diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2be1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+$conf['treedepth'] = 3;
+$conf['exclusion_mask'] = '/sidebar|wiki(.*)/';
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diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9e98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+$meta['treedepth'] = array(
+    'numeric'
+);
+
+$meta['exclusion_mask'] = array(
+    'string'
+);
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diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf3aa83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+$lang['treedepth'] = 'The maximum depth the navigation tree will be rendered';
+$lang['exclusion_mask'] = 'Hide the pages matching this regexp';
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diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index 7a39fac..cfad11c 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'objectrepresentation' .
 class syntax_plugin_navigation extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin
 {
 
-    // TODO add a config option for this
     private $maxDepth = 3;
     private $depth = 0;
 
     /** @var string A regexp to configure which pages to exclude */
-    private $exclusion_mask = '/sidebar/';
+    private $exclusion_mask = '';
+
+    function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->exclusion_mask = $this->getConf('exclusion_mask');
+        $this->maxDepth = $this->getConf('treedepth');
+    }
 
     function getInfo()
     {