diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bde3de1..8e000b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ npm install --save greenlock-express@v3
 ```
 
 ```bash
-npx greenlock init --maintainer-email 'jon@example.com' --manager-config-file ./greenlock.json
+npx greenlock init --maintainer-email 'jon@example.com'
 ```
 
 <details>
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@ npx greenlock init --maintainer-email 'jon@example.com' --manager-config-file ./
 "use strict";
 
 require("greenlock-express")
-    .init(function() {
-        return {
-            greenlock: require("./greenlock.js"),
+    .init({
+        packageRoot: __dirname,
 
-            // whether or not to run at cloudscale
-            cluster: false
-        };
+        // whether or not to run at cloudscale
+        cluster: false
     })
     .ready(function(glx) {
         var app = require("./app.js");
@@ -83,6 +81,8 @@ module.exports = require("@root/greenlock").create({
 <summary>app.js</summary>
 
 ```js
+"use strict";
+
 var app = function(req, res) {
     res.end("Hello, Encrypted World!");
 };
@@ -92,14 +92,19 @@ module.exports = app;
 
 </details>
 
-```bash
-npx greenlock defaults --subscriber-email 'jon@example.com' --agree-to-terms
-```
-
 ```bash
 npx greenlock add --subject example.com --altnames example.com
 ```
 
+<details>
+<summary>greenlock.json</summary>
+
+```json
+{ "sites": [{ "subject": "example.com", "altnames": ["example.com"] }] }
+```
+
+</details>
+
 ```bash
 npm start -- --staging
 ```
diff --git a/greenlock-shim.js b/greenlock-shim.js
index 77687b4..e009de7 100644
--- a/greenlock-shim.js
+++ b/greenlock-shim.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var path = require("path");
-var fs = require("fs");
-
 module.exports.create = function(opts) {
     var Greenlock = require("@root/greenlock");
-    var Init = require("./init.js");
+    var Init = require("@root/greenlock/init.js");
     var greenlock = opts.greenlock;
 
     /*
@@ -24,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports.create = function(opts) {
         opts = Init._init(opts);
         greenlock = Greenlock.create(opts);
     }
+    opts.packageAgent = addGreenlockAgent(opts);
 
     try {
         if (opts.notify) {
@@ -59,3 +57,14 @@ module.exports.create = function(opts) {
 
