diff --git a/config.cfg b/config.cfg
index 4e90348..5cf6580 100644
--- a/config.cfg
+++ b/config.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [general]
+# dns interface
+listen = ":53"
 # domain name to serve th requests off of 
 domain = "auth.example.org"
 # zone name server 
diff --git a/dns_test.go b/dns_test.go
index 0d37975..93e8990 100644
--- a/dns_test.go
+++ b/dns_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -74,22 +73,8 @@ func findRecordFromMemory(rrstr string, host string, qtype uint16) error {
 	return errors.New(errmsg)
 }
 
-func startDNSServer(addr string) (*dns.Server, resolver) {
-
-	// DNS server part
-	dns.HandleFunc(".", handleRequest)
-	server := &dns.Server{Addr: addr, Net: "udp"}
-	go func() {
-		err := server.ListenAndServe()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("%v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-	return server, resolver{server: addr}
-}
-
 func TestResolveA(t *testing.T) {
-	setupConfig()
+	resolv := resolver{server: "0.0.0.0:15353"}
 	answer, err := resolv.lookup("auth.example.org", dns.TypeA)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("%v", err)
@@ -107,8 +92,7 @@ func TestResolveA(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestResolveTXT(t *testing.T) {
-	setupConfig()
-
+	resolv := resolver{server: "0.0.0.0:15353"}
 	validTXT := "______________valid_response_______________"
 
 	atxt, err := DB.Register()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4a02d49..c49882c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/iris-contrib/middleware/cors"
 	"github.com/kataras/iris"
-	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	DNSConf = configTmp
 
-	setupLogging()
+	setupLogging(DNSConf.Logconfig.Format, DNSConf.Logconfig.Level)
 
 	// Read the default records in
 	RR.Parse(DNSConf.General.StaticRecords)
@@ -40,16 +39,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer DB.DB.Close()
 
-	// DNS server part
-	dns.HandleFunc(".", handleRequest)
-	server := &dns.Server{Addr: ":53", Net: "udp"}
-	go func() {
-		err = server.ListenAndServe()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("%v", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-	}()
+	// DNS server
+	startDNS(DNSConf.General.Listen)
 
 	// API server and endpoints
 	api := iris.New()
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 795b5a0..0f98dab 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		_ = DB.Init("sqlite3", ":memory:")
 	}
 
-	server, resolv = startDNSServer("0.0.0.0:15353")
+	server := startDNS("0.0.0.0:15353")
 	exitval := m.Run()
 	server.Shutdown()
 	DB.DB.Close()
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index 91dec01..e6cfb90 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type authMiddleware struct{}
 
 // Config file general section
 type general struct {
+	Listen        string
 	Domain        string
 	Nsname        string
 	Nsadmin       string
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 3a49e7b..282ba99 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -22,27 +24,20 @@ func readConfig(fname string) (DNSConfig, error) {
 
 func sanitizeString(s string) string {
 	// URL safe base64 alphabet without padding as defined in ACME
-	re, err := regexp.Compile("[^A-Za-z\\-\\_0-9]+")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("%v", err)
-		return ""
-	}
+	re, _ := regexp.Compile("[^A-Za-z\\-\\_0-9]+")
 	return re.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
 }
 
-func generatePassword(length int) (string, error) {
+func generatePassword(length int) string {
 	ret := make([]byte, length)
 	const alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890-_"
 	alphalen := big.NewInt(int64(len(alphabet)))
 	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
-		c, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, alphalen)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
+		c, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, alphalen)
 		r := int(c.Int64())
 		ret[i] = alphabet[r]
 	}
-	return string(ret), nil
+	return string(ret)
 }
 
 func sanitizeDomainQuestion(d string) string {
@@ -57,17 +52,14 @@ func sanitizeDomainQuestion(d string) string {
 
 func newACMETxt() (ACMETxt, error) {
 	var a = ACMETxt{}
-	password, err := generatePassword(40)
-	if err != nil {
-		return a, err
-	}
+	password := generatePassword(40)
 	a.Username = uuid.NewV4()
 	a.Password = password
 	a.Subdomain = uuid.NewV4().String()
 	return a, nil
 }
 
-func setupLogging() {
+func setupLogging(format string, level string) {
 	if DNSConf.Logconfig.Format == "json" {
 		log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
 	}
@@ -83,3 +75,17 @@ func setupLogging() {
 	}
 	// TODO: file logging
 }
+
+func startDNS(listen string) *dns.Server {
+	// DNS server part
+	dns.HandleFunc(".", handleRequest)
+	server := &dns.Server{Addr: listen, Net: "udp"}
+	go func() {
+		err := server.ListenAndServe()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("%v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}()
+	return server
+}