diff --git a/assets/webconfig/content/general.html b/assets/webconfig/content/general.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e752ef65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/webconfig/content/general.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div class="container-fluid">
+	<div class="row">
+		<div class="col-lg-12">
+			<h2 class="page-header"><i class="fa fa-play-wrench-o fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="conf_general_label_title">General</span></h2>
+			<div class="introd">
+				<h4 data-i18n="conf_general_label_intro"></h4>
+			</div>
+			<hr />
+			<div id='editor_container'/>
+			<button  class="btn btn-success" id='btn_submit' data-i18n="general_button_savesettings">Save Settings</button>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<script src="/js/content_general.js"></script>
diff --git a/assets/webconfig/i18n/de.json b/assets/webconfig/i18n/de.json
index b44f4ee9..66face1a 100644
--- a/assets/webconfig/i18n/de.json
+++ b/assets/webconfig/i18n/de.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 		"dashboard_alert_message_confedit" : "Deine Hyperion Konfiguration wurde verändert. Um die Änderungen anzuwenden, starte Hyperion neu.",
 		"main_menu_dashboard_token" : "Dashboard",
 		"main_menu_configuration_token" : "Konfiguration",
+		"main_menu_general_conf_token" : "Allgemein",
 		"main_menu_leds_conf_token" : "LED Hardware",
 		"main_menu_grabber_conf_token" : "Aufnahme Hardware",
 		"main_menu_effect_conf_token" : "Effekte",
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@
 		"main_menu_system_token" : "System",
 		"main_menu_input_selection_token" : "Eingabeauswahl",
 		"main_menu_logging_token" : "Protokoll",
-		"main_menu_webconfig_token" : "Webkonfiguration",
+		"main_menu_webconfig_token" : "Web konfiguration",
+		"conf_general_label_title" : "All Einstellungen",
+		"conf_general_label_intro" : " ",
 		"conf_helptable_option" : "Option",
 		"conf_helptable_expl" : "Erklärung",
 		"conf_effects_label_intro" : "Stelle einen Effekt oder Farbe ein, der beim Starten sichtbar sein soll. Stelle einen Hintergrundeffekt/Farbe ein der erst sichtbar wird, wenn alle Bildquellen abgeschaltet sind (Das gilt ebenfalls für temporäres abschalten mithilfe der Kodi Überwachung).",
@@ -206,11 +209,12 @@
 		"InfoDialog_lang_text" : "Sollte dir die Vorauswahl der automatischen Spracherkennung nicht gefallen, kannst du die Sprache hier manuell festlegen.",
 		"InfoDialog_access_title" : "Zugriffsstufe",
 		"InfoDialog_access_text" : "Abhängig von der Stufe hast du Zugriff auf mehr oder weniger Einstellungen. Empfohlen ist 'Standard'.",
+		"edt_general_heading_title" : "Allgemeine Einstellungen",
+		"edt_general_name_title" : "Name der Konfiguration",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_title" : "Fehler beim Schreibzugriff!",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_text" : "Hyperion hat keinen Schreibzugriff auf die aktuell geladene Konfiguration. Bitte korrigiere die Dateizugriffsrechte um fortzufahren.",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_foottext" : "Die Webkonfiguration wird automatisch wieder freigegeben, sobald das Problem behoben wurde!",
 		"edt_dev_general_heading_title" : "Allgemeine Einstellungen",
-		"edt_dev_general_name_title" : "Name der Konfiguration",
 		"edt_dev_general_ledCount_title" : "Anzahl Hardware LEDs",
 		"edt_dev_general_colorOrder_title" : "RGB Byte Reihenfolge",
 		"edt_dev_general_rewriteTime_title" : "Aktualisierungszeit",
diff --git a/assets/webconfig/i18n/en.json b/assets/webconfig/i18n/en.json
index 31365e5d..a8bbd8ad 100644
--- a/assets/webconfig/i18n/en.json
+++ b/assets/webconfig/i18n/en.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 		"dashboard_alert_message_confedit" : "Your Hyperion configuration has been modified. To apply it, restart Hyperion.",
 		"main_menu_dashboard_token" : "Dashboard",
 		"main_menu_configuration_token" : "Configuration",
+		"main_menu_general_conf_token" : "General",
 		"main_menu_leds_conf_token" : "LED Hardware",
 		"main_menu_grabber_conf_token" : "Capturing Hardware",
 		"main_menu_effect_conf_token" : "Effects",
@@ -58,9 +59,11 @@
 		"main_menu_support_token" : "Support",
 		"main_menu_update_token" : "Update",
 		"main_menu_system_token" : "System",
-		"main_menu_input_selection_token" : "Eingabeauswahl",
+		"main_menu_input_selection_token" : "Input Selection",
 		"main_menu_logging_token" : "Log",
-		"main_menu_webconfig_token" : "Webconfiguration",
+		"main_menu_webconfig_token" : "Web configuration",
+		"conf_general_label_title" : "General setings",
+		"conf_general_label_intro" : " ",
 		"conf_helptable_option" : "Option",
 		"conf_helptable_expl" : "Explanation",
 		"conf_effects_label_intro" : "Setting up a booteffect/color that is visible after Hyperion startup. Configure a background effect/color which is active, when all capture sources are disabled (also temporarily via Kodi Watch)",
@@ -206,6 +209,8 @@
 		"InfoDialog_lang_text" : "If you don't like the result of the automatic language detection you could overwrite it here.",
 		"InfoDialog_access_title" : "Level setting",
