diff --git a/src/config/defaults.cpp.cog b/src/config/defaults.cpp.cog
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+// vim: ft=cpp :
+
+#include "json.hpp"
+
+#include "config.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+using nlohmann::json;
+
+json cellar::config::get_default_config() {
+    json result;
+/*[[[cog
+    import cog
+    import configparser
+
+    cparse = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    cparse.read("cogrc")
+    config = cparse["defaults"]
+    for key in config.keys(): # TODO: bug #26
+        value = config[key]
+        print(" --  Compiling in default value for {0}: {1}".format(key, value))
+        cog.outl("result[\"{0}\"] = \"{1}\";".format(key, value))
+]]]*/
+//[[[end]]]
+    return result;
+}
+
+