diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dd8c98..a258d55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,32 +30,34 @@ Basic usage example:
 ``` php
 <?php
 use ActivityPub\ActivityPub;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 
 // Constructing the ActivityPub instance
-$activitypub = new ActivityPub( array(
-    // Function to determine if the current request should be associated
-    // with an ActivityPub actor. It should return the actor id associated
-    // with the current request, or false if the current request is not associated
-    // with the actor. This is where you can plug in your application's user
-    // management system:
-    'authFunction' => function() {
-        if ( current_user_is_logged_in() ) {
-            return get_actor_id_for_current_user();
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    },
-    // Database connection options, passed directly to Doctrine:
-    'dbOptions' => array(
-        'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
-        'user' => 'mysql'
-        'password' => 'thePa$$word',
-        'dbname' => 'my-database',
-    ),
-    // Database table name prefix for compatibility with $wpdb->prefix, etc.:
-    // Default: ''
-    'dbPrefix' => 'activitypub_',
-) );
+$config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+        // Function to determine if the current request should be associated
+        // with an ActivityPub actor. It should return the actor id associated
+        // with the current request, or false if the current request is not associated
+        // with the actor. This is where you can plug in your application's user
+        // management system:
+        ->setAuthFunction( function() {
+            if ( current_user_is_logged_in() ) {
+                return get_actor_id_for_current_user();
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } )
+        // Database connection options, passed directly to Doctrine:
+        ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
+            'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
+            'user' => 'mysql'
+            'password' => 'thePa$$word',
+            'dbname' => 'my-database',
+        ) )
+        // Database table name prefix for compatibility with $wpdb->prefix, etc.:
+        // Default: ''
+        ->setDbPrefix( 'activitypub_' )
+        ->build();
+$activitypub = new ActivityPub( $config );
 
 // Routing incoming ActivityPub requests to ActivityPub-PHP
 if ( in_array( $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'],
diff --git a/src/ActivityPub.php b/src/ActivityPub.php
index c3cbbec..667febb 100644
--- a/src/ActivityPub.php
+++ b/src/ActivityPub.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use ActivityPub\Auth\AuthListener;
 use ActivityPub\Auth\SignatureListener;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubModule;
 use ActivityPub\Http\Router;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
@@ -27,12 +28,11 @@ class ActivityPub
     /**
      * Constructs a new ActivityPub instance
      *
-     * @param array $opts Array of options. Valid keys are
-     *     'dbOptions', 'dbprefix', and 'isDevMode'.
+     * @param ActivityPubConfig $config Configuration options
      */
-    public function __construct( array $opts )
+    public function __construct( ActivityPubConfig $config )
     {
-        $this->module = new ActivityPubModule( $opts );
+        $this->module = new ActivityPubModule( $config);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Config/ActivityPubConfig.php b/src/Config/ActivityPubConfig.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fa1f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Config/ActivityPubConfig.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+namespace ActivityPub\Config;
+
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfigBuilder;
+use ActivityPub\Objects\ContextProvider;
+
+/**
+ * The ActivityPubConfig is a data class to hold ActivityPub configuration options
+ */
+class ActivityPubConfig
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $dbConnectionParams;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $isDevMode;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $dbPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Callable
+     */
+    private $authFunction;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $jsonLdContext;
+
+    /**
+     * Don't call this directly - instead, use 
+     * ActivityPubConfig->createBuilder()->build()
+     *
+     * @param ActivityPubConfigBuilder $builder
+     */
+    public function __construct( ActivityPubConfigBuilder $builder )
+    {
+        $this->dbConnectionParams = $builder->getDbConnectionParams();
+        $this->isDevMode = $builder->getIsDevMode();
+        $this->dbPrefix = $builder->getDbPrefix();
+        $this->authFunction = $builder->getAuthFunction();
+        $this->jsonLdContext = $builder->getJsonLdContext();
+    }
+
+    public function createBuilder()
+    {
+        return new ActivityPubConfigBuilder();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public function getDbConnectionParams()
+    {
+        return $this->dbConnectionParams;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public function getIsDevMode()
+    {
+        return $this->isDevMode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public function getDbPrefix()
+    {
+        return $this->dbPrefix;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var Callable
+     */
+    public function getAuthFunction()
+    {
+        return $this->authFunction;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public function getJsonLdContext()
+    {
+        return $this->jsonLdContext;
+    }
+}
+?>
diff --git a/src/Config/ActivityPubConfigBuilder.php b/src/Config/ActivityPubConfigBuilder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35e8ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Config/ActivityPubConfigBuilder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+<?php
+namespace ActivityPub\Config;
+
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
+use ActivityPub\Objects\ContextProvider;
+
+/**
+ * The ActivityPubConfigBuilder is a builder class to create ActivityPub config data
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *     $config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+ *         ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
+ *             'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
+ *             'path' => __DIR__ . '/db.sqlite'
+ *         ) )
+ *         ->build();
+ *
+ * See the `set*` methods below for descriptions of available options.
