diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index aaca719..e8cbc60 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ int client_connection_handler(client_ctx_t *ctx, sock *client, unsigned long cli
 
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &begin);
 
-    if (dns_server[0] != 0) {
-        sprintf(buf, "dig @%s +short +time=1 -x %s", dns_server, ctx->addr);
+    if (config.dns_server[0] != 0) {
+        sprintf(buf, "dig @%s +short +time=1 -x %s", config.dns_server, ctx->addr);
         FILE *dig = popen(buf, "r");
         if (dig == NULL) {
             error("Unable to start dig: %s", strerror(errno));
diff --git a/src/lib/config.c b/src/lib/config.c
index 3681b8d..25073d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.c
+++ b/src/lib/config.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 config_t config;
-char geoip_dir[256], dns_server[256];
 
 int config_load(const char *filename) {
     FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
@@ -77,10 +76,10 @@ int config_load(const char *filename) {
         } else if (section == 0) {
             if (len > 10 && strncmp(ptr, "geoip_dir", 9) == 0 && (ptr[9] == ' ' || ptr[9] == '\t')) {
                 source = ptr + 9;
-                target = geoip_dir;
+                target = config.geoip_dir;
             } else if (len > 11 && strncmp(ptr, "dns_server", 10) == 0 && (ptr[10] == ' ' || ptr[10] == '\t')) {
                 source = ptr + 10;
-                target = dns_server;
+                target = config.dns_server;
             } else {
                 goto err;
             }
diff --git a/src/lib/config.h b/src/lib/config.h
index b423775..a34c059 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.h
+++ b/src/lib/config.h
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
     host_config_t hosts[CONFIG_MAX_HOST_CONFIG];
     cert_config_t certs[CONFIG_MAX_CERT_CONFIG];
+    char geoip_dir[256];
+    char dns_server[256];
 } config_t;
 
 extern config_t config;
-extern char geoip_dir[256], dns_server[256];
 
 int config_load(const char *filename);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy.h b/src/lib/proxy.h
index 0009412..99245b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy.h
+++ b/src/lib/proxy.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #define PROXY_COMPRESS 6
 
 #ifndef SERVER_NAME
-#   define SERVER_NAME "revproxy"
+#   define SERVER_NAME "reverse proxy"
 #endif
 
 #include "http.h"
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index 5e5a2df..7aa0b66 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 
 #define LOG_MAX_MSG_SIZE 2048
 #define LOG_BUF_SIZE 16
-#define LOG_NAME_LEN 8
+#define LOG_NAME_LEN 12
 #define LOG_PREFIX_LEN 256
 
+#define LOG_PREFIX "[%-8s][%-6s]"
+
 typedef struct {
     log_lvl_t lvl;
     char name[LOG_NAME_LEN];
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ static const char *level_keywords[] = {
 static void err(const char *restrict msg) {
     char err_buf[64];
     strerror_r(errno, err_buf, sizeof(err_buf));
-    fprintf(stderr, ERR_STR "[logger][%6s] %s: %s" CLR_STR "\n", level_keywords[LOG_CRITICAL], msg, err_buf);
+    fprintf(stderr, ERR_STR LOG_PREFIX " %s: %s" CLR_STR "\n", "logger", level_keywords[LOG_CRITICAL], msg, err_buf);
 }
 
 void logmsgf(log_lvl_t level, const char *restrict format, ...) {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ void logmsgf(log_lvl_t level, const char *restrict format, ...) {
     if (!logger_alive) {
         // no logger thread running
         // simply write to stdout without synchronization
-        printf("%s[%-6s][%-6s]%s%s ", color, (name != NULL) ? (char *) name : "", level_keywords[level], CLR_STR, (prefix != NULL) ? (char *) prefix : "");
+        printf("%s" LOG_PREFIX "%s%s ", color, (name != NULL) ? (char *) name : "", level_keywords[level], CLR_STR, (prefix != NULL) ? (char *) prefix : "");
         vprintf(buf, args);
         printf("\n");
     } else {
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ static void *logger_thread(void *arg) {
         log_msg_t *msg = &buffer.msgs[buffer.wr];
         buffer.wr = (buffer.wr + 1) % LOG_BUF_SIZE;
 
-        printf("%s[%-6s][%-6s]%s%s %s\n",
+        printf("%s" LOG_PREFIX "%s%s %s\n",
                (msg->lvl <= LOG_ERROR) ? ERR_STR : ((msg->lvl <= LOG_WARNING) ? WRN_STR : ""),
                (msg->name[0] != 0) ? (char *) msg->name : "", level_keywords[msg->lvl], CLR_STR,
                (msg->prefix[0] != 0) ? (char *) msg->prefix : "",  msg->txt);
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index f2be73c..a185145 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *const argv[]) {
     signal(SIGINT, terminate_gracefully);
     signal(SIGTERM, terminate_gracefully);
 
-    if ((ret = geoip_init(geoip_dir)) != 0) {
+    if ((ret = geoip_init(config.geoip_dir)) != 0) {
         if (ret == -1) {
             critical("Unable to initialize geoip");
         }