 		"InfoDialog_access_text" : "Depending on settings level you could change more or less settings. Recommended is the default level.",
+		"edt_general_heading_title" : "General Settings",
+		"edt_general_name_title" : "Configuration name",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_title" : "write permission error!",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_text" : "Hyperion can't write to your current loaded configuration file. Please repair the file permissions to proceed.",
 		"InfoDialog_nowrite_foottext" : "The WebUI will be unlocked automatically after you solved the problem!",
diff --git a/assets/webconfig/index.html b/assets/webconfig/index.html
index 9c8a38b9..c1975827 100644
--- a/assets/webconfig/index.html
+++ b/assets/webconfig/index.html
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 						<li>
 							<a class="inactive"><i class="fa fa-cog fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="main_menu_configuration_token">Configuration</span><span class="fa arrow"></span></a>
 							<ul class="nav nav-second-level">
+								<li> <a class="inactive" id="load_confGeneral"><i class="fa fa-wrench fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="main_menu_general_conf_token">General</span></a> </li>
 								<li> <a class="inactive" id="load_confLeds"><i class="fa fa-lightbulb-o fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="main_menu_leds_conf_token">LED Hardware</span></a> </li>
 								<li> <a class="inactive" id="load_confGrabber"><i class="fa fa-camera fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="main_menu_grabber_conf_token">Capturing Hardware</span></a> </li>
 								<li> <a class="inactive" id="load_confEffects"><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-fw"></i><span  data-i18n="main_menu_effect_conf_token">Effects</span></a> </li>
diff --git a/assets/webconfig/js/content_general.js b/assets/webconfig/js/content_general.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0e4ab48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/webconfig/js/content_general.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+var conf_editor = null;
+$(hyperion).one("cmd-config-getschema", function(event) {
+	schema = parsedConfSchemaJSON.properties;
+	conf_editor = createJsonEditor('editor_container', {
+		general: schema.general
+	}, true);
+
+	$('#editor_container h3').remove();
+
+	$('#btn_submit').off().on('click',function() {
+		requestWriteConfig(conf_editor.getValue());
+	});
+});
+
+
+$(document).ready( function() {
+	performTranslation();
+	requestServerConfigSchema();
+});
+
diff --git a/assets/webconfig/js/content_index.js b/assets/webconfig/js/content_index.js
index 19d63eb6..4fb59914 100644
--- a/assets/webconfig/js/content_index.js
+++ b/assets/webconfig/js/content_index.js
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 	bindNavToContent("#load_remote","remote",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_huebridge","huebridge",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_support","support",false);
-	bindNavToContent("#load_confKodi","kodiconf",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_update","update",false);
+	bindNavToContent("#load_confGeneral","general",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_confEffects","effects",false);
+	bindNavToContent("#load_confKodi","kodiconf",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_confLeds","leds",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_confGrabber","grabber",false);
 	bindNavToContent("#load_confColors","colors",false);
diff --git a/config/hyperion.config.json.commented b/config/hyperion.config.json.commented
index c8677afe..3ac6713d 100644
--- a/config/hyperion.config.json.commented
+++ b/config/hyperion.config.json.commented
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 
 {
+	/// geenral Settings 
+	/// * 'name'          : The user friendly name of the hyperion instance (used for network things)
+	/// * 'configVersion' : don't touch it's an internal value regarding which validation schema for this config is used
+	"general" :
+	{
+		"name"       : "MyHyperionConfig",
+		"configVersion" : 2
+	},
 	/// set log level: silent warn verbose debug
 	"logger" :
 	{
@@ -19,7 +27,6 @@
 	/// * 'rewriteTime': in ms. Data is resend to leds, if no new data is available in thistime. 0 means no refresh
 	"device" :
 	{
-		"name"       : "MyHyperionConfig",
 		"type"       : "file",
 		"output"     : "/dev/null",
 		"rate"     : 1000000,
diff --git a/config/hyperion.config.json.default b/config/hyperion.config.json.default
index 46a8e459..b4e1e02f 100644
--- a/config/hyperion.config.json.default
+++ b/config/hyperion.config.json.default
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
+	"general" :
+	{
+		"name"       : "MyHyperionConfig",
+		"configVersion" : 2
+	},
 	"logger" :
 	{
 		"level" : "warn"
diff --git a/include/hyperion/Hyperion.h b/include/hyperion/Hyperion.h
index 5481de5d..0885d199 100644
--- a/include/hyperion/Hyperion.h
+++ b/include/hyperion/Hyperion.h
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ public:
 