+ */
+class ActivityPubConfigBuilder
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $dbConnectionParams;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $isDevMode;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $dbPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Callable
+     */
+    private $authFunction;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $jsonLdContext;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ActivityPubConfig instance with default values
+     *
+     * See the `set*` methods below for individual option defaults.
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->isDevMode = false;
+        $this->dbPrefix = '';
+        $this->authFunction = function() {
+            return false;
+        };
+        $this->jsonLDContext = ContextProvider::DEFAULT_CONTEXT;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates and builds the config instance
+     *
+     * @return ActivityPubConfig
+     */
+    public function build()
+    {
+        $this->validate();
+        return new ActivityPubConfig( $this );
+    }
+
+    private function validate()
+    {
+        if ( ! $this->dbConnectionParams ) {
+            throw new Exception( "Missing required option 'dbConnectionParams'" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The `dbConnectionParams` are the Doctrine connection parameters,
+     * passed directly through to EntityManager::create(). See
+     * https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/2.6/tutorials/getting-started.html#obtaining-the-entitymanager
+     *
+     * This option is required and has no default.
+     * @param array $dbConnectionParams The connection parameters
+     * @return ActivityPubConfigBuilder The builder instance
+     */
+    public function setDbConnectionParams( array $dbConnectionParams )
+    {
+        $this->dbConnectionParams = $dbConnectionParams;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     *
+     *
+     */
+    public function getDbConnectionParams()
+    {
+        return $this->dbConnectionParams;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If `isDevMode` is true, the Doctrine EntityManager configuration will
+     * be set to development mode.
+     *
+     * Default: false
+     * @param bool $isDevMode
+     * @return ActivityPubConfigBuilder The builder instance
+     */
+    public function setIsDevMode( bool $isDevMode )
+    {
+        $this->isDevMode = $isDevMode;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     *
+     *
+     */
+    public function getIsDevMode()
+    {
+        return $this->isDevMode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The `dbPrefix` is a string that is prepended to all SQL tables created
+     * by the ActivityPub library. This is useful for environments like multi-site
+     * WordPress installations where table prefixes are used to distinguish tables
+     * for different sites.
+     *
+     * Default: ''
+     * @param string $dbPrefix
+     * @return ActivityPubConfigBuilder The builder instance
+     */
+    public function setDbPrefix( string $dbPrefix )
+    {
+        $this->dbPrefix = $dbPrefix;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDbPrefix()
+    {
+        return $this->dbPrefix;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The `authFunction` is used to bridge your application's user management
+     * system with ActivityPub. It should be a Callable that takes no arguments
+     * and returns the ID of the ActivityPub actor associated with the user
+     * authenticated to the current request, if any. If no such actor exists,
+     * it should return `false`.
+     *
+     * Default: function() { return false; }, i.e. HTTP signatures are the only valid
+     * authentication mechanism.
+     * @param Callable $authFunction
+     * @return ActivityPubConfigBuilder The builder instance
+     */
+    public function setAuthFunction( Callable $authFunction )
+    {
+        $this->authFunction = $authFunction;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Callable
+     */
+    public function getAuthFunction()
+    {
+        return $this->authFunction;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The `jsonLdContext` option sets a custom JSON-LD context on all
+     * objects created by the ActivityPub library. See https://json-ld.org/.
+     *
+     * Default: array( 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+     *                 'https://w3id.org/security/v1' )
+     * @param array $jsonLdContext
+     * @return ActivityPubConfigBuilder The builder instance
+     */
+    public function setJsonLdContext( array $jsonLdContext )
+    {
+        $this->jsonLdContext = $jsonLdContext;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getJsonLdContext()
+    {
+        return $this->jsonLdContext;
+    }
+}
+?>
diff --git a/src/Config/ActivityPubModule.php b/src/Config/ActivityPubModule.php
index 72714eb..96f622e 100644
--- a/src/Config/ActivityPubModule.php
+++ b/src/Config/ActivityPubModule.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use ActivityPub\Auth\AuthService;
 use ActivityPub\Auth\SignatureListener;
 use ActivityPub\Controllers\GetController;
 use ActivityPub\Controllers\PostController;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 use ActivityPub\Crypto\HttpSignatureService;
 use ActivityPub\Database\PrefixNamingStrategy;
 use ActivityPub\Http\Router;
@@ -34,30 +35,16 @@ class ActivityPubModule
      */
     private $injector;
 
-    public function __construct( $options )
+    public function __construct( ActivityPubConfig $config )
     {
-        $defaults = array(
-            'isDevMode' => false,
-            'dbPrefix' => '',
-            'authFunction' => function() {
-                return false;
-            },
-            'context' => array(
-                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
-                'https://w3id.org/security/v1',
-            ),
-        );
-        $options = array_merge( $defaults, $options );
-        $this->validateOptions( $options );
-
         $this->injector = new ContainerBuilder;
 
         $dbConfig = Setup::createAnnotationMetadataConfiguration(
-            array( __DIR__ . '/../Entities' ), $options['isDevMode']
+            array( __DIR__ . '/../Entities' ), $config->getIsDevMode()
         );
-        $namingStrategy = new PrefixNamingStrategy( $options['dbPrefix'] );
+        $namingStrategy = new PrefixNamingStrategy( $config->getDbPrefix() );
         $dbConfig->setNamingStrategy( $namingStrategy );
-        $dbParams = $options['dbOptions'];
+        $dbParams = $config->getDbConnectionParams();
         $this->injector->register( EntityManager::class, EntityManager::class )
             ->setArguments( array( $dbParams, $dbConfig ) )
             ->setFactory( array( EntityManager::class, 'create' ) );
@@ -85,12 +72,12 @@ class ActivityPubModule
             ->addArgument( new Reference( ObjectsService::class ) );
 
         $this->injector->register( AuthListener::class, AuthListener::class )
-            ->addArgument( $options['authFunction'] );
+            ->addArgument( $config->getAuthFunction() );
 
         $this->injector->register( AuthService::class, AuthService::class );
 
         $this->injector->register( ContextProvider::class, ContextProvider::class )
-            ->addArgument( $options['context'] );
+            ->addArgument( $config->getJsonLdContext() );
 
         $this->injector->register( CollectionsService::class, CollectionsService::class )
             ->addArgument( self::COLLECTION_PAGE_SIZE )
@@ -127,18 +114,5 @@ class ActivityPubModule
     {
         return $this->injector->get( $id );
     }
-
-    private function validateOptions( $options )
-    {
-        $required = array( 'dbOptions' );
-        $actual = array_keys( $options );
-        $missing = array_diff( $required, $actual );
-        if ( count( $missing ) > 0 ) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
-                'Missing required options: ' . print_r( $missing, t )
