diff --git a/colab/management/initconfig.py b/colab/management/initconfig.py
index 7ffeca8..61a7269 100644
--- a/colab/management/initconfig.py
+++ b/colab/management/initconfig.py
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ ROBOTS_NOINDEX: false
 ### Log errors to Sentry instance
 # RAVEN_DSN: 'http://public:secret@example.com/1'
 
+COLAB_TEMPLATES:
+
+COLAB_STATICS:
+
+# FEEDZILLA_SITE_TITLE: 'Planet Colab'
+# FEEDZILLA_SITE_DESCRIPTION: 'Colab blog aggregator'
+
 ### Colab proxied apps
 # COLAB_APPS:
 #  colab.proxy.gitlab:
@@ -76,44 +83,40 @@ ROBOTS_NOINDEX: false
 #    menu:
 #      title: 'Code'
 #      links:
-#        { 'Public Projects' : '/gitlab/public/projects' }
+#        Public Projects: '/gitlab/public/projects'
 #      auth_links:
-#        { 'Profile' : 'gitlab/profile',
-#          'New Project' : 'gitlab/projects/new',
-#          'Projects' : 'gitlab/dashboard/projects',
-#          'Groups' : 'gitlab/pprofile/groups',
-#          'Issues' : 'gitlab/dashboard/issues',
-#          'Merge Requests' : 'gitlab/merge_requests' }
+#        Profile: 'gitlab/profile'
+#        New Project: 'gitlab/projects/new'
+#        Projects: 'gitlab/dashboard/projects'
+#        Groups: 'gitlab/pprofile/groups'
+#        Issues: 'gitlab/dashboard/issues'
+#        Merge Requests: 'gitlab/merge_requests'
 #  dpaste:
 #    urls:
 #      include: 'dpaste.urls.dpaste'
 #      prefix:  '^paste/'
 #      namespace: 'dpaste'
-#    templates:
-#      templatesdir: '/vagrant/pluginfiles/dpaste/templates'
-#      staticdir:    '/vagrant/pluginfiles/dpaste/static'
 #    menu:
 #      title: 'Dpaste'
 #      links:
-#        { 'Public Projects':  '/paste' }
+#        Public Projects:  '/paste'
 #      auth_links:
-#        { 'Profile': '/projects',
-#          'New Project': '/projects/new' }
+#        Profile: '/projects'
+#        New Project: '/projects/new'
 #  feedzilla:
-#    dependencies: ['common']
+#    dependencies:
+#      - 'common'
 #    urls:
 #      include: 'feedzilla.urls'
 #      prefix:  '^planet/'
 #      namespace: 'planet'
 #    templates:
-#      context_processors: ['colab.planet.context_processors.feedzilla']
-#      templatesdir: '/vagrant/pluginfiles/feedzilla/templates'
-#      staticdir:    '/vagrant/pluginfiles/feedzilla/static'
-#      localesdir:      '/vagrant/pluginfiles/feedzilla/locales'
+#      context_processors:
+#        - 'colab.planet.context_processors.feedzilla'
 #    menu:
 #      title: 'Planet'
 #      links:
-#        { 'Index' : '/planet' }
+#        Index: '/planet'
 #      auth_links:
 #        {}
 
diff --git a/colab/settings.py b/colab/settings.py
index 7f0ee33..19d7e7f 100644
--- a/colab/settings.py
+++ b/colab/settings.py
@@ -307,26 +307,19 @@ for app_name, app in COLAB_APPS.items():
     if app.get('upstream'):
         PROXIED_APPS[app_name.split('.')[-1]] = app
 
-    if not app or 'templates' not in app:
-        continue
-
-    template = app.get('templates')
+    if 'middlewares' in app:
+        for middleware in app.get('middlewares'):
+            if middleware not in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:
+                MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += (middleware,)
 
     if 'context_processors' in app:
         for context_processor in app.get('context_processors'):
             if context_processor not in TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS:
                 TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += (context_processor,)
 
-    if template.get('staticdir'):
-        STATICFILES_DIRS += (template.get('staticdir'),)
-    if template.get('templatesdir'):
-        TEMPLATE_DIRS += (template.get('templatesdir'),)
-    if template.get('localesdir'):
-        LOCALE_PATHS += (template.get('localesdir'),)
-
-import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, '/etc/colab/')
-try:
-    from plugin_configs import *  # noqa (flake8 ignore)
-except ImportError:
-    pass
+colab_templates = locals().get('COLAB_TEMPLATES') or {}
+colab_statics    = locals().get('COLAB_STATICS') or {}
+
+TEMPLATE_DIRS += tuple(colab_templates)
+STATICFILES_DIRS += tuple(colab_statics)
+
diff --git a/docs/source/user.rst b/docs/source/user.rst
index 32065df..2dee8b0 100644
--- a/docs/source/user.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user.rst
@@ -56,21 +56,14 @@ urls
 
     Declares the namespace for the url.
 
-templates
+context_processors
 ++++++++++++
 
-.. attribute:: context_processors
-
     Declares the plugin context processors.
-.. attribute:: templatesdir
-
-    Declares the path to templates directory.
-.. attribute:: staticdir
 
-    Declares the path to static directory.
-.. attribute:: localesdir
-
-    Declares the path to locales directory.
+middlewares
+++++++++++++
+    Declares the plugin middlewares.
 
 Settings
 --------
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