diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5bd565..dae4deb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ initialization will run validation of your configuration file and check
 if it is valid. if it is not you will see logs emitted about what failed
 
 when a request comes in, the scripts declared in the aproxy config file will
-be executed sequentially (TODO: ensure order on conf file is chain order).
+be executed sequentially in the order they appear in the configuration.
 
 each script has two types of callbacks: init and request
 
diff --git a/conf.lua b/conf.lua
index ee662d7..13e9e98 100644
--- a/conf.lua
+++ b/conf.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 return {
     version = 1,
     wantedScripts = {
-        ['webfinger_allowlist'] = {accounts = {"example@example.com"}}
+        {
+            name = 'webfinger_allowlist',
+            config = {
+                accounts = {"example@example.com"}
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index 0de4de9..a8417a2 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ end
 
 local function validateConfigFile(config_object)
     local all_schema_errors = {}
-    for module_name, module_config in pairs(config_object.wantedScripts) do
+    for _, script_entry in ipairs(config_object.wantedScripts) do
+        local module_name = script_entry.name
+        local module_config = script_entry.config
         local module_manifest = require('scripts.' .. module_name)
         local config_schema = module_manifest.config
         local schema_errors = validateSchema(config_schema, module_config)
diff --git a/ctx.lua b/ctx.lua
index fb43089..2ab470e 100644
--- a/ctx.lua
+++ b/ctx.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ end
 
 function ctx:loadChain()
     self.compiled_chain = {}
-    for module_name, module_config in pairs(self._wanted_scripts) do
+    for _, script_entry in ipairs(self._wanted_scripts) do
+        local module_name = script_entry.name
+        local module_config = script_entry.config
         local module = require('scripts.' .. module_name)
         local module_config_readonly = table.readonly(module_config)
         local module_state = module.init(module_config_readonly)