 	/// gets the methode how image is maped to leds
 	int getLedMappingType() { return _ledMAppingType; };
+	
+	int getConfigVersionId() { return _configVersionId; };
 
 public slots:
 	///
@@ -411,4 +413,6 @@ private:
 	QSize _ledGridSize;
 	
 	int _ledMAppingType;
+	
+	int _configVersionId;
 };
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/Hyperion.cpp b/libsrc/hyperion/Hyperion.cpp
index 7145b69c..b722b678 100644
--- a/libsrc/hyperion/Hyperion.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/Hyperion.cpp
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ Hyperion::Hyperion(const QJsonObject &qjsonConfig, const QString configFile)
 	// initialize hash of current config
 	configModified();
 
+	const QJsonObject & generalConfig = qjsonConfig["general"].toObject();
+	_configVersionId = generalConfig["configVersion"].toInt(-1);
+
 	// initialize the leds
 	update();
 }
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/hyperion.schema.json b/libsrc/hyperion/hyperion.schema.json
index dcd40a1d..97358106 100644
--- a/libsrc/hyperion/hyperion.schema.json
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/hyperion.schema.json
@@ -3,1247 +3,12 @@
 	"required" : true,
 	"properties" :
 	{
-		"logger" :
-		{
-			"type" : "object",
-			"title" : "edt_conf_log_heading_title",
-			"properties" :
-			{
-				"level" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"enum" : ["silent", "warn", "verbose", "debug"],
-					"title" : "edt_conf_log_level_title",
-					"default" : "warn"
-				}
-			},
-			"additionalProperties" : false
-		},
-		"device" :
-		{
-			"type" : "object",
-			"title" : "edt_dev_general_heading_title",
-			"required" : true,
-			"defaultProperties": ["name","ledCount","colorOrder","rewriteTime"],
-			"properties" :
-			{
-				"name" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"title" : "edt_dev_general_name_title",
-					"required" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 1
-				},
-				"type" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"required" : true
-				},
-				"ledCount" :
-				{
-					"type" : "integer",
-					"minimum" : 0,
-					"title" : "edt_dev_general_ledCount_title",
-					"propertyOrder" : 2
-				},
-				"colorOrder" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"title" : "edt_dev_general_colorOrder_title",
-					"enum" : ["rgb", "bgr", "rbg", "brg", "gbr", "grb"],
-					"default" : "rgb",
-					"propertyOrder" : 3
-				},
-				"rewriteTime": {
-					"type": "integer",
-					"title":"edt_dev_general_rewriteTime_title",
-					"default": 5000,
-					"append" : "edt_append_ms",
-					"minimum": 0,
-					"access" : "expert",
-					"propertOrder" : 4
-				}
-			},
-			"additionalProperties" : true
-		},
-		"color" :
-		{
-			"type":"object",
-			"title" : "edt_conf_color_heading_title",
-			"required" : true,
-			"defaultProperties": ["imageToLedMappingType","channelAdjustment_enable","channelAdjustment","transform_enable","transform"],
-			"properties":
-			{
-				"imageToLedMappingType" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"enum" : ["multicolor_mean", "unicolor_mean"],
-					"default" : "multicolor_mean",
-					"propertyOrder" : 1
-				},
-				"channelAdjustment_enable" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"default" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 2
-				},
-				"channelAdjustment_v4l_only" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"default" : false,
-					"propertyOrder" : 3
-				},
-				"channelAdjustment" :
-				{
-					"type" : "array",
-					"required" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 4,
-					"items" :
-					{
-						"type" : "object",
-						"required" : true,
-						"properties" :
-						{
-							"id" :
-							{
-								"type" : "string",
-								"required" : true
-							},
-							"leds" :
-							{
-								"type" : "string",
-								"required" : true
-							},
-							"pureRed" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"redChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"greenChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"blueChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"pureGreen" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"redChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"greenChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"blueChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"pureBlue" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"redChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"greenChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									},
-									"blueChannel" :
-									{
-										"type": "integer",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum": 0,
-										"maximum": 255
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							}
-						},
-						"additionalProperties" : false
-					}
-				},
-				"transform_enable" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"default" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 5
-				},
-				"transform_v4l_only" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"default" : false,
-					"propertyOrder" : 6
-				},
-				"transform" :
-				{
-					"type" : "array",
-					"required" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 7,
-					"items" :
-					{
-						"type" : "object",
-						"required" : true,
-						"properties" :
-						{
-							"id" :
-							{
-								"type" : "string",
-								"required" : true
-							},
-							"leds" :
-							{
-								"type" : "string",
-								"required" : true
-							},
-							"hsv" : {
-								"type" : "object",
-								"required" : false,
-								"properties" : {
-									"saturationGain" : {
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : false,
-										"minimum" : 0.0
-									},
-									"valueGain" : {
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : false,
-										"minimum" : 0.0
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"hsl" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"saturationGain" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0
-									},
-									"luminanceGain" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0
-									},
-									"luminanceMinimum" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"red" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"threshold" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 1.0
-									},
-									"gamma" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 100.0
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"green" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"threshold" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 1.0
-									},
-									"gamma" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 100.0
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							},
-							"blue" :
-							{
-								"type":"object",
-								"required" : true,
-								"properties":
-								{
-									"threshold" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 1.0
-									},
-									"gamma" :
-									{
-										"type" : "number",
-										"required" : true,
-										"minimum" : 0.0,
-										"maximum": 100.0
-									}
-								},
-								"additionalProperties" : false
-							}
-						},
-						"additionalProperties" : false
-					}
-				}
-			},
-			"additionalProperties" : false
-		},
-		"smoothing":
-		{
-			"type" : "object",
-			"title" : "edt_conf_smooth_heading_title",
-			"properties" :
-			{
-				"enable" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
-					"default" : true,
-					"propertyOrder" : 1
-				},
-				"type" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_smooth_type_title",
-					"enum" : ["linear"],
-					"default" : "linear",
-					"propertyOrder" : 2
-				},
-				"time_ms" :
-				{
-					"type" : "integer",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_smooth_time_ms_title",
-					"minimum" : 25,
-					"maximum": 600,
-					"default" : 200,
-					"append" : "edt_append_ms",
-					"propertyOrder" : 3
-				},
-				"updateFrequency" :
-				{
-					"type" : "number",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_smooth_updateFrequency_title",
-					"minimum" : 1.0,
-					"maximum" : 100.0,
-					"default" : 25.0,
-					"append" : "edt_append_hz",
-					"propertyOrder" : 4
-				},
-				"updateDelay" :
-				{
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-		"webConfig" :
-		{
-			"type" : "object",
-			"title" : "edt_conf_webc_heading_title",
-			"properties" :
-			{
-				"enable" :
-				{
-					"type" : "boolean",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
-					"default" : true,
-					"access" : "expert",
-					"propertyOrder" : 1
-				},
-				"document_root" :
-				{
-					"type" : "string",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_webc_docroot_title",
