diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7db28a..f835d51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,4 +23,44 @@
 
 > Warning: trying to access <app-name> before db instance finishes initialization results in failure to initialize the xwiki instance, recommended to wait for about 5 minutes (that is plenty of time) before accessing the app from your browser.
 
+## How to edit configs
+
+
+Method 1: You can mount the volume `xwiki_cfg` in `rw` mode, navigate to the files, and make the edits.
+
+Method2: You can also use `abra app cmd`, here is an example:
+
+```
+$ abra app cmd -l <app-name> edit_config
+Which config file do you wish to edit?
+
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/xwiki.properties
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/logback.xml
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml
+Enter file name (without the path)
+web.xml
+Enter file path (including the file name)
+/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml
+Pulling web.xml from the app
+
+web.xml is temporarily available
+
+edit the file, save and exit, then press enter to continue
+
+
+Moving the edited file to the app
+
+deleting the local copy
+
+Done!
+```
+
+TODO: on macos, the associative arrays won't work (declare -A throws an error)
+
+You can use a brew version of bash to make it work, but abra currently [defaults to /bin/bash](https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra/src/branch/main/cli/app/cmd.go#L98)
+
+To simplify the interactive script above, we would first need abra to allow us to choose the shell path.
+
 For more, see [`docs.coopcloud.tech`](https://docs.coopcloud.tech).
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..943094a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CONTEXT_PATH=ROOT
+WEBINF=/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/$CONTEXT_PATH/WEB-INF
+
+# Config files
+xwiki_cfg=$WEBINF/xwiki.cfg
+xwiki_properties=$WEBINF/xwiki.properties
+hibernate_cfg_xml=$WEBINF/hibernate.cfg.xml
+logback_xml=$WEBINF/classes/logback.xml
+web_xml=$WEBINF/web.xml
+ALL_FILES=($xwiki_cfg $xwiki_properties $hibernate_cfg_xml $logback_xml $web_xml)
+
+edit_config() {
+  select_file
+  echo -e "Pulling $FILE_NAME from the app\n"
+  abra app cp $APP_NAME app:$FILE_PATH ./
+  echo -e "$FILE_NAME is temporarily available\n"
+  echo -e "edit the file, save and exit, then press enter to continue\n"
+  read </dev/tty
+  echo -e "Moving the edited file to the app\n"
+  abra app cp $APP_NAME $FILE_NAME app:$FILE_PATH
+  echo -e "deleting the local copy\n"
+  rm $FILE_NAME
+  echo "Done!"
+}
+
+select_file() {
+  echo -e "Which config file do you wish to edit?\n"
+  for f in ${ALL_FILES[*]}; do
+    echo -e $f
+  done
+  echo -e "Enter file name (without the path)"
+  read FILE_NAME </dev/tty
+  echo -e "Enter file path (including the file name)"
+  read FILE_PATH </dev/tty
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 712873d..af8b0be 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
       - DB_HOST=${STACK_NAME}_db
     volumes:
       - xwiki-data:/usr/local/xwiki
+      - xwiki_cfg:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/
     secrets:
       - db_password
     networks:
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ networks:
 volumes:
   mysql-data:
   xwiki-data:
+  xwiki_cfg:
 
 secrets:
   db_password: