diff --git a/amanuensis/cli/server.py b/amanuensis/cli/server.py
index c9a0d30..5585bf8 100644
--- a/amanuensis/cli/server.py
+++ b/amanuensis/cli/server.py
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
+import logging
 import os
 
+from amanuensis.config import RootConfigDirectoryContext
 from amanuensis.cli.helpers import (
-	add_argument, no_argument, alias,
-	config_get, config_set, CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE)
+	add_argument,
+	no_argument,
+	alias,
+	config_get,
+	config_set,
+	CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 @alias('i')
-@add_argument(
-	"--refresh", action="store_true",
+@add_argument("--refresh",
+	action="store_true",
 	help="Refresh an existing config directory")
 def command_init(args):
 	"""
@@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ def command_init(args):
 
 	# Internal call
 	create_config_dir(args.config_dir, args.refresh)
+	logger.info(f'Initialized config dir at {args.config_dir}')
 	return 0
 
 
@@ -41,12 +50,10 @@ def command_generate_secret(args):
 	The Flask server will not run unless a secret key has
 	been generated.
 	"""
-	# Module imports
-	from amanuensis.config import json_rw, logger
-
-	secret_key = os.urandom(32)
-	with json_rw("config.json") as cfg:
-		cfg['secret_key'] = secret_key.hex()
+	root: RootConfigDirectoryContext = args.root
+	secret_key: bytes = os.urandom(32)
+	with root.config(edit=True) as cfg:
+		cfg.secret_key = secret_key.hex()
 	logger.info("Regenerated Flask secret key")
 	return 0
 
@@ -74,10 +81,17 @@ def command_run(args):
 
 
 @alias('n')
-@add_argument("--get", metavar="PATHSPEC", dest="get",
-	nargs="?", const=CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE, help="Get the value of a config key")
-@add_argument("--set", metavar=("PATHSPEC", "VALUE"), dest="set",
-	nargs=2, help="Set the value of a config key")
+@add_argument("--get",
+	metavar="PATHSPEC",
+	dest="get",
+	nargs="?",
+	const=CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE,
+	help="Get the value of a config key")
+@add_argument("--set",
+	metavar=("PATHSPEC", "VALUE"),
+	dest="set",
+	nargs=2,
+	help="Set the value of a config key")
 def command_config(args):
 	"""
 	Interact with the global config
@@ -85,19 +99,18 @@ def command_config(args):
 	PATHSPEC is a path into the config object formatted as
 	a dot-separated sequence of keys.
 	"""
-	# Module imports
-	from amanuensis.config import json_ro, json_rw, logger
+	root: RootConfigDirectoryContext = args.root
 
 	if args.get and args.set:
 		logger.error("Specify one of --get and --set")
 		return -1
 
 	if args.get:
-		with json_ro('config.json') as cfg:
+		with root.config(edit=False) as cfg:
 			config_get(cfg, args.get)
 
 	if args.set:
-		with json_rw('config.json') as cfg:
+		with root.config(edit=True) as cfg:
 			config_set("config", cfg, args.set)
 
 	return 0
diff --git a/amanuensis/config/directory.py b/amanuensis/config/directory.py
index 37d4d66..0ea783e 100644
--- a/amanuensis/config/directory.py
+++ b/amanuensis/config/directory.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class IndexDirectoryContext(ConfigDirectoryContext):
 			return self.read('index')
 
 
-class RootConfigDirectoryContext(ConfigDirectoryContext):
+class RootConfigDirectoryContext(ConfigFileConfigDirectoryContext):
 	"""
 	Context for the config directory with links to the lexicon and
 	user contexts.
diff --git a/amanuensis/config/init.py b/amanuensis/config/init.py
index 8189e98..dfa1e16 100644
--- a/amanuensis/config/init.py
+++ b/amanuensis/config/init.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Standard library imports
-import copy
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import fcntl
 import json
-import logging.config
 import os
 import shutil
 
 # Module imports
-from amanuensis.errors import MissingConfigError, MalformedConfigError
-from amanuensis.config.loader import json_ro, json_rw
+# from amanuensis.errors import MissingConfigError, MalformedConfigError
+from amanuensis.config.context import json_ro, json_rw
 from amanuensis.resources import get_stream
 
 
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ def create_config_dir(config_dir, refresh=False):
 	"""
 	Create or refresh a config directory
 	"""
-	from collections import OrderedDict
-	import fcntl
 
 	def prepend(*path):
 		joined = os.path.join(*path)
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ def create_config_dir(config_dir, refresh=False):
 	global_config_path = prepend("config.json")
 	if refresh and os.path.isfile(global_config_path):
 		# We need to write an entirely different ordereddict to the config
-		# file, so we mimic the config.loader functionality manually.
+		# file, so we mimic the config.context functionality manually.
 		with open(global_config_path, 'r+', encoding='utf8') as cfg_file:
 			fcntl.lockf(cfg_file, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
 			old_cfg = json.load(cfg_file, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
@@ -60,11 +58,6 @@ def create_config_dir(config_dir, refresh=False):
 		with open(prepend("config.json"), 'wb') as f:
 			f.write(def_cfg.read())
 
-	# Ensure pidfile exists.
-	if not os.path.isfile(prepend("pid")):
-		with open(prepend("pid"), 'w') as f:
-			f.write(str(os.getpid()))
-
 	# Ensure lexicon subdir exists.
 	if not os.path.isdir(prepend("lexicon")):
 		os.mkdir(prepend("lexicon"))
@@ -101,4 +94,3 @@ def create_config_dir(config_dir, refresh=False):
 						print("Removing stale {} index entry '{}: {}'"
 							.format(dir_name, name, entry))
 						del index[name]
-