-					"access" : "expert",
-					"propertyOrder" : 2
-				},
-				"port" :
-				{
-					"type" : "integer",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_general_port_title",
-					"minimum" : 0,
-					"maximum" : 65535,
-					"default" : 8099,
-					"access" : "expert",
-					"propertyOrder" : 3
-				}
-			},
-			"additionalProperties" : false
-		},
-		"effects" :
-		{
-			"type" : "object",
-			"properties" :
-			{
-				"paths" :
-				{
-					"type" : "array",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_effp_paths_title",
-					"default" : ["../custom-effects"],
-					"items" : {
-						"type": "string",
-						"title" : "edt_conf_effp_paths_itemtitle"
-					},
-					"propertyOrder" : 1
-				},
-				"disable" :
-				{
-					"type" : "array",
-					"title" : "edt_conf_effp_disable_title",
-					"items" : {
-						"type": "string",
-						"title" : "edt_conf_effp_disable_itemtitle"
-					},
-					"propertyOrder" : 2
-				}
-			},
-			"additionalProperties" : false
-		},
-		"leds":
-		{
-			"type":"array",
-			"required":true,
-			"items":
-			{
-				"type":"object",
-				"properties":
-				{
-					"index":
-					{
-						"type":"integer",
-						"required":true
-					},
-					"clone":
-					{
-						"type":"integer"
-					},
-					"hscan":
-					{
-						"type":"object",
-						"properties":
-						{
-							"minimum":
-							{
-								"type":"number",
-								"minimum" : 0,
-								"maximum" : 1,
-								"required":true
-							},
-							"maximum":
-							{
-								"type":"number",
-								"minimum" : 0,
-								"maximum" : 1,
-								"required":true
-							}
-						},
-						"additionalProperties" : false
-					},
-					"vscan":
-					{
-						"type":"object",
-						"properties":
-						{
-							"minimum":
-							{
-								"type":"number",
-								"minimum" : 0,
-								"maximum" : 1,
-								"required":true
-							},
-							"maximum":
-							{
-								"type":"number",
-								"minimum" : 0,
-								"maximum" : 1,
-								"required":true
-							}
-						},
-						"additionalProperties" : false
-					},
-					"colorOrder":
-					{
-						"type": "string",
-						"enum" : ["rgb", "bgr", "rbg", "brg", "gbr", "grb"]
-					}
-				},
-				"additionalProperties" : false
-			}
+			"required" : true
 		}
 	},
-	"additionalProperties" : false
+	"additionalProperties" : true
 }
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/resource.qrc b/libsrc/hyperion/resource.qrc
index efc3930b..cfd09a60 100644
--- a/libsrc/hyperion/resource.qrc
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/resource.qrc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
         <file alias="hyperion-schema">hyperion.schema.json</file>
+        <file alias="hyperion-schema-1">schemas/hyperion.schema-1.json</file>
+        <file alias="hyperion-schema-2">schemas/hyperion.schema-2.json</file>
         <file alias="hyperion_default.config">../../config/hyperion.config.json.default</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-1.json b/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-1.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c36b9558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+{
+    "type" : "object",
+    "required" : true,
+    "properties" : {
+        "device" : {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : true,
+            "properties" : {
+                "name" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "type" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "output" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "rate" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true,
+                    "minimum" : 0
+                },
+                "colorOrder" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : false
+                },
+                "bgr-output" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : false
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "color": {
+            "type":"object",
+            "required":false,
+            "properties": {
+				"hsv" : {
+                    "type" : "object",
+                    "required" : false,
+                    "properties" : {
+                        "saturationGain" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0
+                        },
+                        "valueGain" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                },
+				"hsl" : {
+                    "type" : "object",
+                    "required" : false,
+                    "properties" : {
+                        "saturationGain" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0
+                        },
+                        "luminanceGain" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0
+                        },
+                        "luminanceMinimum" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                },
+                "red": {
+                    "type":"object",
+                    "required":false,
+                    "properties":{
+                        "gamma": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "blacklevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "whitelevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "threshold": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0,
+                            "maximum" : 1.0
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                },
+                "green": {
+                    "type":"object",
+                    "required":false,
+                    "properties":{
+                        "gamma": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "blacklevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "whitelevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "threshold": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0,
+                            "maximum" : 1.0
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                },
+                "blue": {
+                    "type":"object",
+                    "required":false,
+                    "properties":{
+                        "gamma": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "whitelevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "blacklevel": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false
+                        },
+                        "threshold": {
+                            "type":"number",
+                            "required":false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.0,
+                            "maximum" : 1.0
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                },
+                "smoothing" : {
+                    "type" : "object",
+                    "required" : false,
+                    "properties" : {
+                        "type" : {
+                            "type" : "enum",
+                            "required" : true,
+                            "values" : ["none", "linear"]
+                        },
+                        "time_ms" : {
+                            "type" : "integer",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 10
+                        },
+                        "updateFrequency" : {
+                            "type" : "number",
+                            "required" : false,
+                            "minimum" : 0.001
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties" : false
+                }
+
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "leds": {
+            "type":"array",
+            "required":true,
+            "items": {
+                "type":"object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "index": {
+                        "type":"integer",
+                        "required":true
+                    },
+                    "hscan": {
+                        "type":"object",
+                        "required":true,
+                        "properties": {
+                            "minimum": {
+                                "type":"number",
+                                "required":true
+                            },
+                            "maximum": {
+                                "type":"number",
+                                "required":true
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "additionalProperties" : false
+                    },
+                    "vscan": {
+                        "type":"object",
+                        "required":true,
+                        "properties": {
+                            "minimum": {
+                                "type":"number",
+                                "required":true
+                            },
+                            "maximum": {
