diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b99913d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_space = true
+max_line_length = 120
+indent_style = space
+
+[*.py]
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.html,*.css,*.js,*.ts]
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02ed0c7..0185f33 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ __pycache__
 *.pyo
 *.pyd
 *.sqlite
+venv
diff --git a/scribeengine/config.py b/scribeengine/config.py
index c711760..bc30766 100644
--- a/scribeengine/config.py
+++ b/scribeengine/config.py
@@ -67,3 +67,68 @@ def read_config_from_file(filename):
             flask_config[key] = value
     _fix_special_cases(flask_config)
     return flask_config
+
+
+def write_config_file(config, filename):
+    """
+    Write the generated config to a file
+    """
+    parser = ConfigParser()
+    for section, options in config.items():
+        if not parser.has_section(section):
+            parser.add_section(section)
+        for option, value in options.items():
+            parser.set(section, option, value)
+    with open(filename, "w") as config_file:
+        parser.write(config_file)
+
+
+def prompt(question, options=None, default=None, type_=str):
+    """
+    Prompt the user for an answer, returning the default value if none is given.
+    """
+    if options:
+        question = '{question} ({options})'.format(question=question, options='/'.join(options))
+    if default:
+        question = '{question} [{default}]'.format(question=question, default=default)
+    answer = input('{question}: '.format(question=question)).strip()
+    if not answer:
+        return default
+    elif not isinstance(answer, type_):
+        answer = type_(answer)
+    return answer
+
+
+def ask_db_questions():
+    db_type = prompt('Database type', ['sqlite', 'mysql', 'postgres'], 'sqlite').lower()
+    if db_type == 'sqlite':
+        db_name = prompt('Database filename',  default='scribeengine.sqlite')
+        return '{db_type}:///{db_name}'.format(db_type=db_type, db_name=db_name)
+    db_name = prompt('Database name', default='scribeengine')
+    db_user = prompt('Database user', default='scribeengine')
+    db_password = prompt('Database password', default='mysupersecretpassword')
+    db_host = prompt('Database host', default='localhost')
+    if db_type in ['mysql', 'mariadb']:
+        db_port = prompt('Database port', default=3306, type_=int)
+    elif db_type == 'postgres':
+        db_port = prompt('Database port', default=5432, type_=int)
+    else:
+        db_port = prompt('Database port', default=0, type_=int)
+    return '{db_type}://{db_user}:{db_password}@{db_host}:{db_port}/{db_name}'.format(db_type=db_type,
+                                                                                      db_user=db_user,
+                                                                                      db_password=db_password,
+                                                                                      db_host=db_host,
+                                                                                      db_port=db_port,
+                                                                                      db_name=db_name)
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Ask the user a set of questions, and then write them to a config file.
+    """
+    config = {
+        'sqlalchemy': {
+            'database_uri': ask_db_questions()
+        }
+    }
+    write_config_file(config, 'config.ini')