diff --git a/lib/e7o.rb b/lib/e7o.rb
index d7f7a1d..10ea4e4 100644
--- a/lib/e7o.rb
+++ b/lib/e7o.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
-require 'e7o/middleware'
-require 'e7o/railtie' if defined?(Rails)
+module E7o
+  class Configuration < OpenStruct
+    def setup_defaults
+      self.redis_host = 'redis://localhost:6379'
+      self.e7o_request_store_key = :e7o_counter
+      self.enabled = false
+    end
+  end 
+
+  def self.configure
+    @config = Configuration.new
+    @config.setup_defaults
+    yield(@config) if block_given?
+    @config
+  end
+
+  def self.config
+    @config || configure
+  end
+end
+
 
 module I18n
   module E7oKeyRegistry
@@ -7,9 +26,9 @@ def lookup(locale, key, scope = [], options = {})
       separator = options[:separator] || I18n.default_separator
       flat_key = I18n.normalize_keys(locale, key, scope, separator).join(separator)
 
-      RequestStore.store[:e7o_counter] ||= {}
-      RequestStore.store[:e7o_counter][flat_key] ||= 0
-      RequestStore.store[:e7o_counter][flat_key] += 1
+      RequestStore.store[E7o.config.e7o_request_store_key] ||= {}
+      RequestStore.store[E7o.config.e7o_request_store_key][flat_key] ||= 0
+      RequestStore.store[E7o.config.e7o_request_store_key][flat_key] += 1
 
       super
     end
@@ -17,3 +36,6 @@ def lookup(locale, key, scope = [], options = {})
 end
 
 I18n::Backend::Simple.send :include, I18n::E7oKeyRegistry
+
+require 'e7o/middleware'
+require 'e7o/railtie' if defined?(Rails)
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diff --git a/lib/e7o/middleware.rb b/lib/e7o/middleware.rb
index ae71074..735ac8f 100644
--- a/lib/e7o/middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/e7o/middleware.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module E7o
   class Middleware
     def initialize(app)
-      @redis_connection ||= Redis.new url: determine_redis_provider
+      @redis_connection ||= Redis.new url: E7o.config.redis_host
       @app = app
     end
 
@@ -27,11 +27,8 @@ def call(env)
     private
 
     def e7o_enabled
-      ENV['E7O_ENABLED'] == 'true'
+      E7o.config.enabled
     end
 
-    def determine_redis_provider
-      ENV['E7O_REDIS_URL'] || ENV[ENV['REDIS_PROVIDER'] || 'REDIS_URL']
-    end
   end
 end