+                                "type":"number",
+                                "required":true
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "additionalProperties" : false
+                    },
+                    "colorOrder" : {
+                        "type" : "string",
+                        "required" : false
+                    }
+                },
+                "additionalProperties" : false
+            }
+        },
+        "effects" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "paths" : {
+                    "type" : "array",
+                    "required" : false,
+                    "items" : {
+                        "type" : "string"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "blackborderdetector" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "enable" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "threshold" : {
+                    "type" : "number",
+                    "required" : false,
+                    "minimum" : 0.0,
+                    "maximum" : 1.0
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "xbmcVideoChecker" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "xbmcAddress" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "xbmcTcpPort" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "grabVideo" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "grabPictures" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "grabAudio" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "grabMenu" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+		"grabPause" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : false
+                },
+                "grabScreensaver" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : false
+                },
+                "enable3DDetection" : {
+                    "type" : "boolean",
+                    "required" : false
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "bootsequence" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "path" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "effect" : {
+                    "type" : "string",
+                    "required" : true
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "framegrabber" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "width" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "height" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true
+                },
+                "frequency_Hz" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "jsonServer" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "port" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true,
+                    "minimum" : 0,
+                    "maximum" : 65535
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "protoServer" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "port" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true,
+                    "minimum" : 0,
+                    "maximum" : 65535
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        },
+        "boblightServer" :
+        {
+            "type" : "object",
+            "required" : false,
+            "properties" : {
+                "port" : {
+                    "type" : "integer",
+                    "required" : true,
+                    "minimum" : 0,
+                    "maximum" : 65535
+                }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties" : false
+        }
+    },
+    "additionalProperties" : false
+}
diff --git a/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-2.json b/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-2.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b08e0af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/hyperion/schemas/hyperion.schema-2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1266 @@
+{
+	"type" : "object",
+	"required" : true,
+	"properties" :
+	{
+		"general" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_general_heading_title",
+			"required" : true,
+			"defaultProperties": ["name"],
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"name" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"title" : "edt_general_name_title",
+					"required" : true,
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"configVersion" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"minimum" : 1,
+					"access" : "system",
+					"required" : true
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"logger" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_conf_log_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"level" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"enum" : ["silent", "warn", "verbose", "debug"],
+					"title" : "edt_conf_log_level_title",
+					"default" : "warn"
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"device" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_dev_general_heading_title",
+			"required" : true,
+			"defaultProperties": ["ledCount","colorOrder","rewriteTime"],
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"type" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"required" : true
+				},
+				"ledCount" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"minimum" : 0,
+					"title" : "edt_dev_general_ledCount_title",
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				},
+				"colorOrder" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"title" : "edt_dev_general_colorOrder_title",
+					"enum" : ["rgb", "bgr", "rbg", "brg", "gbr", "grb"],
+					"default" : "rgb",
+					"propertyOrder" : 3
+				},
+				"rewriteTime": {
+					"type": "integer",
+					"title":"edt_dev_general_rewriteTime_title",
+					"default": 5000,
+					"append" : "edt_append_ms",
+					"minimum": 0,
+					"access" : "expert",
+					"propertOrder" : 4
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : true
+		},
+		"color" :
+		{
+			"type":"object",
+			"title" : "edt_conf_color_heading_title",
+			"required" : true,
+			"defaultProperties": ["imageToLedMappingType","channelAdjustment_enable","channelAdjustment","transform_enable","transform"],
+			"properties":
+			{
+				"imageToLedMappingType" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"enum" : ["multicolor_mean", "unicolor_mean"],
+					"default" : "multicolor_mean",
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"channelAdjustment_enable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"default" : true,
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				},
+				"channelAdjustment_v4l_only" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"default" : false,
+					"propertyOrder" : 3
+				},
+				"channelAdjustment" :
+				{
+					"type" : "array",
+					"required" : true,
+					"propertyOrder" : 4,
+					"items" :
+					{
+						"type" : "object",
+						"required" : true,
+						"properties" :
+						{
+							"id" :
+							{
+								"type" : "string",
+								"required" : true
+							},
+							"leds" :
+							{
+								"type" : "string",
+								"required" : true
+							},
+							"pureRed" :
+							{
+								"type":"object",
+								"required" : true,
+								"properties":
+								{
+									"redChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"greenChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"blueChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									}
+								},
+								"additionalProperties" : false
+							},
+							"pureGreen" :
+							{
+								"type":"object",
+								"required" : true,
+								"properties":
+								{
+									"redChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"greenChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"blueChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									}
+								},
+								"additionalProperties" : false
+							},
+							"pureBlue" :
+							{
+								"type":"object",
+								"required" : true,
+								"properties":
+								{
+									"redChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"greenChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									},
+									"blueChannel" :
+									{
+										"type": "integer",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum": 0,
+										"maximum": 255
+									}
+								},
+								"additionalProperties" : false
+							}
+						},
+						"additionalProperties" : false
+					}
+				},
+				"transform_enable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"default" : true,
+					"propertyOrder" : 5
+				},
+				"transform_v4l_only" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"default" : false,
+					"propertyOrder" : 6
+				},
+				"transform" :
+				{
+					"type" : "array",
+					"required" : true,
+					"propertyOrder" : 7,
+					"items" :
+					{
+						"type" : "object",
+						"required" : true,
+						"properties" :
+						{
+							"id" :
