diff --git a/bin/u-wave-core b/bin/u-wave-core
index b4a2d6c3..7c218bec 100755
--- a/bin/u-wave-core
+++ b/bin/u-wave-core
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const Ajv = require('ajv').default;
 const addFormats = require('ajv-formats').default;
 const ytSource = require('u-wave-source-youtube');
 const scSource = require('u-wave-source-soundcloud');
+const announce = require('u-wave-announce');
 const uwave = require('..');
 const pkg = require('../package.json');
 const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ if (argv.h || argv.help || !validConfig) {
   console.log('    URL of the Redis instance to connect to. Defaults to redis://localhost:6379/.');
   console.log('  MONGODB_URL');
   console.log('    URL of the MongoDB database to use. Defaults to mongodb://localhost:27017/uwave.');
+  console.log('  YOUTUBE_API_KEY [optional]');
+  console.log('    Your YouTube Data API key.');
+  console.log('  SOUNDCLOUD_API_KEY [optional]');
+  console.log('    Your SoundCloud API key.');
   console.log();
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +114,8 @@ uw.on('redisError', (err) => {
   throw explain(err, 'Could not connect to the Redis server. Is it installed and running?');
 });
 
+uw.use(announce);
+
 if (config.YOUTUBE_API_KEY) {
   uw.source(ytSource,  {
     key: config.YOUTUBE_API_KEY,
diff --git a/dev/u-wave-dev-server b/dev/u-wave-dev-server
index 409f282e..6cc9689e 100755
--- a/dev/u-wave-dev-server
+++ b/dev/u-wave-dev-server
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ async function start() {
     throw explain(err, 'Could not connect to the Redis server. Is it installed and running?');
   });
 
-  if (process.env.HUB_URL) {
-    uw.use(announce, {
-      // Generate a random one in a real app!
-      seed: Buffer.from('8286a5e55c62d93a042b8c56c8face52c05354c288807d941751f0e9060c2ded', 'hex'),
-    });
-  }
+  uw.use(announce, {
+    // Omit this in a real app: it will auto-generate one for you.
+    seed: Buffer.from('8286a5e55c62d93a042b8c56c8face52c05354c288807d941751f0e9060c2ded', 'hex'),
+  });
 
   uw.use(async (uw) => {
     if (process.env.YOUTUBE_API_KEY) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b05d18f..79b8f94f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "router": "^1.3.3",
     "secure-json-parse": "^2.1.0",
     "transliteration": "^2.1.11",
+    "u-wave-announce": "^0.5.1",
     "u-wave-source-soundcloud": "^2.0.0",
     "u-wave-source-youtube": "^1.3.0",
     "ultron": "^1.1.1",
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@
     "nodemon": "^2.0.2",
     "recaptcha-test-keys": "^1.0.0",
     "sinon": "^9.0.0",
-    "supertest": "^6.1.3",
-    "u-wave-announce": "^0.4.0"
+    "supertest": "^6.1.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test:mocha": "mocha --exit",
diff --git a/src/plugins/configStore.js b/src/plugins/configStore.js
index bc2f2096..9efa7b34 100644
--- a/src/plugins/configStore.js
+++ b/src/plugins/configStore.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ConfigStore {
     if (!validate) return undefined;
 
     const config = (await this.load(key)) || {};
+    // Allowed to fail--just fills in defaults
     validate(config);
 
     return config;