diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/init.go b/cmd/ipfs/init.go
index 507959a65d1..f49f4a98416 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/init.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/init.go
@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ func initCmd(c *commander.Command, inp []string) error {
 	cfg.Datastore.Path = dspath
 	cfg.Datastore.Type = "leveldb"
 
-	cfg.Identity = new(config.Identity)
-	// This needs thought
-	cfg.Identity.Address = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001"
+	cfg.Identity = config.Identity{}
 
-	// local RPC endpoint
-	cfg.RPCAddress = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001"
+	// setup the node addresses.
+	cfg.Addresses = config.Addresses{
+		Swarm: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4001",
+		API:   "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001",
+	}
 
 	nbits, ok := c.Flag.Lookup("b").Value.Get().(int)
 	if !ok {
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ func initCmd(c *commander.Command, inp []string) error {
 	cfg.Identity.PeerID = id.Pretty()
 
 	// Use these hardcoded bootstrap peers for now.
-	cfg.Peers = []*config.SavedPeer{
-		&config.SavedPeer{
+	cfg.Bootstrap = []*config.BootstrapPeer{
+		&config.BootstrapPeer{
 			// mars.i.ipfs.io
 			PeerID:  "QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ",
 			Address: "/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001",
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/mount_unix.go b/cmd/ipfs/mount_unix.go
index d2fe28a1619..274632f3753 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/mount_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/mount_unix.go
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ func mountCmd(c *commander.Command, inp []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// launch the RPC endpoint.
-	if n.Config.RPCAddress == "" {
+	// launch the API RPC endpoint.
+	if n.Config.Addresses.API == "" {
 		return errors.New("no config.RPCAddress endpoint supplied")
 	}
 
-	maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(n.Config.RPCAddress)
+	maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(n.Config.Addresses.API)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 00d00e97f1a..8afdc595af4 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 type Identity struct {
 	PeerID  string
 	PrivKey string
-	Address string
 }
 
 // Datastore tracks the configuration of the datastore.
@@ -23,30 +22,33 @@ type Datastore struct {
 	Path string
 }
 
-type SavedPeer struct {
+// Addresses stores the (string) multiaddr addresses for the node.
+type Addresses struct {
+	Swarm string // address for the swarm network
+	API   string // address for the local API (RPC)
+}
+
+// BootstrapPeer is a peer used to bootstrap the network.
+type BootstrapPeer struct {
 	Address string
 	PeerID  string // until multiaddr supports ipfs, use another field.
 }
 
 // Config is used to load IPFS config files.
 type Config struct {
-	Identity   *Identity    // local node's peer identity
-	Datastore  Datastore    // local node's storage
-	RPCAddress string       // local node's RPC address
-	Peers      []*SavedPeer // local nodes's bootstrap peers
+	Identity  Identity         // local node's peer identity
+	Datastore Datastore        // local node's storage
+	Addresses Addresses        // local node's addresses
+	Bootstrap []*BootstrapPeer // local nodes's bootstrap peers
 }
 
+// DefaultPathRoot is the default parth for the IPFS node's root dir.
 const DefaultPathRoot = "~/.go-ipfs"
+
+// DefaultConfigFilePath points to the ipfs node config file.
 const DefaultConfigFilePath = DefaultPathRoot + "/config"
-const DefaultConfigFile = `{
-  "identity": {},
-  "datastore": {
-    "type": "leveldb",
-    "path": "` + DefaultPathRoot + `/datastore"
-  }
-}
-`
 
+// DecodePrivateKey is a helper to decode the users PrivateKey
 func (i *Identity) DecodePrivateKey(passphrase string) (crypto.PrivateKey, error) {
 	pkb, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(i.PrivKey)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index d925405dd15..8a381f0b44a 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func NewIpfsNode(cfg *config.Config, online bool) (*IpfsNode, error) {
 }
 
 func initIdentity(cfg *config.Config) (*peer.Peer, error) {
-	if cfg.Identity == nil {
+	if cfg.Identity.PeerID == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("Identity was not set in config (was ipfs init run?)")
 	}
 
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ func initIdentity(cfg *config.Config) (*peer.Peer, error) {
 
 	// address is optional
 	var addresses []*ma.Multiaddr
-	if len(cfg.Identity.Address) > 0 {
-		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(cfg.Identity.Address)
+	if len(cfg.Addresses.Swarm) > 0 {
+		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(cfg.Addresses.Swarm)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func initIdentity(cfg *config.Config) (*peer.Peer, error) {
 }
 
 func initConnections(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, pstore peer.Peerstore, route *dht.IpfsDHT) {
-	for _, p := range cfg.Peers {
+	for _, p := range cfg.Bootstrap {
 		if p.PeerID == "" {
 			u.PErr("error: peer does not include PeerID. %v\n", p)
 		}