+							{
+								"type" : "string",
+								"required" : true
+							},
+							"leds" :
+							{
+								"type" : "string",
+								"required" : true
+							},
+							"hsv" : {
+								"type" : "object",
+								"required" : false,
+								"properties" : {
+									"saturationGain" : {
+										"type" : "number",
+										"required" : false,
+										"minimum" : 0.0
+									},
+									"valueGain" : {
+										"type" : "number",
+										"required" : false,
+										"minimum" : 0.0
+									}
+								},
+								"additionalProperties" : false
+							},
+							"hsl" :
+							{
+								"type":"object",
+								"required" : true,
+								"properties":
+								{
+									"saturationGain" :
+									{
+										"type" : "number",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum" : 0.0
+									},
+									"luminanceGain" :
+									{
+										"type" : "number",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum" : 0.0
+									},
+									"luminanceMinimum" :
+									{
+										"type" : "number",
+										"required" : true,
+										"minimum" : 0.0
+									}
+								},
+								"additionalProperties" : false
+							},
+							"red" :
+							{
+								"type":"object",
+								"required" : true,
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+					"append" : "edt_append_pixel"
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+					"default" : false
+				},
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+					"title" : "edt_conf_fg_horizontalPixelDecimation_title",
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+					"default" : 8
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+					"title" : "edt_conf_fg_verticalPixelDecimation_title",
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+			"title" : "edt_conf_kodic_heading_title",
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+				"grabMenu" :
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+					"title" : "edt_conf_kodic_grabMenu_title",
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+					"propertyOrder" : 7
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+					"title" : "edt_conf_kodic_grabPause_title",
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+					"propertyOrder" : 9
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+				"enable3DDetection" :
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+			"title" : "Initial Effect",
+			"defaultProperties": ["background-effect","foreground-effect","foreground-duration_ms"],
+			"properties" :
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+					"title" : "Background effect arguments"
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+					"title" : "Boot effect",
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+			"properties" :
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+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
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+			"title" : "edt_conf_js_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
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+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"required" : true,
+			"title" : "edt_conf_ps_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"port" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"required" : true,
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_port_title",
+					"minimum" : 0,
+					"maximum" : 65535,
+					"default" : 19445
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"boblightServer" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_conf_bobls_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"enable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
+					"default" : false,
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"port" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"required" : true,
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_port_title",
+					"minimum" : 0,
+					"maximum" : 65535,
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				},
+				"priority" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_priority_title",
+					"minimum" : 100,
+					"maximum" : 2000000000,
+					"default" : 800,
+					"propertyOrder" : 3
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"udpListener" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_conf_udpl_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"enable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
+					"default" : false,
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"address" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_udpl_address_title",
+					"default" : "239.255.28.01",
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				},
+				"port" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_port_title",
+					"minimum" : 0,
+					"maximum" : 65535,
+					"default" : 2801,
+					"propertyOrder" : 3
+				},
+				"priority" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_priority_title",
+					"minimum" : 100,
+					"maximum" : 2000000000,
+					"default" : 800,
+					"propertyOrder" : 4
+				},
+				"timeout" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_udpl_timeout_title",
+					"minimum" : 1000,
+					"default" : 10000,
+					"append" : "edt_append_ms",
+					"propertyOrder" : 5
+				},
+				"shared" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_udpl_shared_title",
+					"default" : false,
+					"propertyOrder" : 6
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"webConfig" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"title" : "edt_conf_webc_heading_title",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"enable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "boolean",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_enable_title",
+					"default" : true,
+					"access" : "expert",
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"document_root" :
+				{
+					"type" : "string",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_webc_docroot_title",
+					"access" : "expert",
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				},
+				"port" :
+				{
+					"type" : "integer",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_general_port_title",
+					"minimum" : 0,
+					"maximum" : 65535,
+					"default" : 8099,
+					"access" : "expert",
+					"propertyOrder" : 3
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"effects" :
+		{
+			"type" : "object",
+			"properties" :
+			{
+				"paths" :
+				{
+					"type" : "array",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_effp_paths_title",
+					"default" : ["../custom-effects"],
+					"items" : {
+						"type": "string",
+						"title" : "edt_conf_effp_paths_itemtitle"
+					},
+					"propertyOrder" : 1
+				},
+				"disable" :
+				{
+					"type" : "array",
+					"title" : "edt_conf_effp_disable_title",
+					"items" : {
+						"type": "string",
+						"title" : "edt_conf_effp_disable_itemtitle"
+					},
+					"propertyOrder" : 2
+				}
+			},
+			"additionalProperties" : false
+		},
+		"leds":
+		{
+			"type":"array",
+			"required":true,
+			"items":
+			{
+				"type":"object",
+				"properties":
+				{
+					"index":
+					{
+						"type":"integer",
+						"required":true
+					},
+					"clone":
+					{
+						"type":"integer"
+					},
+					"hscan":
+					{
+						"type":"object",
+						"properties":
+						{
+							"minimum":
+							{
+								"type":"number",
+								"minimum" : 0,
+								"maximum" : 1,
+								"required":true
+							},
+							"maximum":
+							{
+								"type":"number",
+								"minimum" : 0,
+								"maximum" : 1,
+								"required":true
+							}
+						},
+						"additionalProperties" : false
+					},
+					"vscan":
+					{
+						"type":"object",
+						"properties":
+						{
+							"minimum":
+							{
+								"type":"number",
+								"minimum" : 0,
+								"maximum" : 1,
+								"required":true
+							},
+							"maximum":
+							{
+								"type":"number",
+								"minimum" : 0,
+								"maximum" : 1,
+								"required":true
+							}
+						},
+						"additionalProperties" : false
+					},
+					"colorOrder":
+					{
+						"type": "string",
+						"enum" : ["rgb", "bgr", "rbg", "brg", "gbr", "grb"]
+					}
+				},
+				"additionalProperties" : false
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"additionalProperties" : false
+}
diff --git a/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp b/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
index c18c197f..80a5edb5 100644
--- a/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/jsonserver/JsonClientConnection.cpp
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ void JsonClientConnection::handleSchemaGetCommand(const QJsonObject& message, co
 	QJsonParseError error;
 
