diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index e69de29..38b06e2 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# OVDashboard API
+
+This API enables the OVDashboard UI to run.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Preferably, use the `docker` image at `TODO` to run API and UI simultaneously. Refer to the [main config](TODO) for how to do that.
+
+## Running the API 
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diff --git a/api/ovdashboard_api/app.py b/api/ovdashboard_api/app.py
index d83b7df..8e8264f 100644
--- a/api/ovdashboard_api/app.py
+++ b/api/ovdashboard_api/app.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async def add_middlewares() -> None:
         app.mount(
             path="/",
             app=StaticFiles(
-                directory="/html",
+                directory=SETTINGS.ui_directory,
                 html=True,
             ),
             name="frontend",
diff --git a/api/ovdashboard_api/settings.py b/api/ovdashboard_api/settings.py
index 43fec69..747430a 100644
--- a/api/ovdashboard_api/settings.py
+++ b/api/ovdashboard_api/settings.py
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     Per-run settings.
     """
 
+    #####
+    # general settings
+    #####
+
     production_mode: bool = False
     log_level: str = "INFO" if production_mode else "DEBUG"
+    ui_directory: str = "/html"
     cache_time: int = 30
     cache_size: int = 30
 
@@ -46,16 +51,28 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     ping_host: str = "10.0.0.0"
     ping_port: int = 1
 
+    #####
+    # openapi settings
+    #####
+
     openapi_url: str = "/openapi.json"
     docs_url: Optional[str] = None if production_mode else "/docs"
     redoc_url: Optional[str] = None if production_mode else "/redoc"
 
+    #####
+    # webdav settings
+    #####
+
     webdav: DavSettings = DavSettings()
     webdav_disable_check: bool = False
     webdav_retries: int = 20
     webdav_prefix: str = "/ovdashboard"
     config_path: str = "config.txt"
 
+    #####
+    # caldav settings
+    #####
+
     caldav: DavSettings = DavSettings()
 
     class Config: