diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35755b8..b02382c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ The rest of the configuration is handled through environment variables
 # Can be debug,info,warning,error
 LOG_LEVEL = "info"
 
+ISSUER = "http://localhost"
+
 # Can be net,unix
 SERVER_MODE = "net"
 SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/polyculeconnect/config/config.go b/polyculeconnect/config/config.go
index 690d023..4c2f448 100644
--- a/polyculeconnect/config/config.go
+++ b/polyculeconnect/config/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const (
 	varServerPort   envVar = "SERVER_PORT"
 	varServerSocket envVar = "SERVER_SOCK_PATH"
 
+	varIssuer envVar = "ISSUER"
+
 	varStorageType      envVar = "STORAGE_TYPE"
 	varStorageFile      envVar = "STORAGE_FILEPATH"
 	varStorageHost      envVar = "STORAGE_HOST"
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ const (
 	defaultServerPort   = 5000
 	defaultServerSocket = ""
 
+	defaultIssuer = "locahost"
+
 	defaultStorageType      = Memory
 	defaultStorageFile      = "./polyculeconnect.db"
 	defaultStorageHost      = "127.0.0.1"
@@ -145,6 +149,8 @@ func (ac *AppConfig) getConfFromEnv() {
 	ac.StorageConfig.Password = getStringFromEnv(varStoragePassword, defaultStoragePassword)
 	ac.StorageConfig.Ssl.CaFile = getStringFromEnv(varStorageSSLCaFile, defaultStorageSSLCaFile)
 	ac.StorageConfig.Ssl.Mode = getStringFromEnv(varStorageSSLMode, defaultStorageSSLMode)
+
+	ac.OpenConnectConfig.Issuer = getStringFromEnv(varIssuer, defaultIssuer)
 }
 
 func (ac *AppConfig) RedirectURI() string {
@@ -154,6 +160,7 @@ func (ac *AppConfig) RedirectURI() string {
 func New(filepath string) (*AppConfig, error) {
 	var conf AppConfig
 	conf.StorageConfig = &StorageConfig{}
+	conf.OpenConnectConfig = &OpenConnectConfig{}
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {