diff --git a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
index c6f2d43..cc08e25 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
@@ -51,22 +51,23 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
         self.auth = twitter.OAuth(oauth_token, oauth_secret, CK, CS)
         self.t.t = twitter.Twitter(auth=self.auth)
 
-        # TODO: expand config to have other masto servers
-        MASTO_CREDS = os.path.expanduser('~/.screenless/masto_creds')
-        if not os.path.exists(MASTO_CREDS):
-            Mastodon.create_app('screenless',
-                                api_base_url='https://mastodon.social',
-                                to_file=MASTO_CREDS)
-        # TODO: catch the error when our token is too old and throw it out
-        self.masto = Mastodon(client_id=MASTO_CREDS,
-                              api_base_url='https://mastodon.social')
         try:
+            MASTO_CREDS = os.path.expanduser('~/.screenless/masto_creds')
+            masto_server = self.config["mastodon"]["server"]
+            if not os.path.exists(MASTO_CREDS):
+                Mastodon.create_app('screenless',
+                                    api_base_url=masto_server,
+                                    to_file=MASTO_CREDS)
+            # TODO: catch the error when our token is too old and throw it out
+            self.masto = Mastodon(client_id=MASTO_CREDS,
+                              api_base_url=masto_server)
             masto_user = self.config["mastodon"]["user"]
             masto_pass = self.config["mastodon"]["password"]
             self.masto.log_in(masto_user, masto_pass)
         except KeyError:
             print("no mastodon config found.")
             print("you can add a 'mastodon:' section to PR.yml with:")
+            print("  server: my.server.name")
             print("  user: myuser")
             print("  password: mypassword")
             print("skipping masto login for now...")