diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0003_auto_20210301_1206.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0003_auto_20210301_1206.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0f80b7c18c49eb521402ddb4352a67ef659af675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0003_auto_20210301_1206.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2021-03-01 11:06
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('taskdatabase', '0002_auto_20210225_0715'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Configuration',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('key', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
+                ('value', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='task',
+            name='priority',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=100, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
index a5ff93e768c5f8ee6137507247a2dc11f167d8a5..3cc13d894c8c299206a6f9c8c17fb98be74c873b 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
@@ -85,3 +85,11 @@ class Status(models.Model):
         formatedDate = self.timestamp.strftime(datetime_format_string)
         return str(self.name)+' ('+str(formatedDate)+')'
 
+
+class Configuration(models.Model):
+    key = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    value = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+    # the representation of the value in the REST API
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.key)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
index 1710ee3780aa4056f4a8f3190d2126a6ee0792bb..30762cd46b840887fe2dddae531b6f7839bfc4ba 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
-from .models import Status, Task, Workflow, LogEntry
+from .models import Status, Task, Workflow, LogEntry, Configuration
 
 
 
 class WorkflowSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
-#    tasks = serializers.StringRelatedField(
-#        many=True,
-#        required=False,
-#    )
-
-    #workflow = WorkflowSerializer()
-
     class Meta:
         model = Workflow
         fields = "__all__"
@@ -124,3 +117,8 @@ class WorkflowSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         fields = "__all__"
 
 
+class ConfigurationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Configuration
+        fields = "__all__"
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index df1a701a646a6ac3861741d02ef0992c293a401f..46373d7ca397259b1461e93b77dba6de081a2f62 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     </div>
     {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
 </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (1 mar 2021 - 11:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (1 mar 2021 - 13:00)
     <script type="text/javascript">
         (function(seconds) {
             var refresh,
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index c5af49de311f2817f3370bf64fba7cd83be4853a..0fb0d6e5aca7e8c0155149720f2dd8679f829ac3 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('logentries/', views.LogEntryListViewAPI.as_view()),
     path('logentries/<int:pk>/', views.LogEntryDetailsViewAPI.as_view(), name='logentry-detail-view-api'),
 
+    path('configuration/', views.ConfigurationListViewAPI.as_view()),
+    path('configuration/<int:pk>/', views.ConfigurationDetailsViewAPI.as_view(), name='configuration-detail-view-api'),
+
+
     # --- custom requests ---
     # /atdb/get_size?status__in=defined,staged
     path('tasks/get_size',
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 5acba9afc56067deaa1003e0dc44e2ae20e2f8ec..a36f049fe2a2fa5ac5e78cd04970825cce8783d9 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
 
-from .models import Task, Status, Workflow, LogEntry
+from .models import Task, Status, Workflow, LogEntry, Configuration
 from django.db.models import Q
-from .serializers import TaskWriteSerializer, TaskReadSerializer, WorkflowSerializer, LogEntrySerializer
-from .forms import FilterForm
+from .serializers import \
+    TaskWriteSerializer, \
+    TaskReadSerializer, \
+    WorkflowSerializer,\
+    LogEntrySerializer,\
+    ConfigurationSerializer
 
 from .services import algorithms
 
@@ -55,7 +59,16 @@ class LogEntryFilter(filters.FilterSet):
         model = LogEntry
 
         fields = {
-            'step_name': ['exact', 'icontains'],
+            'step_name': ['exact', 'icontains', 'in', 'startswith'],
+        }
+
+class ConfigurationFilter(filters.FilterSet):
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Configuration
+
+        fields = {
+            'key': ['exact', 'icontains'],
         }
 
 # ---------- GUI Views -----------
@@ -212,6 +225,24 @@ class LogEntryDetailsViewAPI(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
         task.new_status = log_entry.status
         task.save()
 
+
+# example: /atdb/configuration/
+class ConfigurationListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    model = Configuration
+    queryset = Configuration.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = ConfigurationSerializer
+
+    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
+    filter_class = ConfigurationFilter
+
+
+# example: /atdb/configuration/5/
+class ConfigurationDetailsViewAPI(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
+    model = Configuration
+    queryset = Configuration.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = ConfigurationSerializer
+
+
 # --- controller resources, triggered by a button in the GUI or directoy with a URL ---
 # set task status to 'new_status' - called from the GUI