diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLiteProperties.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLiteProperties.java
index a1ff15e2eb..60355dee62 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLiteProperties.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLiteProperties.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public class RuneLiteProperties
 	private static final String TROUBLESHOOTING_LINK = "runelite.wiki.troubleshooting.link";
 	private static final String BUILDING_LINK = "runelite.wiki.building.link";
 	private static final String DNS_CHANGE_LINK = "runelite.dnschange.link";
+	private static final String JAV_CONFIG = "runelite.jav_config";
+	private static final String JAV_CONFIG_BACKUP = "runelite.jav_config_backup";
 
 	private static final Properties properties = new Properties();
 
@@ -118,4 +120,14 @@ public class RuneLiteProperties
 	{
 		return properties.getProperty(DNS_CHANGE_LINK);
 	}
+
+	public static String getJavConfig()
+	{
+		return properties.getProperty(JAV_CONFIG);
+	}
+
+	public static String getJavConfigBackup()
+	{
+		return properties.getProperty(JAV_CONFIG_BACKUP);
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientConfigLoader.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientConfigLoader.java
index ed105ec830..19c612bd0e 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientConfigLoader.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientConfigLoader.java
@@ -39,16 +39,8 @@ class ClientConfigLoader
 	{
 	}
 
-	private static final String CONFIG_URL = "http://oldschool.runescape.com/jav_config.ws";
-
-	static RSConfig fetch(String host) throws IOException
+	static RSConfig fetch(HttpUrl url) throws IOException
 	{
-		HttpUrl url = HttpUrl.parse(CONFIG_URL);
-		if (host != null)
-		{
-			url = url.newBuilder().host(host).build();
-		}
-
 		final Request request = new Request.Builder()
 			.url(url)
 			.build();
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
index 6a5067561c..1dd110dc68 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import net.runelite.api.Client;
 import net.runelite.client.RuneLite;
+import net.runelite.client.RuneLiteProperties;
 import static net.runelite.client.rs.ClientUpdateCheckMode.AUTO;
 import static net.runelite.client.rs.ClientUpdateCheckMode.NONE;
 import static net.runelite.client.rs.ClientUpdateCheckMode.VANILLA;
@@ -154,32 +155,55 @@ public class ClientLoader implements Supplier<Applet>
 
 	private void downloadConfig() throws IOException
 	{
-		String host = null;
-		for (int attempt = 0; ; attempt++)
+		HttpUrl url = HttpUrl.parse(RuneLiteProperties.getJavConfig());
+		IOException err = null;
+		for (int attempt = 0; attempt < NUM_ATTEMPTS; attempt++)
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				config = ClientConfigLoader.fetch(host);
+				config = ClientConfigLoader.fetch(url);
 
 				if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(config.getCodeBase()) || Strings.isNullOrEmpty(config.getInitialJar()) || Strings.isNullOrEmpty(config.getInitialClass()))
 				{
 					throw new IOException("Invalid or missing jav_config");
 				}
 
-				break;
+				return;
 			}
 			catch (IOException e)
 			{
-				log.info("Failed to get jav_config from host \"{}\" ({})", host, e.getMessage());
-
-				if (attempt >= NUM_ATTEMPTS)
-				{
-					throw e;
-				}
-
-				host = hostSupplier.get();
+				log.info("Failed to get jav_config from host \"{}\" ({})", url.host(), e.getMessage());
+				String host = hostSupplier.get();
+				url = url.newBuilder().host(host).build();
+				err = e;
 			}
 		}
+
+		log.info("Falling back to backup client config");
+
+		try
+		{
+			RSConfig backupConfig = ClientConfigLoader.fetch(HttpUrl.parse(RuneLiteProperties.getJavConfigBackup()));
+
+			if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(backupConfig.getCodeBase()) || Strings.isNullOrEmpty(backupConfig.getInitialJar()) || Strings.isNullOrEmpty(backupConfig.getInitialClass()))
+			{
+				throw new IOException("Invalid or missing jav_config");
+			}
+
+			if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(backupConfig.getRuneLiteGamepack()))
+			{
+				throw new IOException("Backup config does not have RuneLite gamepack url");
+			}
+
+			// Randomize the codebase
+			String codebase = hostSupplier.get();
+			backupConfig.setCodebase("http://" + codebase + "/");
+			config = backupConfig;
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex)
+		{
+			throw err; // use error from Jagex's servers
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void updateVanilla() throws IOException, VerificationException
@@ -217,10 +241,18 @@ public class ClientLoader implements Supplier<Applet>
 			vanilla.position(0);
 
 			// Start downloading the vanilla client
-
-			String codebase = config.getCodeBase();
-			String initialJar = config.getInitialJar();
-			HttpUrl url = HttpUrl.parse(codebase + initialJar);
+			HttpUrl url;
+			if (config.getRuneLiteGamepack() != null)
+			{
+				// If we are using the backup config, use our own gamepack and ignore the codebase
+				url = HttpUrl.parse(config.getRuneLiteGamepack());
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				String codebase = config.getCodeBase();
+				String initialJar = config.getInitialJar();
+				url = HttpUrl.parse(codebase + initialJar);
+			}
 
 			for (int attempt = 0; ; attempt++)
 			{
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSConfig.java
index e0c5539323..a9841755b9 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSConfig.java
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class RSConfig
 		return classLoaderProperties.get("codebase");
 	}
 
+	void setCodebase(String codebase)
+	{
+		classLoaderProperties.put("codebase", codebase);
+	}
+
 	String getInitialJar()
 	{
 		return classLoaderProperties.get("initial_jar");
@@ -49,4 +54,9 @@ class RSConfig
 	{
 		return classLoaderProperties.get("initial_class").replace(".class", "");
 	}
+
+	String getRuneLiteGamepack()
+	{
+		return classLoaderProperties.get("runelite.gamepack");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/net/runelite/client/runelite.properties b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/net/runelite/client/runelite.properties
index c29c1e8e39..b9ea63fae9 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/net/runelite/client/runelite.properties
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/net/runelite/client/runelite.properties
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ runelite.patreon.link=https://www.patreon.com/runelite
 runelite.wiki.troubleshooting.link=https://github.com/runelite/runelite/wiki/Troubleshooting-problems-with-the-client
 runelite.wiki.building.link=https://github.com/runelite/runelite/wiki/Building-with-IntelliJ-IDEA#client-failing-to-start
 runelite.dnschange.link=https://1.1.1.1/dns/
+runelite.jav_config=http://oldschool.runescape.com/jav_config.ws
+runelite.jav_config_backup=http://static.runelite.net/jav_config.ws