diff --git a/src/freedombone-config b/src/freedombone-config
index 99aa29a0..3825ec94 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-config
+++ b/src/freedombone-config
@@ -548,6 +548,26 @@ function interactive_configuration {
 
   interactive_gpg
 
+  data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+  trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
+  SOCIAL_KEY_STR="\nDo you wish to enable social key management, otherwise known as \"the unforgettable key\"?\n\nThis means that fragments of your GPG key will be included with any remote backups so that if you later lose your key then it can be reconstructed from your friends servers. If you select \"no\" then you can still do social key management, but offline using physical USB thumb drives, which is more secure but less convenient."
+  if [[ $(grep "ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT" temp.cfg | awk -F '=' '{print $2}') == "yes" ]]; then
+      dialog --title "Social Key Management" \
+             --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
+             --yesno "$SOCIAL_KEY_STR" 15 60
+  else
+      dialog --title "Social Key Management" \
+             --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
+             --defaultno \
+             --yesno "$SOCIAL_KEY_STR" 15 60
+  fi
+  sel=$?
+  case $sel in
+      0) ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT="yes";;
+      255) exit 1;;
+  esac
+  save_configuration_file
+
   data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
   trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
   if [[ $INSTALLING_ON_BBB == "no" ]]; then
@@ -1293,6 +1313,9 @@ function read_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+      if grep -q "ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+          ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT=$(grep "ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+      fi
       if grep -q "GIT_DOMAIN_NAME" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
           GIT_DOMAIN_NAME=$(grep "GIT_DOMAIN_NAME" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
       fi