diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index 145afb0..d0ddb12 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ enable = false # To enable matomo analytics change to `true`.
 websiteDomain = "example.com" # Set the domain name of your website, in most cases same as your base URL this is required.
 matomoDomain = "matomo.example.com" # Set to Matomo domain
 matomoSiteID = "1" # Default is set to 1, change this to the siteid being tracked
+
+[utterances]
+  repo="jbowdre/jbowdre.github.io" # owner/repo where github comments will happen
+  issueterm="title" # how will the issues be mapped to the articles
+  theme="icy-dark" # theme to be applied to comments box
diff --git a/layouts/partials/comments.html b/layouts/partials/comments.html
index bd99c72..66e06a5 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/comments.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/comments.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   {{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
   <!-- add custom comments markup here -->
   <script src="https://utteranc.es/client.js"
-        repo="jbowdre/jbowdre.github.io"
-        issue-term="title"
-        theme="github-dark"
+        repo="{{ $.Site.Params.utterances.repo }}"
+        issue-term="{{ $.Site.Params.utterances.issueterm }}"
+        theme="{{ $.Site.Params.utterances.theme }}"
         crossorigin="anonymous"
         async>
   </script>