diff --git a/config/gateway.go b/config/gateway.go
index 7bc3eb020..c0885778d 100644
--- a/config/gateway.go
+++ b/config/gateway.go
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ package config
 // Gateway contains options for the HTTP gateway server.
 type Gateway struct {
 	RootRedirect string
+	Writable bool
 }
diff --git a/config/init.go b/config/init.go
index aef5624ec..976d26688 100644
--- a/config/init.go
+++ b/config/init.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func Init(out io.Writer, nBitsForKeypair int) (*Config, error) {
 
 		Gateway: Gateway{
 			RootRedirect: "",
+			Writable: false,
 		},
 	}