diff --git a/customize.dist/ckeditor-config.js b/customize.dist/ckeditor-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96ac36e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customize.dist/ckeditor-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config ) {
+    var fixThings = false;
+    // https://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/10907
+    needsBrFiller= fixThings;
+    needsNbspFiller= fixThings;
+
+    removeButtons= 'Source,Maximize';
+    // magicline plugin inserts html crap into the document which is not part of the
+    // document itself and causes problems when it's sent across the wire and reflected back
+    removePlugins= 'resize';
+    extraPlugins= 'autolink,colorbutton,colordialog,font';
+    toolbarGroups= [{"name":"clipboard","groups":["clipboard","undo"]},{"name":"editing","groups":["find","selection"]},{"name":"links"},{"name":"insert"},{"name":"forms"},{"name":"tools"},{"name":"document","groups":["mode","document","doctools"]},{"name":"others"},{"name":"basicstyles","groups":["basicstyles","cleanup"]},{"name":"paragraph","groups":["list","indent","blocks","align","bidi"]},{"name":"styles"},{"name":"colors"}];
+
+    //skin: 'moono-cryptpad,/pad/themes/moono-cryptpad/'
+    //skin: 'flat,/pad/themes/flat/'
+    //skin: 'moono-lisa,/pad/themes/moono-lisa/'
+    //skin: 'moono-dark,/pad/themes/moono-dark/'
+    //skin: 'office2013,/pad/themes/office2013/'
+;
diff --git a/www/pad/main.js b/www/pad/main.js
index e073ea27a..50dc159d9 100644
--- a/www/pad/main.js
+++ b/www/pad/main.js
@@ -98,23 +98,8 @@ define([
             secret.keys = secret.key;
         }
 
-        var fixThings = false;
-
         var editor = window.editor = Ckeditor.replace('editor1', {
-            // https://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/10907
-            needsBrFiller: fixThings,
-            needsNbspFiller: fixThings,
-            removeButtons: 'Source,Maximize',
-            // magicline plugin inserts html crap into the document which is not part of the
-            // document itself and causes problems when it's sent across the wire and reflected back
-            removePlugins: 'resize',
-            extraPlugins: 'autolink,colorbutton,colordialog,font',
-            toolbarGroups: [{"name":"clipboard","groups":["clipboard","undo"]},{"name":"editing","groups":["find","selection"]},{"name":"links"},{"name":"insert"},{"name":"forms"},{"name":"tools"},{"name":"document","groups":["mode","document","doctools"]},{"name":"others"},{"name":"basicstyles","groups":["basicstyles","cleanup"]},{"name":"paragraph","groups":["list","indent","blocks","align","bidi"]},{"name":"styles"},{"name":"colors"}],
-            //skin: 'moono-cryptpad,/pad/themes/moono-cryptpad/'
-            //skin: 'flat,/pad/themes/flat/'
-            //skin: 'moono-lisa,/pad/themes/moono-lisa/'
-            //skin: 'moono-dark,/pad/themes/moono-dark/'
-            //skin: 'office2013,/pad/themes/office2013/'
+            customConfig: '/customize/ckeditor-config.js',
         });
 
         editor.on('instanceReady', function (Ckeditor) {