diff --git a/www/events.js b/www/events.js
index 1f36c23..3ffcf4e 100644
--- a/www/events.js
+++ b/www/events.js
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ function ajaxLoadEvents(stime, etime) {
 	if ( etime ) {
 		request_data['endtime'] = sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d", etime.getFullYear(), etime.getMonth()+1, etime.getDate());
 	};
-	console.log(request_data);
 	$.ajax({
 		type: "GET",
 		url: config['ajax']['eventURL'],
diff --git a/www/map.js b/www/map.js
index 26c060e..9be8ac8 100644
--- a/www/map.js
+++ b/www/map.js
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ function addStationMarker(id, lat, lng) {
 	var corners = [L.latLng(lat+2*a, lng), L.latLng(lat-a, lng+b), L.latLng(lat-a, lng-b)]; 
 	var marker = L.polygon(corners, 
 		{
-			fillColor: "#1C771C",
-			color: "#1C771C",
+			fillColor: config['station']['markerColor'],
+			color: config['station']['markerColor'],
 			weight: 1,
 			opacity: 1,
 			fillOpacity: config['station']['markerOpacity'],
diff --git a/www/misc.js b/www/misc.js
index b727fa9..13e0796 100644
--- a/www/misc.js
+++ b/www/misc.js
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ $( window ).resize(function() {
 	setInfoHeight();
 });
 
+/* parseQueryString */
+function parseQueryString() {
+	var query = (window.location.search || '?').substr(1),
+		map   = {};
+	query.replace(/([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)(?:&+|$)/g, function(match, key, value) {
+		key.toLowerCase();
+		(map[key] = map[key] || []).push(value);
+	});
+	return map;
+}
+
 /* create global vars */
 var map;
 var openMarkerID;
@@ -89,8 +100,8 @@ var config = {
 	event: {
 		evaluationBlacklist: ['automatic', 'preliminary', 'rejected'],
 		markerOpacity: 0.3,
-		markerColor: '#FFD500',
-		markerColorH: '#FF0000',
+		markerColor: 'blue',
+		markerColorH: 'red',
 		minMag: 1.2,
 		minMagDelta: 0.1,
 		typeWhitelist: ['earthquake', 'induced or triggered event'],
@@ -103,6 +114,7 @@ var config = {
 		latlngDelta: 0.1,
 	},
 	station: {
+		markerColor: 'darkgreen',
 		markerOpacity: 0.5,
 	},
 };
@@ -111,6 +123,24 @@ var config = {
  * document ready                                                     *
  **********************************************************************/
 $(document).ready(function() {
+	// parse query string
+	var parameters = parseQueryString();
+	if ( Number(parameters['minmag']) ) {
+		config['event']['minMag'] = Number(parameters['minmag']);
+	};
+	if ( parameters['eventcolor'] ) {
+		config['event']['markerColor'] = parameters['eventcolor'];
+	};
+	if ( parameters['eventcolorh'] ) {
+		config['event']['markerColorH'] = parameters['eventcolorh'];
+	};
+	if ( parameters['stationcolor'] ) {
+		config['station']['markerColor'] = parameters['stationcolor'];
+	};
+	if ( Number(parameters['timespan']) ) {
+		config['map']['timespan'] = Number(parameters['timespan']);
+	};
+
 	// AJAX setup
 	$.ajaxSetup({timeout: config['ajax']['timeout']});