diff --git a/SHiNE-server/shine-server-config/src/main/java/utils/config/AppConfig.java b/SHiNE-server/shine-server-config/src/main/java/utils/config/AppConfig.java
index 00adf62..0d53fe4 100644
--- a/SHiNE-server/shine-server-config/src/main/java/utils/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/SHiNE-server/shine-server-config/src/main/java/utils/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package utils.config;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public final class AppConfig {
@@ -26,18 +29,30 @@ public final class AppConfig {
     }
 
     private void load() {
-        try (InputStream in = getClass().getClassLoader()
-                .getResourceAsStream("application.properties")) {
-
+        try (InputStream in = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("application.properties")) {
             if (in == null) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Config file application.properties not found");
             }
-
             properties.load(in);
-
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load application.properties", e);
         }
+
+        Path externalConfig = Paths.get("application.properties");
+        if (!Files.isRegularFile(externalConfig)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Properties override = new Properties();
+        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(externalConfig)) {
+            override.load(in);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load external application.properties from " + externalConfig.toAbsolutePath(), e);
+        }
+
+        for (String name : override.stringPropertyNames()) {
+            properties.setProperty(name, override.getProperty(name));
+        }
     }
 
     /** Вернёт значение строки или null, если параметр не найден */
diff --git a/VERSION.properties b/VERSION.properties
index 98b7f68..de131e3 100644
--- a/VERSION.properties
+++ b/VERSION.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-client.version=1.2.271
-server.version=1.2.251
+client.version=1.2.272
+server.version=1.2.252