diff --git a/docs/setup/initial_config.rst b/docs/setup/initial_config.rst
index 26b83ad..b0261ad 100644
--- a/docs/setup/initial_config.rst
+++ b/docs/setup/initial_config.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Instance Configuration
         "modules":[
             "PingResponder",
             "Services"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "module_configs": {}
     }
 
 In the example directory, this is stored in `config.json`. This may be
@@ -102,3 +103,9 @@ options:
     A list of modules to load. Modules are loaded in the order they are listed
     here. :doc:`PingResponder </api/modules/pingresponder>` and :doc:`Services </api/modules/services>` are the *bare minimum* needed to open and
     maintain and IRC connection.
+
+.. cmdoption:: module_configs
+
+    A dictionary mapping module names to module configs. If you prefer a monolithic config file instead of a json config
+    file per module, this can be populated with the same data as the separate config files. Entries here will be
+    preferred over separate config files.
diff --git a/pyircbot/modulebase.py b/pyircbot/modulebase.py
index a3bef3a..b18e023 100644
--- a/pyircbot/modulebase.py
+++ b/pyircbot/modulebase.py
@@ -45,10 +45,15 @@ class ModuleBase:
         self.log.info("Loaded module %s" % self.moduleName)
 
     def loadConfig(self):
-        """Loads this module's config into self.config"""
-        configPath = self.getConfigPath()
-        if configPath is not None:
-            self.config = PyIRCBot.load(configPath)
+        """
+        Loads this module's config into self.config. The bot's main config is checked for a section matching the module
+        name, which will be preferred. If not found, an individual config file will be loaded from the data dir
+        """
+        self.config = self.bot.botconfig.get("module_configs", {}).get(self.__class__.__name__, {})
+        if not self.config:
+            configPath = self.getConfigPath()
+            if configPath is not None:
+                self.config = PyIRCBot.load(configPath)
 
     def ondisable(self):
         """Called when the module should be disabled. Your module should do any sort