.get(instance, :managed_config)
 
@@ -216,6 +222,14 @@ def config(conn, _params) do
     end
   end
 
+  def frontend_configurations(conn, _params) do
+    config =
+      Pleroma.Config.get(:frontend_configurations, %{})
+      |> Enum.into(%{})
+
+    json(conn, config)
+  end
+
   def version(conn, _params) do
     version = Pleroma.Application.named_version()
 
diff --git a/priv/static/images/city.jpg b/priv/static/images/city.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c32204719
Binary files /dev/null and b/priv/static/images/city.jpg differ
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
index 73aa70bd5..dc9bad369 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
@@ -32,4 +32,71 @@ test "it returns HTTP 200", %{conn: conn} do
       assert response == "job started"
     end
   end
+
+  describe "GET /api/statusnet/config.json" do
+    test "it returns the managed config", %{conn: conn} do
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:instance, :managed_config], false)
+
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/statusnet/config.json")
+        |> json_response(:ok)
+
+      refute response["site"]["pleromafe"]
+
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:instance, :managed_config], true)
+
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/statusnet/config.json")
+        |> json_response(:ok)
+
+      assert response["site"]["pleromafe"]
+    end
+
+    test "if :pleroma, :fe is false, it returns the new style config settings", %{conn: conn} do
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:instance, :managed_config], true)
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:fe, :theme], "rei-ayanami-towel")
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:frontend_configurations, :pleroma_fe], %{theme: "asuka-hospital"})
+
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/statusnet/config.json")
+        |> json_response(:ok)
+
+      assert response["site"]["pleromafe"]["theme"] == "rei-ayanami-towel"
+
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:fe], false)
+
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/statusnet/config.json")
+        |> json_response(:ok)
+
+      assert response["site"]["pleromafe"]["theme"] == "asuka-hospital"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET /api/pleroma/frontend_configurations" do
+    test "returns everything in :pleroma, :frontend_configurations", %{conn: conn} do
+      config = [
+        frontend_a: %{
+          x: 1,
+          y: 2
+        },
+        frontend_b: %{
+          z: 3
+        }
+      ]
+
+      Pleroma.Config.put(:frontend_configurations, config)
+
+      response =
+        conn
+        |> get("/api/pleroma/frontend_configurations")
+        |> json_response(:ok)
+
+      assert response == Jason.encode!(config |> Enum.into(%{})) |> Jason.decode!()
+    end
+  end
 end