 	// read the hyperion json schema from the resource
-	QFile schemaData(":/hyperion-schema");
+	QFile schemaData(":/hyperion-schema-"+QString::number(_hyperion->getConfigVersionId()));
 	
 	if (!schemaData.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
 	{
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a7d456a..fa1c0abd 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 
-add_executable(hyperiond
-		hyperiond.cpp hyperiond.h main.cpp)
+add_executable(hyperiond 
+	configMigrator.cpp
+	configMigrator.h
+	hyperiond.cpp
+	hyperiond.h
+	main.cpp
+)
 
 target_link_libraries(hyperiond
 		commandline
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.cpp b/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d282b3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "configMigrator.h"
+
+
+ConfigMigrator::ConfigMigrator()
+	: _log(Logger::getInstance("ConfigMigrator"))
+{
+}
+
+ConfigMigrator::~ConfigMigrator()
+{
+}
+
+bool ConfigMigrator::migrate(QString configFile, int fromVersion,int toVersion)
+{
+	Debug(_log, "migrate config %s from version %d to %d.", configFile.toLocal8Bit().constData(), fromVersion, toVersion);
+	throw std::runtime_error("ERROR: config migration not implemented");
+	return true;
+}
+ 
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.h b/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265a2fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperiond/configMigrator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <utils/Logger.h>
+
+#include <QString>
+
+class ConfigMigrator
+{
+
+public:
+	ConfigMigrator();
+	~ConfigMigrator();
+
+	bool migrate(QString configFile, int fromVersion,int toVersion);
+private:
+	Logger * _log;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
index 32052336..5810af95 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
+++ b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <udplistener/UDPListener.h>
 
