diff --git a/etc/scdaq/scdaq.json5 b/etc/scdaq/scdaq.json5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45b70ce16552fc86181d73dedb479b40bcd1685e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/scdaq/scdaq.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+    // Input settings //////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Input type, one of:
+    //   "wzdma"     for DMA driver from Wojciech M. Zabolotny
+    //   "filedma"   for reading from file and simulating DMA
+    //   "micronDMA" for PICO driver
+    //   "tcpip"     for TCP/IP input receving
+  input: "tcpip",
+    // DMA device
+  dma_dev: "",
+    // Max received packet size in bytes (buffer to reserve)
+  dma_packet_buffer_size: 1261568,
+    // Number of packet buffers to allocate
+  dma_number_of_packet_buffers: 1000,
+    // Print report each N packets, use 0 to disable
+  packets_per_report: 200000,
+    // Extra settings for "filedma" input
+  input_files: [
+        // Must have at least the same cardinality as input_streams; kept isolated since `FileDMA` is a development feature
+    ],
+  // Processor settings //////////////////////////////////////////////
+  enable_stream_processor: "yes",
+    // Enable software zero-suppression. Does not affect Calo.
+  doZS: "yes",
+    // Output settings /////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  output_filename_prefix: "",
+  output_filename_suffix: ".raw",
+  max_file_size: 8589934592,
+    // Always write data to a file regardless of the run status
+  output_force_write: "no",
+  // Generic settings ////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  port: 8000,
+  dev_TCPAutoReconnectOnFailure: "true",
+    // (Minimum) Logging severity: TRACE DEBUG INFO WARNING ERROR FATAL.
+    // Use TRACE to log everything.
+  log_min_severity: "DEBUG",
+  threads: 4,
+  cmsswHeaders: "yes",
+  dthHeaders: "yes"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/scdaqrpm.sh b/scripts/scdaqrpm.sh
index 7bb5c2e0ed63c4889d99da2fdf119e528862eda0..e25714abd7ceda985fd450be077b8e01fde4e3fe 100755
--- a/scripts/scdaqrpm.sh
+++ b/scripts/scdaqrpm.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if [ "$BUILDSYS" = "cmake" ]; then
 else
   cp $TOPDIR/RPMBUILD/BUILD/src/scdaq opt/scdaq/bin/
 fi
-cp -R $BASEDIR/etc/scdaq/scdaq.conf etc/scdaq/
+cp -R $BASEDIR/etc/scdaq/scdaq.json5 etc/scdaq/
 
 #touch opt/scdaq/scratch/new-version
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ systemctl daemon-reload
 %dir %attr(777, -, -) /var/log/scdaq/pid
 %defattr(-, scouter, root, -)
 /opt/scdaq/
-%config /etc/scdaq/scdaq.conf
+%config /etc/scdaq/scdaq.json5
 %attr( 644 ,root, root) /usr/lib/systemd/system/runSCdaq.service
 
 %preun