diff --git a/src/ep.json b/src/ep.json
index f5a653f60..26e4f603f 100644
--- a/src/ep.json
+++ b/src/ep.json
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
     { "name": "admin", "hooks": { "expressCreateServer": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/admin:expressCreateServer" } },
     { "name": "adminplugins", "hooks": {
       "expressCreateServer": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/adminplugins:expressCreateServer",
-      "socketio": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/adminplugins:socketio" } }
+      "socketio": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/adminplugins:socketio" } 
+    },
+    { "name": "adminsettings", "hooks": {
+      "expressCreateServer": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/adminsettings:expressCreateServer",
+      "socketio": "ep_etherpad-lite/node/hooks/express/adminsettings:socketio" }
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.js b/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db4df750c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/adminsettings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+var path = require('path');
+var eejs = require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/eejs');
+var installer = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/installer');
+var hooks = require("ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/hooks");
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
+  args.app.get('/admin/settings', function(req, res) {
+
+    var render_args = {
+      settings: "",
+      search_results: {},
+      errors: []
+    };
+
+    res.send( eejs.require("ep_etherpad-lite/templates/admin/settings.html", render_args) );
+
+  });
+}
+
+exports.socketio = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
+  var io = args.io.of("/settings");
+  io.on('connection', function (socket) {
+    if (!socket.handshake.session.user || !socket.handshake.session.user.is_admin) return;
+
+    socket.on("load", function (query) {
+      fs.readFile('settings.json', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
+        if (err) {
+          return console.log(err);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          socket.emit("settings", {results: data});
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    socket.on("saveSettings", function (settings) {
+      fs.writeFile('settings.json', settings, function (err) {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        socket.emit("saveprogress", "saved");
+      });
+    });
+
+    socket.on("restartServer", function () {
+      console.log("Admin request to restart server through a socket on /admin/settings");
+      hooks.aCallAll("restartServer", {}, function () {});
+
+    });
+
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/static/css/admin.css b/src/static/css/admin.css
index 5eb008fa0..b91850a65 100644
--- a/src/static/css/admin.css
+++ b/src/static/css/admin.css
@@ -119,4 +119,12 @@ td, th {
   right: 10px;
   padding: 2px;
   overflow: auto;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+.settings {
+  margin-top:10px;
+  width:100%;  
+  min-height:600px;
+}
+#response{
+  display:inline;
+}
diff --git a/src/static/js/admin/minify.json.js b/src/static/js/admin/minify.json.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4edbd6e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static/js/admin/minify.json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*! JSON.minify()
+	v0.1 (c) Kyle Simpson
+	MIT License
+*/
+
+(function(global){
+	if (typeof global.JSON == "undefined" || !global.JSON) {
+		global.JSON = {};
+	}
+	
+	global.JSON.minify = function(json) {
+		
+		var tokenizer = /"|(\/\*)|(\*\/)|(\/\/)|\n|\r/g,
+			in_string = false,
+			in_multiline_comment = false,
+			in_singleline_comment = false,
+			tmp, tmp2, new_str = [], ns = 0, from = 0, lc, rc
+		;
+		
+		tokenizer.lastIndex = 0;
+		
+		while (tmp = tokenizer.exec(json)) {
+			lc = RegExp.leftContext;
+			rc = RegExp.rightContext;
+			if (!in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment) {
+				tmp2 = lc.substring(from);
+				if (!in_string) {
+					tmp2 = tmp2.replace(/(\n|\r|\s)*/g,"");
+				}
+				new_str[ns++] = tmp2;
+			}
+			from = tokenizer.lastIndex;
+			
+			if (tmp[0] == "\"" && !in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment) {
+				tmp2 = lc.match(/(\\)*$/);
+				if (!in_string || !tmp2 || (tmp2[0].length % 2) == 0) {	// start of string with ", or unescaped " character found to end string
+					in_string = !in_string;
+				}
