diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index d37a6b336..ae87164d6 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@
         "token": "your_telegram_token",
         "chat_id": "your_telegram_chat_id"
     },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8080,
+        "verbosity": "info",
+        "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
+        "username": "",
+        "password": ""
+    },
     "initial_state": "running",
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
diff --git a/config_binance.json.example b/config_binance.json.example
index 5d7b6b656..74207d565 100644
--- a/config_binance.json.example
+++ b/config_binance.json.example
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@
         "token": "your_telegram_token",
         "chat_id": "your_telegram_chat_id"
     },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8080,
+        "verbosity": "info",
+        "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
+        "username": "",
+        "password": ""
+    },
     "initial_state": "running",
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
diff --git a/config_kraken.json.example b/config_kraken.json.example
index 54fbf4a00..f1e522da5 100644
--- a/config_kraken.json.example
+++ b/config_kraken.json.example
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@
         "token": "your_telegram_token",
         "chat_id": "your_telegram_chat_id"
     },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8080,
+        "verbosity": "info",
+        "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
+        "username": "",
+        "password": ""
+    },
     "initial_state": "running",
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
diff --git a/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2 b/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2
index 6d3174347..5339595e8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2
+++ b/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@
         "token": "{{ telegram_token }}",
         "chat_id": "{{ telegram_chat_id }}"
     },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8080,
+        "verbosity": "info",
+        "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
+        "username": "",
+        "password": ""
+    },
     "initial_state": "running",
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index edcbe4516..18fa607f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     previous_value1 = logging.getLogger('requests').level
     previous_value2 = logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level
     previous_value3 = logging.getLogger('telegram').level
+    previous_value3 = logging.getLogger('werkzeug').level
 
     _set_loggers()
 
@@ -654,12 +655,14 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     assert logging.getLogger('requests').level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level is logging.INFO
     assert logging.getLogger('telegram').level is logging.INFO
+    assert logging.getLogger('werkzeug').level is logging.INFO
 
-    _set_loggers(verbosity=3)
+    _set_loggers(verbosity=3, api_verbosity='error')
 
     assert logging.getLogger('requests').level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger('telegram').level is logging.INFO
+    assert logging.getLogger('werkzeug').level is logging.ERROR
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="does not run on windows")