diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
index a82c65ef..3ee711d6 100644
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from swh.core import config
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'storage': ('dict', {
         'cls': 'remote',
         'args': {
             'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:5002/',
         },
     }),
     'log_dir': ('string', '/tmp/swh/log'),
-    'debug': ('bool', True),
+    'debug': ('bool', False),
     'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),
     'port': ('int', 8000),
     'secret_key': ('string', 'development key'),
     'limiters': ('dict', {
         'swh_api': {
             'limiter_rate': '60/min',
             'exempted_networks': ['127.0.0.0/8']
         }
     })
 }
 
 swhweb_config = None
 
 
-def get_config(config_file=None):
+def get_config(config_file='webapp'):
     """Read the configuration file `config_file`, update the app with
        parameters (secret_key, conf) and return the parsed configuration as a
        dict. If no configuration file is provided, return a default
        configuration."""
 
     global swhweb_config
-    if not swhweb_config or config_file:
-        swhweb_config = config.read(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    if not swhweb_config:
+        swhweb_config = config.load_named_config(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
         config.prepare_folders(swhweb_config, 'log_dir')
         swhweb_config['storage'] = get_storage(**swhweb_config['storage'])
     return swhweb_config
 
 
 def storage():
     """Return the current application's SWH storage.
 
     """
     return get_config()['storage']
diff --git a/swh/web/manage.py b/swh/web/manage.py
index 166d3ed4..5450cc49 100644
--- a/swh/web/manage.py
+++ b/swh/web/manage.py
@@ -1,39 +1,36 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import os
 import sys
 
 from swh.web import config
 
-# Default configuration file
-DEFAULT_CONF_FILE = '~/.config/swh/webapp.yml'
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "swh.web.settings")
     try:
         from django.core.management.commands.runserver import (
             Command as runserver
         )
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     except ImportError:
         # The above import may fail for some other reason. Ensure that the
         # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
         # exceptions on Python 2.
         try:
             import django # noqa
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
                 "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
                 "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
             )
         raise
-    swh_web_config = config.get_config(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE)
+    swh_web_config = config.get_config()
     runserver.default_port = swh_web_config['port']
     runserver.default_addr = swh_web_config['host']
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)