diff --git a/SensorSetup.py b/SensorSetup.py
index 6a039f4..ddd8ea3 100644
--- a/SensorSetup.py
+++ b/SensorSetup.py
@@ -96,4 +96,3 @@ class SensorSetup(object):
 			obj = self.genericSensorSetup(name, sensor)
 			connected.append(obj)
 		return connected
-
diff --git a/ftp.sh b/ftp.sh
index af2f583..e7a9bfa 100644
--- a/ftp.sh
+++ b/ftp.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-DIR="/home/USER/weather"
-SFTPPASS="PASS OR REPLACE WITH KEY"
-SFTPUSER="USER@DOMAIN.TLD"
-URL="DOMAIN.TLD/PATH/FILE.EXT"
+CONFIG="ftpconfig.xml"
+FTP_COMMAND="mput temp*
+mput humi*
+mput ambi*
+mput baro*
+quit
+"
 
-cd $DIR
+if [ ! -f $CONFIG ]; then
+	echo "configuration file not found, exiting! (see ftpconfig.sample.xml)"
+	exit 1;
+fi
+read DIR SFTPUSER URL SFTPPASS < <(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "//dir" -o $'\t' -v "//sftpuser" -o $'\t' -v "//url" -o $'\t' -v "//sftppass" $CONFIG)
+
+cd $DIR || exit 1
 cp records/humi* ftp/
 cp records/ambi* ftp/
 cp records/temp* ftp/
 cp records/baro* ftp/
 cd ftp
-# Using a plain password here is evil, but in my context sadly needed
-# better use key-authentication, and switch the commented lines
-#sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - $SFTPUSER <<EOF
-sshpass -p $SFTPPASS sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - $SFTPUSER <<EOF
-mput temp*
-mput humi*
-mput ambi*
-mput baro*
-quit
-EOF
+
+
+if [ -z $SFTPPASS ]; then
+	#sftp-key-auth
+	sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - $SFTPUSER "$FTP_COMMAND"
+else
+	#sftp-pass-auth
+	sshpass -p $SFTPPASS sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - $SFTPUSER "$FTP_COMMAND"
+fi
 rm humi* ambi* temp* baro*
 cd ..
 wget $URL -O logs/wget_recent -q
diff --git a/ftpconfig.sample.xml b/ftpconfig.sample.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d14abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftpconfig.sample.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<ftpconfig>
+	<dir>/home/USER/weather</dir>
+	<sftpuser>USER@DOMAIN.TLD</sftpuser>
+	<sftppass></sftppass><!--leave empty for key-auth-->
+	<url>PROTO://DOMAIN.TLD/PATH/FILE.EXT</url>
+</ftpconfig>
diff --git a/move.sh b/move.sh
index 6bcb7ea..a916ce2 100644
--- a/move.sh
+++ b/move.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#mv records/humi* arch/
-#mv records/ambi* arch/
-#mv records/temp* arch/
 cd records
 #echo $1
 for f in {temp,humi,ambi,baro}*
@@ -11,7 +8,7 @@ do
 	if [ "$day" == "$1" ]; then
 		echo "$f today"
 	else
-	#	echo "$f old, -->move"
+		echo "$f old, -->move"
 		mv $f ../arch
 	fi
 done