diff --git a/src/application-globals.rkt b/src/application-globals.rkt
index 49ea436..f7d9d67 100644
--- a/src/application-globals.rkt
+++ b/src/application-globals.rkt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   `(html
     (head
      (meta (@ (name "viewport") (content "width=device-width, initial-scale=1")))
-     (title ,(format "~a | ~a" title (config-get 'application-name)))
+     (title ,(format "~a | ~a" title (config-get 'application_name)))
      (style ":root { --theme-page-background-color: #dfdfe0 }") ; fallback in case styles don't load fast enough
      ,@(map (λ (url)
               `(link (@ (rel "stylesheet") (type "text/css") (href ,url))))
@@ -53,22 +53,22 @@
                                          (img (@ (class "my-logo") (src "/static/breezewiki.svg"))))
                                         (p
                                          (a (@ (href "https://gitdab.com/cadence/breezewiki"))
-                                            ,(format "~a source code" (config-get 'application-name))))
+                                            ,(format "~a source code" (config-get 'application_name))))
                                         (p
                                          (a (@ (href "https://lists.sr.ht/~cadence/breezewiki-discuss"))
                                             "Discussions / Bug reports / Feature requests"))
-                                        ,(if (config-get 'instance-is-official)
-                                             `(p ,(format "This instance is run by the ~a developer, " (config-get 'application-name))
+                                        ,(if (config-get 'instance_is_official)
+                                             `(p ,(format "This instance is run by the ~a developer, " (config-get 'application_name))
                                                  (a (@ (href "https://cadence.moe/contact"))
                                                     "Cadence."))
                                              `(p
-                                               ,(format "This unofficial instance is based off the ~a source code, but is not controlled by the code developer." (config-get 'application-name)))))
+                                               ,(format "This unofficial instance is based off the ~a source code, but is not controlled by the code developer." (config-get 'application_name)))))
                                        (div
                                         (p "This page displays proxied content from "
                                            (a (@ (href ,source-url) (rel "noreferrer")) ,source-url)
                                            ". Text content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported), "
                                            (a (@ (href "https://www.fandom.com/licensing")) "see license info.")
                                            " Media files may have different copying restrictions.")
-                                        (p ,(format "Fandom is a trademark of Fandom, Inc. ~a is not affiliated with Fandom." (config-get 'application-name))))))))))))
+                                        (p ,(format "Fandom is a trademark of Fandom, Inc. ~a is not affiliated with Fandom." (config-get 'application_name))))))))))))
 (module+ test
   (check-not-false (xexp->html (generate-wiki-page "" "test" "test" '(template)))))
diff --git a/src/config.rkt b/src/config.rkt
index 8e785ec..38433f9 100644
--- a/src/config.rkt
+++ b/src/config.rkt
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
   (hash-ref config key))
 
 (define default-config
-  '((port . "10416")
+  '((application_name . "BreezeWiki")
+    (canonical_origin . "")
     (debug . "false")
-    (instance-is-official . "false") ; please don't turn this on, or you will make me very upset
-    (application-name . "BreezeWiki")))
+    (instance_is_official . "false") ; please don't turn this on, or you will make me very upset
+    (port . "10416")))
 
 (define config
   (make-hasheq
diff --git a/src/page-category.rkt b/src/page-category.rkt
index 83f0f03..bfc689f 100644
--- a/src/page-category.rkt
+++ b/src/page-category.rkt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
    (define data (easy:response-json dest-res))
    (define body (generate-results-page dest-url wikiname prefixed-category data))
-   (when (config-get 'debug)
+   (when (config-true? 'debug)
      ; used for its side effects
      ; convert to string with error checking, error will be raised if xexp is invalid
      (xexp->html body))
diff --git a/src/page-home.rkt b/src/page-home.rkt
index 4a87a1b..102ab68 100644
--- a/src/page-home.rkt
+++ b/src/page-home.rkt
@@ -56,20 +56,20 @@
                           (footer (@ (class "custom-footer"))
                                   (div (@ (class "internal-footer"))
                                        (img (@ (class "my-logo") (src "/static/breezewiki.svg")))
-                                       ,(if (config-get 'instance-is-official)
+                                       ,(if (config-get 'instance_is_official)
                                             `(div
-                                              (p ,(format "This instance is run by the ~a developer, " (config-get 'application-name))
+                                              (p ,(format "This instance is run by the ~a developer, " (config-get 'application_name))
                                                 (a (@ (href "https://cadence.moe/contact"))
                                                    "Cadence."))
                                               (p "Hosting generously provided by "
                                                  (a (@ (href "http://alphamethyl.barr0w.net/"))
                                                     "alphamethyl.")))
                                             `(p
-                                              ,(format "This unofficial instance is based off the ~a source code, but is not controlled by the code developer." (config-get 'application-name))))
+                                              ,(format "This unofficial instance is based off the ~a source code, but is not controlled by the code developer." (config-get 'application_name))))
                                        (p "Text content on wikis run by Fandom is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported), "
                                           (a (@ (href "https://www.fandom.com/licensing")) "see license info.")
                                           " Media files and official Fandom documents have different copying restrictions.")
-                                       (p ,(format "Fandom is a trademark of Fandom, Inc. ~a is not affiliated with Fandom." (config-get 'application-name)))))))))))
+                                       (p ,(format "Fandom is a trademark of Fandom, Inc. ~a is not affiliated with Fandom." (config-get 'application_name)))))))))))
 (module+ test
   (check-not-false (xexp->html body)))