diff --git a/app/Providers/vaCentralServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/vaCentralServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ef3e5187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Providers/vaCentralServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use VaCentral\VaCentral;
+
+/**
+ * Bootstrap the vaCentral library
+ * @package App\Providers
+ */
+class vaCentralServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        if(filled(config('vacentral.api_key'))) {
+            VaCentral::setApiKey(config('vacentral.api_key'));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index bee18032..2476f1d1 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ return [
         App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
+        App\Providers\vaCentralServiceProvider::class,
     ],
 
     'aliases' => [
diff --git a/config/vacentral.php b/config/vacentral.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d07e525d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/vacentral.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * vaCentral Configurations
+ */
+
+return [
+    /**
+     * Your vaCentral API key
+     */
+    'api_key' => env('VACENTRAL_API_KEY', ''),
+
+    /**
+     * vaCentral API URL. You likely don't need to change this
+     */
+    'api_url' => 'https://api.vacentral.net',
+];
diff --git a/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub b/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
index 8977c7fb..250e214c 100644
--- a/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
+++ b/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ return [
 
     # overrides phpvms.php
     'phpvms' => [
-        'vacentral_api_key' => '',
-
         /**
          * The ISO "Currency Code" to use, the list is in config/money.php
          *
@@ -35,6 +33,10 @@ return [
         'default'   => 'default',
     ],
 
+    'vacentral' => [
+        'api_key' => '',
+    ],
+
     # overrides cache.php
     'cache' => [
         'default' => '$CACHE_DRIVER$',