 #include "hyperiond.h"
-
+#include "configMigrator.h"
 
 HyperionDaemon::HyperionDaemon(QString configFile, QObject *parent)
 	: QObject(parent)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ HyperionDaemon::HyperionDaemon(QString configFile, QObject *parent)
 	, _osxGrabber(nullptr)
 	, _hyperion(nullptr)
 {
-	loadConfig(configFile);
+	loadConfig(configFile, CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION );
 
 	if (Logger::getLogLevel() == Logger::WARNING)
 	{
@@ -116,20 +116,21 @@ void HyperionDaemon::run()
 
 }
 
-void HyperionDaemon::loadConfig(const QString & configFile)
+int HyperionDaemon::tryLoadConfig(const QString & configFile, const int schemaVersion)
 {
-	Info(_log, "Selected configuration file: %s", configFile.toUtf8().constData());
-
 	// make sure the resources are loaded (they may be left out after static linking)
 	Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resource);
 	QJsonParseError error;
 
 	// read the json schema from the resource
-	QFile schemaData(":/hyperion-schema");
+	QString schemaFile = ":/hyperion-schema";
+	if (schemaVersion > 0)
+		schemaFile += "-" + QString::number(schemaVersion); 
+	QFile schemaData(schemaFile);
 	if (!schemaData.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
 	{
 		std::stringstream error;
-		error << "Schema not found: " << schemaData.errorString().toStdString();
+		error << "Schema not found or not supported: " << schemaData.errorString().toStdString();
 		throw std::runtime_error(error.str());
 	}
 	
@@ -168,11 +169,42 @@ void HyperionDaemon::loadConfig(const QString & configFile)
 		{
 			std::cout << *i << std::endl;
 		}
-		
+
 		throw std::runtime_error("ERROR: Json validation failed");
 	}
+	
+	const QJsonObject & generalConfig = _qconfig["general"].toObject();
+	return generalConfig["configVersion"].toInt(-1);
 }
 
+
+void HyperionDaemon::loadConfig(const QString & configFile, const int neededConfigVersion)
+{
+	Info(_log, "Selected configuration file: %s", configFile.toUtf8().constData());
+
+	int configVersionId = tryLoadConfig(configFile,0);
+
+	// no config id found, assume legacy hyperion
+	if (configVersionId < 0)
+	{
+		Debug(_log, "config file has no version, assume old hyperion.");
+		configVersionId = tryLoadConfig(configFile,1);
+	}
+	Debug(_log, "config version: %d", configVersionId);
+	configVersionId = tryLoadConfig(configFile, configVersionId);
+
+	if (neededConfigVersion == configVersionId)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// migrate configVersionId
+	ConfigMigrator migrator;
+	migrator.migrate(configFile, configVersionId, neededConfigVersion);
+	
+}
+
+
 void HyperionDaemon::startInitialEffect()
 {
 	#define FGCONFIG_ARRAY fgEffectConfig.toArray()
@@ -343,8 +375,8 @@ void HyperionDaemon::startNetworkServices()
 	connect( Hyperion::getInstance(), SIGNAL(componentStateChanged(hyperion::Components,bool)), _udpListener, SLOT(componentStateChanged(hyperion::Components,bool)));
 
 	// zeroconf description - $leddevicename@$hostname
-	const QJsonObject & deviceConfig = _qconfig["device"].toObject();
-	const std::string mDNSDescr = ( deviceConfig["name"].toString("").toStdString()
+	const QJsonObject & generalConfig = _qconfig["general"].toObject();
+	const std::string mDNSDescr = ( generalConfig["name"].toString("").toStdString()
 					+ "@" +
 					QHostInfo::localHostName().toStdString()
 					);
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.h b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.h
index 3ef3f8a1..7c7fd36f 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.h
+++ b/src/hyperiond/hyperiond.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+const int CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION = 2;
+
 #include <QObject>
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_DISPMANX
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ public:
 	HyperionDaemon(QString configFile, QObject *parent=nullptr);
 	~HyperionDaemon();
 	
-	void loadConfig(const QString & configFile);
+	int tryLoadConfig(const QString & configFile, const int schemaVersion);
+	void loadConfig(const QString & configFile, const int neededConfigVersion);
 	void run();
 
 	void startInitialEffect();
diff --git a/test/TestConfigFile.cpp b/test/TestConfigFile.cpp
index 4bdde4cc..d4ecca5e 100644
--- a/test/TestConfigFile.cpp
+++ b/test/TestConfigFile.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ bool loadConfig(const QString & configFile)
 	// make sure the resources are loaded (they may be left out after static linking)
 	Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resource);
 	QJsonParseError error;
-	
+
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// read and set the json schema from the resource
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-	
+
 	QFile schemaData(":/hyperion-schema");
-	
+
 	if (!schemaData.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
 	{
 		std::stringstream error;