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+# Configuration
+
+Following is a list of all the available configuration properties.
+
+You must place these config paramaters in an application.properties in the same directory as the jar file in this form -
+```properties 
+chatto.token.timeout-duration=30
+```
+
+## Properties
+
+| Name                           | Description                                              | Possible values                      | Default                                   |
+|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
+| chatto.token.timeout-duration  | The amount of time the authorization token will be valid | Number > 0                           | 30                                        |
+| chatto.frontend.loglevel       | The log level for the js frontend                        | ERROR, WARN, INFO, <br> DEBUG, TRACE | TRACE in dev mode, <br> INFO in production |
+| chatto.frontend.chat-page-size | The pagination amount of the chat area messages          | Number > 0                           | 9                                         |