diff --git a/relay/config.py b/relay/config.py
index 998e5d6..e4ee5f8 100644
--- a/relay/config.py
+++ b/relay/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import yaml
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from .misc import DotDict
+from .misc import DotDict, boolean
 
 
 relay_software_names = [
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ class RelayConfig(DotDict):
 			assert isinstance(value, (list, set, tuple))
 
 		elif key in ['port', 'workers', 'json', 'objects', 'digests']:
-			assert isinstance(value, (int))
+			if not isinstance(value, int):
+				value = int(value)
 
 		elif key == 'whitelist_enabled':
-			assert isinstance(value, bool)
+			if not isinstance(value, bool):
+				value = boolean(value)
 
 		super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ class RelayConfig(DotDict):
 
 					self[k] = v
 
+				continue
+
 			elif key not in self:
 				continue
 
diff --git a/relay/manage.py b/relay/manage.py
index ecd466f..8458fd1 100644
--- a/relay/manage.py
+++ b/relay/manage.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .config import relay_software_names
 
 
 app = None
+CONFIG_IGNORE = {'blocked_software', 'blocked_instances', 'whitelist'}
 
 
 @click.group('cli', context_settings={'show_default': True}, invoke_without_command=True)
@@ -30,9 +31,37 @@ def cli(ctx, config):
 			relay_run.callback()
 
 
-@cli.group('inbox')
+# todo: add config default command for resetting config key
+@cli.group('config', invoke_without_command=True)
 @click.pass_context
-def cli_inbox(ctx):
+def cli_config(ctx):
+	'List the current relay config'
+
+	if ctx.invoked_subcommand:
+		return
+
+	click.echo('Relay Config:')
+
+	for key, value in app.config.items():
+		if key not in CONFIG_IGNORE:
+			key = f'{key}:'.ljust(20)
+			click.echo(f'- {key} {value}')
+
+
+@cli_config.command('set')
+@click.argument('key')
+@click.argument('value')
+def cli_config_set(key, value):
+	'Set a config value'
+
+	app.config[key] = value
+	app.config.save()
+
+	print(f'{key}: {app.config[key]}')
+
+
+@cli.group('inbox')
+def cli_inbox():
 	'Manage the inboxes in the database'
 	pass
 
diff --git a/relay/misc.py b/relay/misc.py
index 980caf3..e1fe01e 100644
--- a/relay/misc.py
+++ b/relay/misc.py
@@ -50,6 +50,37 @@ def build_signing_string(headers, used_headers):
 	return '\n'.join(map(lambda x: ': '.join([x.lower(), headers[x]]), used_headers))
 
 
+def boolean(value):
+	if isinstance(value, str):
+		if value.lower() in ['on', 'y', 'yes', 'true', 'enable', 'enabled', '1']:
+			return True
+
+		elif value.lower() in ['off', 'n', 'no', 'false', 'disable', 'disable', '0']:
+			return False
+
+		else:
+			raise TypeError(f'Cannot parse string "{value}" as a boolean')
+
+	elif isinstance(value, int):
+		if value == 1:
+			return True
+
+		elif value == 0:
+			return False
+
+		else:
+			raise ValueError('Integer value must be 1 or 0')
+
+	elif value == None:
+		return False
+
+	try:
+		return value.__bool__()
+
+	except AttributeError:
+		raise TypeError(f'Cannot convert object of type "{clsname(value)}"')
+
+
 def check_open_port(host, port):
 	if host == '0.0.0.0':
 		host = '127.0.0.1'