--- a/src/catedit/__init__.py	Tue Jan 13 10:43:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/catedit/__init__.py	Fri Jan 30 12:38:15 2015 +0100
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@
 CsrfProtect(app)
 
 # Github
-app.config["GITHUB_CLIENT_ID"] = app.config["PERSISTENCE_CONFIG"] \
-                                           ["GITHUB_CLIENT_ID"]
-app.config["GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET"] = app.config["PERSISTENCE_CONFIG"] \
-                                               ["GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET"]
+app.config["GITHUB_CLIENT_ID"] = app.config["PERSISTENCE_CONFIG"].get(
+    "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID",
+    "local_persistence"
+)
+app.config["GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET"] = app.config["PERSISTENCE_CONFIG"].get(
+    "GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET",
+    "local_persistence"
+)
 github = GitHub(app)
 
 # Api