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/test/ActivityPubTest.php b/test/ActivityPubTest.php
index 4f4503c..001fb15 100644
--- a/test/ActivityPubTest.php
+++ b/test/ActivityPubTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace ActivityPub\Test;
     
 use ActivityPub\ActivityPub;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 use ActivityPub\Test\TestConfig\SQLiteTestCase;
 use ActivityPub\Test\TestConfig\ArrayDataSet;
 
@@ -19,12 +20,13 @@ class ActivityPubTest extends SQLiteTestCase
      * @depends testItCreatesSchema
      */
     public function testItUpdatesSchema() {
-        $activityPub = new ActivityPub(array(
-            'dbOptions' => array(
-                'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
-                'path' => $this->getDbPath(),
-            ),
-        ) );
+        $config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+                ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
+                    'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
+                    'path' => $this->getDbPath(),
+                ) )
+                ->build();
+        $activityPub = new ActivityPub( $config );
         $activityPub->updateSchema();
         $this->assertTrue( file_exists( $this->getDbPath() ) );
     }
diff --git a/test/Config/ActivityPubModuleTest.php b/test/Config/ActivityPubModuleTest.php
index 1f27c77..b5a10e0 100644
--- a/test/Config/ActivityPubModuleTest.php
+++ b/test/Config/ActivityPubModuleTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace ActivityPub\Test\Config;
 
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubModule;
 use ActivityPub\Http\Router;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
@@ -12,13 +13,13 @@ class ActivityPubModuleTest extends TestCase
 
     public function setUp()
     {
-        $opts = array(
-            'dbOptions' => array(
-                'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
-                'path' => ':memory:',
-            ),
-        );
-        $this->module = new ActivityPubModule( $opts );
+        $config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+                ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
+                    'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
+                    'path' => ':memory:',
+                ) )
+                ->build();
+        $this->module = new ActivityPubModule( $config );
     }
     
     public function testItInjects()
diff --git a/test/TestConfig/SQLiteTestCase.php b/test/TestConfig/SQLiteTestCase.php
index a786f80..3859548 100644
--- a/test/TestConfig/SQLiteTestCase.php
+++ b/test/TestConfig/SQLiteTestCase.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace ActivityPub\Test\TestConfig;
 
 use ActivityPub\ActivityPub;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use PHPUnit\DbUnit\TestCaseTrait;
 use PHPUnit\DbUnit\Operation\Composite;
@@ -22,12 +23,13 @@ abstract class SQLiteTestCase extends TestCase
         if ( file_exists( $dbPath ) ) {
             unlink( $dbPath );
         }
-        $activityPub = new ActivityPub( array(
-            'dbOptions' => array(
-                'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
-                'path' => $dbPath,
-            ),
-        ) );
+        $config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+                ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
+                    'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
+                    'path' => $dbPath,
+                ) )
+                ->build();
+        $activityPub = new ActivityPub( $config );
         $activityPub->updateSchema();
     }
 
diff --git a/test/bootstrap.php b/test/bootstrap.php
index 379e1fb..380772c 100644
--- a/test/bootstrap.php
+++ b/test/bootstrap.php
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 namespace ActivityPub\Test;
 
 use ActivityPub\ActivityPub;
+use ActivityPub\Config\ActivityPubConfig;
 
 $dbPath = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../db.sqlite';
 if ( file_exists( $dbPath ) ) {
     unlink( $dbPath );
 }
-$activityPub = new ActivityPub( array(
-    'dbOptions' => array(
+$config = ActivityPubConfig::createBuilder()
+    ->setDbConnectionParams( array(
         'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
         'path' => $dbPath,
-    ),
-) );
+    ) )
+    ->build();
+$activityPub = new ActivityPub( $config );
 $activityPub->updateSchema();
 ?>