diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 4eaf6f8..0bf55f9 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mod backup;
 mod config;
 mod run;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
 
 use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 use figment::{
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl Cli {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn config<T, U>(&self, args: &U) -> Result<T, figment::Error>
+    pub fn config<T, U>(&self, args: &U) -> crate::Result<T>
     where
         T: Default + Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
         U: Serialize,
@@ -92,11 +92,28 @@ impl Cli {
             .config_file
             .clone()
             .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from(Env::var_or("ALEX_CONFIG_FILE", "")));
-        Figment::new()
+
+        let mut figment = Figment::new()
             .merge(Serialized::defaults(T::default()))
             .merge(Toml::file(toml_file))
-            .merge(Env::prefixed("ALEX_"))
-            .merge(Serialized::defaults(args))
-            .extract()
+            .merge(Env::prefixed("ALEX_").ignore(&["ALEX_LAYERS"]));
+
+        // Layers need to be parsed separately, as the env var format is different than the one
+        // serde expects
+        if let Some(layers_env) = Env::var("ALEX_LAYERS") {
+            let res = layers_env
+                .split(';')
+                .map(ManagerConfig::from_str)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            if res.iter().any(|e| e.is_err()) {
+                return Err(crate::other("Invalid layer configuration").into());
+            }
+
+            let layers: Vec<_> = res.iter().flatten().collect();
+            figment = figment.merge(Serialized::default("layers", layers));
+        }
+
+        Ok(figment.merge(Serialized::defaults(args)).extract()?)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/run/mod.rs b/src/cli/run/mod.rs
index 4a11692..37ddd1b 100644
--- a/src/cli/run/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/run/mod.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ fn backups_thread(server: Arc<server::ServerProcess>) {
 impl RunCli {
     pub fn run(&self, cli: &super::Cli, global: &super::Config) -> crate::Result<()> {
         let config: Config = cli.config(&self.args)?;
-        println!("{:?}", config);
 
         let (_, mut signals) = signals::install_signal_handlers()?;
 
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 23a9ff5..2939af7 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, ValueEnum, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum ServerType {
     Unknown,
     Paper,