diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerController.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerController.kt
index 89ed2017..7ff6aa48 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerController.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerController.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.github.smiley4.ktorswaggerui
 
+import io.github.smiley4.ktorswaggerui.dsl.SwaggerUI
+import io.github.smiley4.ktorswaggerui.dsl.SwaggerUiSort
 import io.ktor.http.ContentType
 import io.ktor.http.HttpStatusCode
 import io.ktor.http.content.OutgoingContent
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ import java.net.URL
 class SwaggerController(
     private val swaggerWebjarVersion: String,
     private val apiSpecUrl: String,
-    private val jsonSpecProvider: () -> String
+    private val jsonSpecProvider: () -> String,
+    private val swaggerUiConfig: SwaggerUI
 ) {
 
     suspend fun serveOpenApiSpec(call: ApplicationCall) {
@@ -27,6 +30,12 @@ class SwaggerController(
     }
 
     private suspend fun serveSwaggerInitializer(call: ApplicationCall) {
+        val propValidatorUrl = swaggerUiConfig.getSpecValidatorUrl()?.let { "validatorUrl: \"$it\"" } ?: "validatorUrl: false"
+        val propDisplayOperationId = "displayOperationId: ${swaggerUiConfig.displayOperationId}"
+        val propFilter = "filter: ${swaggerUiConfig.showTagFilterInput}"
+        val propSort = "operationsSorter: " + if (swaggerUiConfig.sort == SwaggerUiSort.NONE) "undefined" else swaggerUiConfig.sort.value
+        val propSyntaxHighlight = "syntaxHighlight: { theme: \"${swaggerUiConfig.syntaxHighlight.value}\" }"
+        // see https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/blob/master/docs/usage/configuration.md for reference
         val content = """
 			window.onload = function() {
 			  //<editor-fold desc="Changeable Configuration Block">
@@ -41,7 +50,12 @@ class SwaggerController(
 				plugins: [
 				  SwaggerUIBundle.plugins.DownloadUrl
 				],
-				layout: "StandaloneLayout"
+				layout: "StandaloneLayout",
+				$propValidatorUrl,
+  				$propDisplayOperationId,
+    		    $propFilter,
+    		    $propSort,
+				$propSyntaxHighlight
 			  });
 			  //</editor-fold>
 			};
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerPlugin.kt
index 0ea348d5..7054cbda 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerPlugin.kt
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ val SwaggerUI = createApplicationPlugin(name = "SwaggerUI", createConfiguration
     }
 
     SwaggerRouting(
-        pluginConfig.getSwaggerUI().swaggerUrl,
-        pluginConfig.getSwaggerUI().forwardRoot,
-        pluginConfig.getSwaggerUI().authentication,
+        pluginConfig.getSwaggerUI() ,
         application.environment.config,
         SWAGGER_UI_WEBJARS_VERSION,
     ) { apiSpecJson }.setup(application)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerRouting.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerRouting.kt
index c21d6af3..0172ca6f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerRouting.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/SwaggerRouting.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.smiley4.ktorswaggerui
 
+import io.github.smiley4.ktorswaggerui.dsl.SwaggerUI
 import io.ktor.server.application.Application
 import io.ktor.server.application.call
 import io.ktor.server.auth.authenticate
@@ -15,9 +16,7 @@ import mu.KotlinLogging
  * Registers and handles routes required for the swagger-ui
  */
 class SwaggerRouting(
-    private val swaggerUrl: String,
-    private val forwardRoot: Boolean,
-    private val authentication: String?,
+    private val swaggerUiConfig: SwaggerUI,
     appConfig: ApplicationConfig,
     swaggerWebjarVersion: String,
     jsonSpecProvider: () -> String
@@ -28,12 +27,13 @@ class SwaggerRouting(
     private val controller = SwaggerController(
         swaggerWebjarVersion = swaggerWebjarVersion,
         apiSpecUrl = getApiSpecUrl(appConfig),
-        jsonSpecProvider = jsonSpecProvider
+        jsonSpecProvider = jsonSpecProvider,
+        swaggerUiConfig = swaggerUiConfig
     )
 
     private fun getApiSpecUrl(appConfig: ApplicationConfig): String {
         val rootPath = appConfig.propertyOrNull("ktor.deployment.rootPath")?.getString()?.let { "/${dropSlashes(it)}" } ?: ""
-        return "$rootPath/${dropSlashes(swaggerUrl)}/api.json"
+        return "$rootPath/${dropSlashes(swaggerUiConfig.swaggerUrl)}/api.json"
     }
 
     private fun dropSlashes(str: String): String {
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ class SwaggerRouting(
         return value
     }
 
-
     /**
      * registers the required routes
      */
     fun setup(app: Application) {
+        val swaggerUrl = swaggerUiConfig.swaggerUrl
+        val forwardRoot = swaggerUiConfig.forwardRoot
+        val authentication = swaggerUiConfig.authentication
         logger.info("Registering routes for swagger-ui: $swaggerUrl (forwardRoot=$forwardRoot)")
         app.routing {
             if (forwardRoot) {
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ class SwaggerRouting(
     }
 
     private fun Route.setupSwaggerRoutes() {
+        val swaggerUrl = swaggerUiConfig.swaggerUrl
         route(swaggerUrl) {
             get {
                 call.respondRedirect("$swaggerUrl/index.html")
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/SwaggerUI.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/SwaggerUI.kt
index 7437568d..1641af41 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/SwaggerUI.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/SwaggerUI.kt
@@ -8,16 +8,83 @@ class SwaggerUI {
      */
     var forwardRoot: Boolean = false
 
-
     /**
      * the url to the swagger-ui
      */
     var swaggerUrl: String = "swagger-ui"
 
-
     /**
      * The name of the authentication to use for the swagger routes. Null to not protect the swagger-ui.
      */
     var authentication: String? = null
 
+    /**
+     * Swagger UI can attempt to validate specs against swagger.io's online validator.
+     * You can use this parameter to set a different validator URL, for example for locally deployed validators.
+     * Set to "null" to disable validation.
+     * Validation is disabled when the url of the api-spec-file contains localhost.
+     * (see https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/blob/master/docs/usage/configuration.md#network)
+     */
+    private var validatorUrl: String? = null
+
+    fun disableSpecValidator() {
+        validatorUrl = null
+    }
+
+    fun specValidator(url: String) {
+        validatorUrl = url
+    }
+
+    fun onlineSpecValidator() {
+        specValidator("https://validator.swagger.io/validator")
+    }
+
+    fun getSpecValidatorUrl() = validatorUrl
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to show the operation-id of endpoints in the list
+     */
+    var displayOperationId = false
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the top bar will show an edit box that you can use to filter the tagged operations.
+     */
+    var showTagFilterInput = false
+
+    /**
+     * Apply a sort to the operation list of each API
+     */
+    var sort = SwaggerUiSort.NONE
+
+    /**
+     * Syntax coloring theme to use
+     */
+    var syntaxHighlight = SwaggerUiSyntaxHighlight.AGATE
+
+}
+
+enum class SwaggerUiSort(val value: String) {
+    /**
+     * The order returned by the server unchanged
+     */
+    NONE("undefined"),
+
+    /**
+     * sort by paths alphanumerically
+     */
+    ALPHANUMERICALLY("alpha"),
+
+    /**
+     * sort by HTTP method
+     */
+    HTTP_METHOD("method")
+}
+
+enum class SwaggerUiSyntaxHighlight(val value: String) {
+    AGATE("agate"),
+    ARTA("arta"),
+    MONOKAI("monokai"),
+    NORD("nord"),
+    OBSIDIAN("obsidian"),
+    TOMORROW_NIGHT("tomorrow-night")
 }
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