diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index c179144..da4acea 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ motd=Welcome to OpenFusion!
 npcdata=data/NPCs.json
 # warp target json data
 warpdata=data/warps.json
+# mob json
+mobdata=data/mobs.json
 # is everyone a GM?
 gm=true
 
diff --git a/src/NPCManager.cpp b/src/NPCManager.cpp
index c58780a..2e829f8 100644
--- a/src/NPCManager.cpp
+++ b/src/NPCManager.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void NPCManager::init() {
 
     // load temporary mob dump
     try {
-        std::ifstream inFile("data/mobs.json"); // not in settings, since it's temp
+        std::ifstream inFile(settings::MOBJSON); // not in settings, since it's temp
         nlohmann::json npcData;
 
         // read file into json
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index f030f8d..474f886 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int settings::SPAWN_Z = -4210;
 std::string settings::GMPASS = "pass";
 std::string settings::NPCJSON = "data/NPCs.json";
 std::string settings::WARPJSON = "data/warps.json";
+std::string settings::MOBJSON = "data/mobs.json";
 std::string settings::MOTDSTRING = "Welcome to OpenFusion!";
 bool settings::GM = false;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ void settings::init() {
     GMPASS = reader.Get("login", "pass", GMPASS);
     NPCJSON = reader.Get("shard", "npcdata", NPCJSON);
     WARPJSON = reader.Get("shard", "warpdata", WARPJSON);
+    MOBJSON = reader.Get("shard", "mobdata", MOBJSON);
     MOTDSTRING = reader.Get("shard", "motd", MOTDSTRING);
     GM = reader.GetBoolean("shard", "gm", GM);
 }
diff --git a/src/settings.hpp b/src/settings.hpp
index 7accc2a..51483e2 100644
--- a/src/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/settings.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace settings {
     extern std::string MOTDSTRING;
     extern std::string NPCJSON;
     extern std::string WARPJSON;
+    extern std::string MOBJSON;
     extern std::string GMPASS;
     extern bool GM;