+				from--; // include " character in next catch
+				rc = json.substring(from);
+			}
+			else if (tmp[0] == "/*" && !in_string && !in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment) {
+				in_multiline_comment = true;
+			}
+			else if (tmp[0] == "*/" && !in_string && in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment) {
+				in_multiline_comment = false;
+			}
+			else if (tmp[0] == "//" && !in_string && !in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment) {
+				in_singleline_comment = true;
+			}
+			else if ((tmp[0] == "\n" || tmp[0] == "\r") && !in_string && !in_multiline_comment && in_singleline_comment) {
+				in_singleline_comment = false;
+			}
+			else if (!in_multiline_comment && !in_singleline_comment && !(/\n|\r|\s/.test(tmp[0]))) {
+				new_str[ns++] = tmp[0];
+			}
+		}
+		new_str[ns++] = rc;
+		return new_str.join("");
+	};
+})(this);
diff --git a/src/static/js/admin/settings.js b/src/static/js/admin/settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c9edb1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static/js/admin/settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+$(document).ready(function () {
+  var socket,
+    loc = document.location,
+    port = loc.port == "" ? (loc.protocol == "https:" ? 443 : 80) : loc.port,
+    url = loc.protocol + "//" + loc.hostname + ":" + port + "/",
+    pathComponents = location.pathname.split('/'),
+    // Strip admin/plugins
+    baseURL = pathComponents.slice(0,pathComponents.length-2).join('/') + '/',
+    resource = baseURL.substring(1) + "socket.io";
+
+  //connect
+  socket = io.connect(url, {resource : resource}).of("/settings");
+
+  socket.on('settings', function (settings) {
+
+    /* Check to make sure the JSON is clean before proceeding */
+    if(isJSONClean(settings.results))
+    {
+      $('.settings').append(settings.results);
+      $('.settings').focus();
+    }
+    else{
+      alert("YOUR JSON IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD");
+    }    
+  });
+
+  /* When the admin clicks save Settings check the JSON then send the JSON back to the server */
+  $('#saveSettings').on('click', function(){
+    var editedSettings = $('.settings').val();
+    if(isJSONClean(editedSettings)){
+      // JSON is clean so emit it to the server
+      socket.emit("saveSettings", $('.settings').val());
+    }else{
+      alert("YOUR JSON IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD")
+      $('.settings').focus();
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* Tell Etherpad Server to restart */
+  $('#restartEtherpad').on('click', function(){
+    socket.emit("restartServer");
+  });
+
+  socket.on('saveprogress', function(progress){
+    $('#response').show();
+    $('#response').text(progress);
+    $('#response').fadeOut('slow');
+  });
+
+  socket.emit("load"); // Load the JSON from the server
+
+});
+
+
+function isJSONClean(data){
+  var cleanSettings = JSON.minify(data);
+  try{
+    var response = jQuery.parseJSON(cleanSettings);
+  }
+  catch(e){
+    return false; // the JSON failed to be parsed
+  }
+  if(typeof response !== 'object'){
+    return false;
+  }else{
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/templates/admin/settings.html b/src/templates/admin/settings.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..778afa89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/admin/settings.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Settings manager</title>
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../static/css/admin.css">
+    <script src="../static/js/jquery.js"></script>
+    <script src="../socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+    <script src="../static/js/admin/minify.json.js"></script>
+    <script src="../static/js/admin/settings.js"></script>
+
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="wrapper">
+
+      <% if (errors.length) { %>
+        <div class="errors">
+          <% errors.forEach(function (item) { %>
+            <div class="error"><%= item.toString() %></div>
+          <% }) %>
+        </div>
+      <% } %>
+
+
+      <h1>Etherpad Lite Settings</h1>
+      <a href=''>Example production settings template</a>
+      <a href=''>Example development settings template</a>
+      <textarea class="settings"></textarea>
+      <input type="button" class="settingsButton" id="saveSettings" value="Save Settings">
+      <input type="button" class="settingsButton" id="restartEtherpad" value="Restart Etherpad">
+      <div id="response"></div>
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>