diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index 35afa20..58cf7d7 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@
   "logging": {
     "level": "info"
   }
-  "email": {
-    "api_key": "asdf1234",
-    "sender": "me@example.com"
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/config/__init__.py b/src/config/__init__.py
index c83bc3e..7b09571 100644
--- a/src/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import json
+from logging import INFO
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
 
 from .logging import Logging
-from .email import Email
 from .parse import ConfigParseError, assert_key_of_type
 
 
@@ -12,25 +12,21 @@ class Config:
     host: str | None
     port: int | None
     logging: Logging
-    email: Email
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, config: dict[str, Any]) -> 'Config':
         assert_key_of_type(config, 'logging', dict)
-        assert_key_of_type(config, 'email', dict)
         assert_key_of_type(config, 'host', str)
         assert_key_of_type(config, 'port', int)
         try:
             log_config = Logging.from_dict(config['logging'])
+            return Config(host=config['host'], port=config['port'], logging=log_config)
+
         except ConfigParseError as e:
             raise ConfigParseError(['logging', *e.keypath], e.issue) from e
 
-        try:
-            email_config = Email.from_dict(config['email'])
-        except ConfigParseError as e:
-            raise ConfigParseError(['email', *e.keypath], e.issue) from e
 
-        return Config(host=config['host'], port=config['port'], email=email_config, logging=log_config)
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = Config(logging=Logging(level=INFO), port=None, host=None)
 
 
 def parse_config(filename: str) -> Config:
@@ -39,4 +35,4 @@ def parse_config(filename: str) -> Config:
     return Config.from_dict(config)
 
