diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 4341a515a..3813ee347 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(common)
+add_subdirectory(config)
 add_subdirectory(decoder)
 add_subdirectory(dialog)
 add_subdirectory(node)
diff --git a/app/config/CMakeLists.txt b/app/config/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11783b764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set(OLIVE_SOURCES
+  ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
+  config/config.h
+  PARENT_SCOPE
+)
diff --git a/app/config/config.h b/app/config/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79e1072c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/config/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef CONFIG_H
+#define CONFIG_H
+
+#include "common/timecodefunctions.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Temporary variables that will definitely be configurable but aren't yet
+ */
+
+const olive::TimecodeDisplay kTimecodeDisplay = olive::kTimecodeFrames;
+
+#endif // CONFIG_H
diff --git a/app/widget/playbackcontrols/playbackcontrols.cpp b/app/widget/playbackcontrols/playbackcontrols.cpp
index a2390730c..a7921c653 100644
--- a/app/widget/playbackcontrols/playbackcontrols.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/playbackcontrols/playbackcontrols.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <QPushButton>
 
 #include "common/timecodefunctions.h"
+#include "config/config.h"
 #include "ui/icons/icons.h"
 
 PlaybackControls::PlaybackControls(QWidget *parent) :
@@ -124,5 +125,5 @@ void PlaybackControls::SetTime(const int64_t &r)
 {
   Q_ASSERT(time_base_.denominator() != 0);
 
-  cur_tc_lbl_->setText(olive::timestamp_to_timecode(r, time_base_, olive::kMilliseconds));
+  cur_tc_lbl_->setText(olive::timestamp_to_timecode(r, time_base_, kTimecodeDisplay));
 }
diff --git a/app/widget/timeruler/timeruler.cpp b/app/widget/timeruler/timeruler.cpp
index 13b76e282..6c9fde241 100644
--- a/app/widget/timeruler/timeruler.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/timeruler/timeruler.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 
 #include "common/timecodefunctions.h"
 #include "common/qtversionabstraction.h"
+#include "config/config.h"
 
 TimeRuler::TimeRuler(bool text_visible, QWidget* parent) :
   QWidget(parent),
   scroll_(0),
   centered_text_(true),
-  scale_(16.0),
+  scale_(16.0), // FIXME: Temporary value
   time_(0)
 {
   QFontMetrics fm = fontMetrics();
@@ -109,8 +110,6 @@ void TimeRuler::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
   int loop_start = - playhead_width_;
   int loop_end = width() + playhead_width_;
 
-  olive::TimecodeDisplay display_type = olive::kTimecodeSeconds;
-
   // Determine where it can draw text
   int text_skip = 1;
   int half_average_text_width = 0;
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ void TimeRuler::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
   if (text_visible_) {
     QFontMetrics fm = p.fontMetrics();
     double width_of_second = time_base_.flipped().ToDouble() * scale_;
-    int average_text_width = QFontMetricsWidth(&fm, olive::timestamp_to_timecode(0, time_base_, display_type));
+    int average_text_width = QFontMetricsWidth(&fm, olive::timestamp_to_timecode(0, time_base_, kTimecodeDisplay));
     half_average_text_width = average_text_width/2;
     while (width_of_second * text_skip < average_text_width) {
       text_skip++;
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ void TimeRuler::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
 
         // Try to draw text here
         if (text_visible_ && sec%text_skip == 0) {
-          QString timecode_string = olive::timestamp_to_timecode(sec, time_base_, display_type);
+          QString timecode_string = olive::timestamp_to_timecode(sec, time_base_, kTimecodeDisplay);
 
           int text_x = i;