     return greenlock;
 };
+
+function addGreenlockAgent(opts) {
+    // Add greenlock as part of Agent, unless this is greenlock
+    var packageAgent = opts.packageAgent || "";
+    if (!/greenlock(-express|-pro)?/i.test(packageAgent)) {
+        var pkg = require("./package.json");
+        packageAgent += " Greenlock_Express/" + pkg.version;
+    }
+
+    return packageAgent.trim();
+}
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 007ce1b..0000000
--- a/init.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-var Init = module.exports;
-
-var fs = require("fs");
-var path = require("path");
-
-Init.init = function(opts) {
-    //var Rc = require("@root/greenlock/rc");
-    var Rc = require("./rc.js");
-    var pkgText;
-    var pkgErr;
-    var msgErr;
-    //var emailErr;
-    var realPkg;
-    var userPkg;
-    var myPkg = {};
-    // we want to be SUPER transparent that we're reading from package.json
-    // we don't want anything unexpected
-    var implicitConfig = [];
-
-    if (opts.packageRoot) {
-        try {
-            pkgText = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(opts.packageRoot, "package.json"), "utf8");
-        } catch (e) {
-            pkgErr = e;
-            console.warn("`packageRoot` should be the root of the package (probably `__dirname`)");
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (pkgText) {
-        try {
-            realPkg = JSON.parse(pkgText);
-        } catch (e) {
-            pkgErr = e;
-        }
-    }
-
-    userPkg = opts.package;
-
-    if (realPkg || userPkg) {
-        userPkg = userPkg || {};
-        realPkg = realPkg || {};
-
-        // build package agent
-        if (!opts.packageAgent) {
-            // name
-            myPkg.name = userPkg.name;
-            if (!myPkg.name) {
-                myPkg.name = realPkg.name;
-                implicitConfig.push("name");
-            }
-
-            // version
-            myPkg.version = userPkg.version;
-            if (!myPkg.version) {
-                myPkg.version = realPkg.version;
-                implicitConfig.push("version");
-            }
-            if (myPkg.name && myPkg.version) {
-                opts.packageAgent = myPkg.name + "/" + myPkg.version;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // build author
-        myPkg.author = opts.maintainerEmail;
-        if (!myPkg.author) {
-            myPkg.author = (userPkg.author && userPkg.author.email) || userPkg.author;
-        }
-        if (!myPkg.author) {
-            implicitConfig.push("author");
-            myPkg.author = (realPkg.author && realPkg.author.email) || realPkg.author;
-        }
-        opts.maintainerEmail = myPkg.author;
-    }
-
-    if (!opts.packageAgent) {
-        msgErr = "missing `packageAgent` and also failed to read `name` and/or `version` from `package.json`";
-        if (pkgErr) {
-            msgErr += ": " + pkgErr.message;
-        }
-        throw new Error(msgErr);
-    }
-
-    opts.maintainerEmail = parseMaintainer(opts.maintainerEmail);
-    if (!opts.maintainerEmail) {
-        msgErr =
-            "missing or malformed `maintainerEmail` (or `author` from `package.json`), which is used as the contact for support notices";
-        throw new Error(msgErr);
-    }
-
-    opts.packageAgent = addGreenlockAgent(opts);
-
-    if (opts.packageRoot) {
-        // Place the rc file in the packageroot
-        opts.configDir = Rc._initSync(opts.packageRoot, opts.configDir);
-    }
-
-    if (!opts.configDir) {
-        throw new Error("missing `packageRoot` and `configDir`");
-    }
-
-    // Place the rc file in the configDir itself
-    //Rc._initSync(opts.configDir, opts.configDir);
-};
-
-function addGreenlockAgent(opts) {
-    // Add greenlock as part of Agent, unless this is greenlock
-    var packageAgent = opts.packageAgent || "";
-    if (!/greenlock(-express|-pro)?/i.test(packageAgent)) {
-        var pkg = require("./package.json");
-        packageAgent += " Greenlock_Express/" + pkg.version;
-    }
-
-    return packageAgent.trim();
-}
-
-// ex: "John Doe <john@example.com> (https://john.doe)"
-// ex: "John Doe <john@example.com>"
-// ex: "<john@example.com>"
-// ex: "john@example.com"
-var looseEmailRe = /(^|[\s<])([^'" <>:;`]+@[^'" <>:;`]+\.[^'" <>:;`]+)/;
-function parseMaintainer(maintainerEmail) {
-    try {
-        maintainerEmail = maintainerEmail.match(looseEmailRe)[2];
-    } catch (e) {
-        maintainerEmail = null;
-    }
-
-    return maintainerEmail;
-}
diff --git a/rc.js b/rc.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 87fde7b..0000000
--- a/rc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-var Rc = module.exports;
-var fs = require("fs");
-var path = require("path");
-
-Rc._initSync = function(dirname, configDir) {
-    // dirname / opts.packageRoot
-    var rcpath = path.resolve(dirname, ".greenlockrc");
-    var rc;
-
-    try {
-        rc = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rcpath));
-    } catch (e) {
-        if ("ENOENT" !== e.code) {
-            throw e;
-        }
-        rc = {};
-    }
-
-    if (!configDir) {
-        configDir = rc.configDir;
-    }
-
-    if (configDir && configDir !== rc.configDir) {
-        if (rc.configDir) {
-            console.info("changing `configDir` from '%s' to '%s'", rc.configDir, configDir);
-        }
-        rc.configDir = configDir;
-        /* if (!rc.manager) { rc.manager = "@greenlock/manager"; } */
-        fs.writeFileSync(rcpath, JSON.stringify(rc));
-    } else if (!rc.configDir) {
-        configDir = path.resolve(dirname, "greenlock.d");
-        rc.configDir = configDir;
-        fs.writeFileSync(rcpath, JSON.stringify(rc));
-    }
-
-    return configDir;
-};