 
-__all__ = ['Config', 'parse_config']
+__all__ = ['Config', 'parse_config', 'DEFAULT_CONFIG']
diff --git a/src/config/email.py b/src/config/email.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 423465c..0000000
--- a/src/config/email.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-from src.config.parse import assert_key_of_type
-from typing import Any
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-
-
-EmailAddress = str
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Email:
-    api_key: str
-    sender: EmailAddress
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_dict(cls, config: dict[str, Any]) -> 'Email':
-        assert_key_of_type(config, 'api_key', str)
-        assert_key_of_type(config, 'sender', str)
-        return Email(api_key=config['api_key'], sender=config['sender'])
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 4e9c771..2203566 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from flask import Flask
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from src.config import parse_config, Config
+from src.config import parse_config, DEFAULT_CONFIG, Config
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ def create_app(name: str, config: Config) -> Flask:
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser('Cereal', description='run the Cereal server')
-    parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='The path to the configuration file, expects JSON', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='The path to the configuration file, expects JSON')
     args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    config = parse_config(args.config)
+    config = parse_config(args.config) if args.config else DEFAULT_CONFIG
     app = create_app('Cereal', config)
     logger.info(str(config))
     serve(app, host='0.0.0.0' if config.host is None else config.host, port=config.port)
diff --git a/src/notifications/__init__.py b/src/notifications/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/notifications/data.py b/src/notifications/data.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a2633c8..0000000
--- a/src/notifications/data.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-
-URL = str
-
-
-@dataclass
-class NotificationAction:
-    # A unique identifier for the action
-    action: str
-    # The title to show with the action
-    title: str
-    # Where to navigate to when clicked.
-    navigate: URL | None = None
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Notification:
-    """
-    Details to show in a notification
-
-    Much of the data here is intended to match the arguments to the [showNotification](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorkerRegistration/showNotification)
-    Web API, but this content is ideally displayable in other contexts (for example in Email or RSS)
-    """
-
-    # The main title content to show
-    title: str
-    # The content of the notification
-    content: str
-
-    # The UNIX timestamp in milliseconds since the epoch associated with this notification
-    timestamp: int
-    # A list of actions included with this notification
-    actions: list[NotificationAction] = field(default_factory=list)
-    # The location of an icon to show as the icon for this notification
-    icon: URL | None = None
-
-    # The location of an image associated with this notification
-    image: URL | None = None
diff --git a/src/notifications/email.py b/src/notifications/email.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 799eb0b..0000000
--- a/src/notifications/email.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Any
-from email.utils import formatdate, make_msgid
-import abc
-from email.message import EmailMessage
-
-from ..config.email import Email as EmailConfig
-from .service import NotificationService
-from .data import Notification
-
-
-class EmailService(NotificationService):
-    def __init__(self, config: EmailConfig):
-        self._config = config
-
-    def notify(self, user: Any, notification: Notification):
-        email = self._prepare_email(user.email, notification)
-        self.send_email(email)
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def send_email(self, email: EmailMessage):
-        pass
-
-    def _render_template_text(self, notification: Notification) -> str:
-        # TODO
-        return ''
-
-    def _render_template_html(self, notification: Notification) -> str:
-        # TODO
-        return ''
-
-    def _prepare_email(self, receiver: str, notification: Notification) -> EmailMessage:
-        msg = EmailMessage()
-        msg['From'] = self._config.sender
-        msg['To'] = receiver
-        msg['Subject'] = notification.title
-
-        msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)
-        msg['Message-ID'] = make_msgid()
-
-        msg.set_content(self._render_template_text(notification))
-        msg.add_alternative(self._render_template_html(notification), subtype='html')
-
-        return msg
-
-
-class BirdEmailServiceImpl(EmailService):
-    def send_email(self, email: EmailMessage):
-        # TODO: Implement Bird Specific Email sending and Error handling
-        pass
-
-
-def get_service(config: EmailConfig) -> EmailService:
-    return BirdEmailServiceImpl(config)
diff --git a/src/notifications/rss.py b/src/notifications/rss.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6421a30..0000000
--- a/src/notifications/rss.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,205 +0,0 @@
-from xml.etree.ElementTree import TreeBuilder, tostring as to_xml_string
-from typing import Any
-from email import utils
-from datetime import datetime
-from time import mktime
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-
-Email = str
-Language = str
-URL = str
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Image:
-    """https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification#ltimagegtSubelementOfLtchannelgt"""
-
-    url: URL  # The URL of the image
-    title: str  # The channel title
-    link: URL  # The channel link
-    width: int | None = None  # in pixels max 144, default: 88.
-    height: int | None = None  # in pixels max 400, default: 31.
-    description: str | None = None
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Enclosure:
-    """https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification#ltenclosuregtSubelementOfLtitemgt"""
-
-    url: URL
-    type: str  # MIME Type
-    length: int | None = None  # no. of bytes
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Item:
-    # One of Title or Description must be set
-    title: str | None = None
-    description: str | None = None
-    link: URL | None = None
-    author: Email | None = None
-    categories: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    comments: URL | None = None
-    enclosures: list[Enclosure] = field(default_factory=list)
-    guid: str | None = None
-    pubDate: datetime | None = None
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Channel:
-    """https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification"""
-
-    title: str
-    link: str
-    description: str
-    categories: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    items: list[Item] = field(default_factory=list)
-    language: Language | None = None
-    copyright: str | None = None
-    managingEditor: Email | None = None
-    webMaster: Email | None = None
-    pubDate: datetime | None = None
-    lastBuildDate: datetime | None = None
-    generator: str | None = None  # A string indicating the program used to generate the channel.
-    docs: URL | None = None
-    ttl: int | None = None  # Time to cache in minutes
-    image: Image | None = None
-
-
-def convert_date(item: Any, key: str) -> datetime | None:
-    if key not in item:
-        return None
-
-    return datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(item[key]))
-
-
-def maybe_convert_enclosure(enclosure) -> Enclosure | None:
-    href = enclosure.get('href')
-    mime = enclosure.get('type')
-    length = enclosure.get('length')
-    if any([x is None for x in [href, mime]]):
-        return None
-
-    kwargs = {
-        'url': href,
-        'type': mime,
-    }
-
-    if length is not None:
-        kwargs['length'] = int(length)
-
-    return Enclosure(**kwargs)
-
-
-def convert_item(item) -> Item:
-    tags = item['tags'] if 'tags' in item else []
-    enclosures: list[Any] = list(filter(lambda x: x is not None, [maybe_convert_enclosure(e) for e in item.enclosures]))
-
-    return Item(
-        title=item.get('title'),
-        description=item.get('summary'),
-        link=item.get('link'),
-        author=item.get('author'),
-        categories=[tag['term'] for tag in tags],
-        comments=item.get('comments'),
-        guid=item.get('id'),
-        pubDate=convert_date(item, 'published_parsed'),
-        enclosures=enclosures,
-    )
-
-
-def encode_inline(builder: TreeBuilder, tag: str, data: str | None, **kwargs):
-    if data is None:
-        return
-    builder.start(tag, kwargs)
-    builder.data(data)
-    builder.end(tag)
-
-
-def encode_date(date: datetime | None) -> str | None:
-    if date is None:
-        return
-
-    return utils.format_datetime(date)
-
-
-def encode_enclosure(builder: TreeBuilder, enclosure: Enclosure):
-    kwargs = {
-        'url': enclosure.url,
-        'type': enclosure.type,
-    }
-    if enclosure.length is not None:
-        kwargs['length'] = str(enclosure.length)
-
-    encode_inline(builder, 'enclosure', '', **kwargs)
-
-
-def encode_image(builder: TreeBuilder, image: Image):
-    builder.start('image', {})
-    encode_inline(builder, 'url', image.url)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'title', image.title)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'link', image.link)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'width', str(image.width) if image.width is not None else None)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'height', str(image.height) if image.height is not None else None)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'description', image.description)
-    builder.end('image')
-
-
-def encode_item(builder: TreeBuilder, item: Item):
-    builder.start('item', {})
-    encode_inline(builder, 'title', item.title)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'description', item.description)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'link', item.link)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'author', item.author)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'comments', item.comments)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'guid', item.guid)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'pubDate', encode_date(item.pubDate))
-
-    for cat in item.categories:
-        encode_inline(builder, 'category', cat)
-
-    for e in item.enclosures:
-        encode_enclosure(builder, e)
-
-    builder.end('item')
-
-
-def encode(channel: Channel) -> bytes:
-    """Given a Channel, emit RSS"""
-    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#treebuilder-objects
-
-    builder = TreeBuilder()
-    headers = {
-        'version': '2.0',
-    }
-
-    builder.start('rss', headers)
-    builder.start('channel', {})
-
-    encode_inline(builder, 'title', channel.title)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'link', channel.link)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'language', channel.language)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'description', channel.description)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'copyright', channel.copyright)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'managingEditor', channel.managingEditor)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'pubDate', encode_date(channel.pubDate))
-    encode_inline(builder, 'lastBuildDate', encode_date(channel.lastBuildDate))
-    encode_inline(builder, 'webMaster', channel.webMaster)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'generator', channel.generator)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'docs', channel.docs)
-    encode_inline(builder, 'ttl', str(channel.ttl) if channel.ttl is not None else None)
-
-    if channel.image:
-        encode_image(builder, channel.image)
-
-    for cat in channel.categories:
-        encode_inline(builder, 'category', cat)
-
-    for i in channel.items:
-        encode_item(builder, i)
-
-    builder.end('channel')
-    builder.end('rss')
-
-    rss = builder.close()
-    return to_xml_string(rss)
diff --git a/src/notifications/service.py b/src/notifications/service.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ecd6717..0000000
--- a/src/notifications/service.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Any
-from .data import Notification
-import abc
-
-
-class NotificationService(abc.ABC):
-    """A service that sends notifications to the user"""
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def notify(self, user: Any, notification: Notification):
-        """Send a notification"""
-        pass