diff --git a/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go b/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4866993c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/docs"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+	fields := docs.Display(*cfg)
+
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile("docs/templates/CONFIGURATION.tmpl")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	tpl := template.Must(template.New("").Parse(string(content)))
+	tpl.Execute(os.Stdout, fields)
+	// for _, f := range fields {
+	// 	fmt.Printf("%s %s = %v\t%s\n", f.Name, f.Type, f.DefaultValue, f.Description)
+	// }
+}
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/config/config.go b/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
index 0152e4991..ba182fc34 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Repo               Repo
 	Index              Index
 	ServiceUser        ServiceUser
-	HashDifficulty     int  `env:"ACCOUNTS_HASH_DIFFICULTY"`
-	DemoUsersAndGroups bool `env:"ACCOUNTS_DEMO_USERS_AND_GROUPS"`
+	HashDifficulty     int  `env:"ACCOUNTS_HASH_DIFFICULTY" desc:"The hash difficulty makes sure that validating a password takes at least a certain amount of time."`
+	DemoUsersAndGroups bool `env:"ACCOUNTS_DEMO_USERS_AND_GROUPS" desc:"If this flag is set the service will setup the demo users and groups."`
 
 	Context context.Context `yaml:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/docs/templates/CONFIGURATION.tmpl b/docs/templates/CONFIGURATION.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da7a6ec8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/templates/CONFIGURATION.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+| Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
+|------|------|---------------|-------------|
+{{- range .}}
+| {{.Name}} | {{.Type}} | {{.DefaultValue}} | {{.Description}}|
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go b/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c55ecde7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package docs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+type ConfigField struct {
+	Name         string
+	DefaultValue string
+	Type         string
+	Description  string
+}
+
+func Display(s interface{}) []ConfigField {
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(s)
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(s)
+
+	var fields []ConfigField
+	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := t.Field(i)
+		value := v.Field(i)
+
+		switch value.Kind() {
+		default:
+			desc := field.Tag.Get("desc")
+			env, ok := field.Tag.Lookup("env")
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			v := fmt.Sprintf("%v", value.Interface())
+			fields = append(fields, ConfigField{Name: env, DefaultValue: v, Description: desc, Type: value.Type().Name()})
+		case reflect.Struct:
+			fields = append(fields, Display(value.Interface())...)
+		}
+	}
+	return fields
+}
diff --git a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b2de3700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/docs"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/thumbnails/pkg/config"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+	docs.Display(*cfg)
+}
diff --git a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1092497cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config/parser"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+
+	parser.EnsureDefaults(cfg)
+	parser.Sanitize(cfg)
+
+	b, err := yaml.Marshal(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(b))
+}