diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.html
index e453a3fae..48cac6bfa 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
                                                     @case (ConfigOptionType.Number) { <pngx-input-number [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showAdd]="false"></pngx-input-number> }
                                                     @case (ConfigOptionType.Boolean) { <pngx-input-switch [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" title="Enable" i18n-title></pngx-input-switch> }
                                                     @case (ConfigOptionType.String) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.JSON) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
                                                 }
                                             </div>
                                         </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.spec.ts
index 2e15c4399..5d70881b6 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.spec.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('ConfigComponent', () => {
 
   it('should support discard changes', () => {
     component.initialConfig = { output_type: OutputTypeConfig.PDF_A2 } as any
-    component.configForm.get('output_type').patchValue(OutputTypeConfig.PDF_A)
+    component.configForm.patchValue({ output_type: OutputTypeConfig.PDF_A })
     component.discardChanges()
     expect(component.configForm.get('output_type').value).toEqual(
       OutputTypeConfig.PDF_A2
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ describe('ConfigComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should support JSON validation for e.g. user_args', () => {
-    component.configForm.get('user_args').patchValue('{ foo bar }')
+    component.configForm.patchValue({ user_args: '{ foo bar }' })
     expect(component.errors).toEqual({ user_args: 'Invalid JSON' })
-    component.configForm.get('user_args').patchValue('{ "foo": "bar" }')
+    component.configForm.patchValue({ user_args: '{ "foo": "bar" }' })
     expect(component.errors).toEqual({ user_args: null })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.ts
index 56cd027cc..66d7b537f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.ts
@@ -31,22 +31,8 @@ export class ConfigComponent
 {
   public readonly ConfigOptionType = ConfigOptionType
 
-  public configForm = new FormGroup({
-    id: new FormControl(),
-    output_type: new FormControl(),
-    pages: new FormControl(),
-    language: new FormControl(),
-    mode: new FormControl(),
-    skip_archive_file: new FormControl(),
-    image_dpi: new FormControl(),
-    unpaper_clean: new FormControl(),
-    deskew: new FormControl(),
-    rotate_pages: new FormControl(),
-    rotate_pages_threshold: new FormControl(),
-    max_image_pixels: new FormControl(),
-    color_conversion_strategy: new FormControl(),
-    user_args: new FormControl(),
-  })
+  // generated dynamically
+  public configForm = new FormGroup({})
 
   public errors = {}
 
@@ -72,6 +58,10 @@ export class ConfigComponent
     private toastService: ToastService
   ) {
     super()
+    this.configForm.addControl('id', new FormControl())
+    PaperlessConfigOptions.forEach((option) => {
+      this.configForm.addControl(option.key, new FormControl())
+    })
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -90,27 +80,32 @@ export class ConfigComponent
         },
       })
 
-    // validate JSON input for user_args
-    this.configForm
-      .get('user_args')
-      .addValidators((control: AbstractControl) => {
-        if (!control.value || control.value.toString().length === 0) return null
-        try {
-          JSON.parse(control.value)
-        } catch (e) {
-          return [
-            {
-              user_args: e,
-            },
-          ]
-        }
-        return null
+    // validate JSON inputs
+    PaperlessConfigOptions.filter(
+      (o) => o.type === ConfigOptionType.JSON
+    ).forEach((option) => {
+      this.configForm
+        .get(option.key)
+        .addValidators((control: AbstractControl) => {
+          if (!control.value || control.value.toString().length === 0)
+            return null
+          try {
+            JSON.parse(control.value)
+          } catch (e) {
+            return [
+              {
+                user_args: e,
+              },
+            ]
+          }
+          return null
+        })
+      this.configForm.get(option.key).statusChanges.subscribe((status) => {
+        this.errors[option.key] =
+          status === 'INVALID' ? $localize`Invalid JSON` : null
       })
-    this.configForm.get('user_args').statusChanges.subscribe((status) => {
-      this.errors['user_args'] =
-        status === 'INVALID' ? $localize`Invalid JSON` : null
+      this.configForm.get(option.key).updateValueAndValidity()
     })
-    this.configForm.get('user_args').updateValueAndValidity()
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
@@ -131,7 +126,6 @@ export class ConfigComponent
 
       this.isDirty$ = dirtyCheck(this.configForm, this.store.asObservable())
     }
-
     this.configForm.patchValue(config)
 
     this.initialConfig = config
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts
index 5720235e3..dd9dfdb33 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export enum ConfigOptionType {
   Number = 'number',
   Select = 'select',
   Boolean = 'boolean',
+  JSON = 'json',
 }
 
 export const ConfigCategory = {
@@ -52,12 +53,12 @@ export interface ConfigOption {
   key: string
   title: string
   type: ConfigOptionType
-  choices?: Array<string>
+  choices?: Array<{ id: string; name: string }>
   config_key?: string
   category: string
 }
 
-function mapToFlatChoices(enumObj: Object): Array<any> {
+function mapToItems(enumObj: Object): Array<{ id: string; name: string }> {
   return Object.keys(enumObj).map((key) => {
     return {
       id: enumObj[key],
@@ -71,10 +72,17 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     key: 'output_type',
     title: $localize`Output Type`,
     type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToFlatChoices(OutputTypeConfig),
+    choices: mapToItems(OutputTypeConfig),
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_OUTPUT_TYPE',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
+  {
+    key: 'language',
+    title: $localize`Language`,
+    type: ConfigOptionType.String,
+    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE',
+    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
+  },
   {
     key: 'pages',
     title: $localize`Pages`,
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     key: 'mode',
     title: $localize`Mode`,
     type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToFlatChoices(ModeConfig),
+    choices: mapToItems(ModeConfig),
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_MODE',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     key: 'skip_archive_file',
     title: $localize`Skip Archive File`,
     type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToFlatChoices(ArchiveFileConfig),
+    choices: mapToItems(ArchiveFileConfig),
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_SKIP_ARCHIVE_FILE',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
@@ -109,7 +117,7 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     key: 'unpaper_clean',
     title: $localize`Clean`,
     type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToFlatChoices(CleanConfig),
+    choices: mapToItems(CleanConfig),
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
@@ -145,14 +153,14 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     key: 'color_conversion_strategy',
     title: $localize`Color Conversion Strategy`,
     type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToFlatChoices(ColorConvertConfig),
+    choices: mapToItems(ColorConvertConfig),
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_COLOR_CONVERSION_STRATEGY',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
   {
     key: 'user_args',
     title: $localize`OCR Arguments`,
-    type: ConfigOptionType.String,
+    type: ConfigOptionType.JSON,
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },