diff --git a/includes/class-admin.php b/includes/class-admin.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ec87e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/class-admin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Newspack Network plugin administration screen handling.
+ *
+ * @package Newspack
+ */
+
+namespace Newspack_Network;
+
+use Newspack_Network\Admin;
+
+/**
+ * Class to handle the plugin admin pages
+ */
+class Admin {
+	const PAGE_SLUG = 'newspack-network';
+
+	/**
+	 * The setting section constant
+	 */
+	const SETTINGS_SECTION = 'newspack_network_settings';
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs the initialization.
+	 */
+	public static function init() {
+		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( __CLASS__, 'add_admin_menu' ) );
+		add_action( 'admin_init', [ __CLASS__, 'register_settings' ] );
+		add_filter( 'allowed_options', [ __CLASS__, 'allowed_options' ] );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds the options page to the allowed list of options
+	 *
+	 * @param array $allowed_options The allowed options.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function allowed_options( $allowed_options ) {
+		$allowed_options[ self::SETTINGS_SECTION ] = [
+			Site_Role::OPTION_NAME,
+		];
+		return $allowed_options;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Register the settings
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function register_settings() {
+
+		add_settings_section(
+			self::SETTINGS_SECTION,
+			esc_html__( 'Newspack Network Settings', 'newspack-network' ),
+			[ __CLASS__, 'section_callback' ],
+			self::PAGE_SLUG
+		);
+
+		$settings = [
+			[
+				'key'      => Site_Role::OPTION_NAME,
+				'label'    => esc_html__( 'Site Role', 'newspack-network' ),
+				'callback' => [ __CLASS__, 'site_role_callback' ],
+				'args'     => [
+					'sanitize_callback' => [ 'Newspack_Network\Site_Role', 'sanitize' ],
+				],
+			],
+		];
+		foreach ( $settings as $setting ) {
+			add_settings_field(
+				$setting['key'],
+				$setting['label'],
+				$setting['callback'],
+				self::PAGE_SLUG,
+				self::SETTINGS_SECTION
+			);
+			register_setting(
+				self::PAGE_SLUG,
+				$setting['key'],
+				$setting['args'] ?? []
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The Settings page callback
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function section_callback() {
+		// Nothing here for now.
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The hub_url setting callback
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function site_role_callback() {
+		$role = Site_Role::get();
+		?>
+		<select name="<?php echo esc_attr( Site_Role::OPTION_NAME ); ?>">
+			<option value="">---</option>
+			<option value="node" <?php selected( 'node', $role ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'This site is a node in a network', 'newspack-network' ); ?></option>
+			<option value="hub" <?php selected( 'hub', $role ); ?>><?php esc_html_e( 'This site acts as the Network Hub', 'newspack-network' ); ?></option>
+		</select>
+		<?php
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds the admin page
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function add_admin_menu() {
+		$page_suffix = add_menu_page(
+			__( 'Newspack Network', 'newspack-network' ),
+			__( 'Newspack Network', 'newspack-network' ),
+			'manage_options',
+			self::PAGE_SLUG,
+			array( __CLASS__, 'render_page' )
+		);
+
+		self::add_submenu_page( __( 'Site Role', 'newspack-network' ), self::PAGE_SLUG, array( __CLASS__, 'render_page' ) );
+
+		add_action( 'load-' . $page_suffix, array( __CLASS__, 'admin_init' ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a child admin page to the main Newspack Hub admin page
+	 *
+	 * @param string   $title The menu title.
+	 * @param string   $slug The menu slug.
+	 * @param callable $callback The function to be called to output the content for this page.
+	 * @return string|false The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.
+	 */
+	public static function add_submenu_page( $title, $slug, $callback ) {
+		return add_submenu_page(
+			self::PAGE_SLUG,
+			$title,
+			$title,
+			'manage_options',
+			$slug,
+			$callback
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Renders the page content
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function render_page() {
+		?>
+		<div class='wrap'>
+			<?php settings_errors(); ?>
+			<form method='post' action='options.php'>
+			<?php 
+				do_settings_sections( self::PAGE_SLUG );
+				settings_fields( self::SETTINGS_SECTION );
+			?>
+				<p class='submit'>
+						<input name='submit' type='submit' id='submit' class='button-primary' value='<?php _e( 'Save Changes' ); ?>' />
+				</p>
+			</form>
+		</div>
+		<?php
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the load admin page hook.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function admin_init() {
+		add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Enqueue admin page assets.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function enqueue_scripts() {
+		
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/includes/class-initializer.php b/includes/class-initializer.php
index 27bb29d3..60caa57b 100644
--- a/includes/class-initializer.php
+++ b/includes/class-initializer.php
@@ -16,20 +16,25 @@ class Initializer {
 	 * Runs the initialization.
 	 */
 	public static function init() {
-		Hub\Admin::init();
-		Hub\Nodes::init();
-		Hub\Webhook::init();
-		Hub\Pull_Endpoint::init();
-		Hub\Event_Listeners::init();
-		Hub\Database\Subscriptions::init();
-		Hub\Database\Orders::init();
-
-		Node\Admin::init();
-		Node\Settings::init();
-		if ( Node\Settings::get_hub_url() ) {
-			Node\Webhook::init();
-			Node\Pulling::init();
-			Node\Canonical_Url::init();
+		Admin::init();
+
+		if ( Site_Role::is_hub() ) {
+			Hub\Admin::init();
+			Hub\Nodes::init();
+			Hub\Webhook::init();
+			Hub\Pull_Endpoint::init();
+			Hub\Event_Listeners::init();
+			Hub\Database\Subscriptions::init();
+			Hub\Database\Orders::init();
+		}
+
+		if ( Site_Role::is_node() ) {
+			Node\Settings::init();
+			if ( Node\Settings::get_hub_url() ) {
+				Node\Webhook::init();
+				Node\Pulling::init();
+				Node\Canonical_Url::init();
+			}
 		}
 		
 		Data_Listeners::init();
diff --git a/includes/class-site-role.php b/includes/class-site-role.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f02757a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/class-site-role.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Newspack Network Site Role handling.
+ *
+ * @package Newspack
+ */
+
+namespace Newspack_Network;
+
+/**
+ * Class to handle the Site Role option
+ */
+class Site_Role {
+
+	/**
+	 * The option name where the role is stored
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	const OPTION_NAME = 'newspack_network_site_role';
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the site role
+	 *
+	 * @return ?string
+	 */
+	public static function get() {
+		return get_option( self::OPTION_NAME );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the site role is "hub"
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static function is_hub() {
+		return 'hub' === self::get();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the site role is "node"
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static function is_node() {
+		return 'node' === self::get();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Validates a value to be used as the site role
+	 *
+	 * @param string $role The new value to be used as the site role.
+	 * @return string|bool
+	 */
+	public static function sanitize( $role ) {
+		return in_array( $role, [ 'hub', 'node' ], true ) ? $role : false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/includes/hub/admin/class-event-log.php b/includes/hub/admin/class-event-log.php
index dbc46839..59f25011 100644
--- a/includes/hub/admin/class-event-log.php
+++ b/includes/hub/admin/class-event-log.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Newspack_Network\Hub\Admin;
 
-use Newspack_Network\Hub\Admin;
+use Newspack_Network\Admin as Network_Admin;
 
 /**
  * Class to handle the Event log admin page
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public static function init() {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function add_admin_menu() {
-		Admin::add_submenu_page( __( 'Event Log', 'newspack-network-hub' ), self::PAGE_SLUG, [ __CLASS__, 'render_page' ] );
+		Network_Admin::add_submenu_page( __( 'Event Log', 'newspack-network-hub' ), self::PAGE_SLUG, [ __CLASS__, 'render_page' ] );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public static function add_admin_menu() {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function admin_enqueue_scripts() {
-		$page_slug = Admin::PAGE_SLUG . '_page_' . self::PAGE_SLUG;
+		$page_slug = Network_Admin::PAGE_SLUG . '_page_' . self::PAGE_SLUG;
 		if ( get_current_screen()->id !== $page_slug ) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/includes/hub/class-admin.php b/includes/hub/class-admin.php
index 0635beab..701ad9e7 100644
--- a/includes/hub/class-admin.php
+++ b/includes/hub/class-admin.php
@@ -11,81 +11,15 @@
  * Class to handle the plugin admin pages
  */
 class Admin {
-	const PAGE_SLUG = 'newspack-hub';
 
 	/**
 	 * Runs the initialization.
 	 */
 	public static function init() {
-		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( __CLASS__, 'add_admin_menu' ) );
-
 		Admin\Event_Log::init();
 		Admin\Subscriptions::init();
 		Admin\Orders::init();
 		Distributor_Settings::init();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Adds the admin page
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function add_admin_menu() {
-		$page_suffix = add_menu_page(
-			__( 'Newspack Hub', 'newspack-network-hub' ),
-			__( 'Newspack Hub', 'newspack-network-hub' ),
-			'manage_options',
-			self::PAGE_SLUG,
-			array( __CLASS__, 'render_page' )
-		);
-
-		add_action( 'load-' . $page_suffix, array( __CLASS__, 'admin_init' ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds a child admin page to the main Newspack Hub admin page
-	 *
-	 * @param string   $title The menu title.
-	 * @param string   $slug The menu slug.
-	 * @param callable $callback The function to be called to output the content for this page.
-	 * @return string|false The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.
-	 */
-	public static function add_submenu_page( $title, $slug, $callback ) {
-		return add_submenu_page(
-			self::PAGE_SLUG,
-			$title,
-			$title,
-			'manage_options',
-			$slug,
-			$callback
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Renders the page content
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function render_page() {
-		echo '<div id="root"></div>';
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Callback for the load admin page hook.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function admin_init() {
-		add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Enqueue admin page assets.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function enqueue_scripts() {
-		
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/includes/hub/class-distributor-settings.php b/includes/hub/class-distributor-settings.php
index d5a287f3..f2e40512 100644
--- a/includes/hub/class-distributor-settings.php
+++ b/includes/hub/class-distributor-settings.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Newspack\Data_Events;
 use Newspack_Network\Accepted_Actions;
+use Newspack_Network\Admin as Network_Admin;
 
 /**
  * Class to handle Node settings page
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public static function get_canonical_node() {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function add_menu() {
-		Admin::add_submenu_page( __( 'Distributor Settings', 'newspack-network' ), self::PAGE_SLUG, [ __CLASS__, 'render' ] );
+		Network_Admin::add_submenu_page( __( 'Distributor Settings', 'newspack-network' ), self::PAGE_SLUG, [ __CLASS__, 'render' ] );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/hub/class-nodes.php b/includes/hub/class-nodes.php
index c4860dcb..a0b997af 100644
--- a/includes/hub/class-nodes.php
+++ b/includes/hub/class-nodes.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Newspack_Network\Hub;
 
 use Newspack_Network\Crypto;
+use Newspack_Network\Admin as Network_Admin;
 
 /**
  * Class to handle Nodes post type
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public static function register_post_type() {
 			'hierarchical'         => false,
 			'public'               => false,
 			'show_ui'              => true,
-			'show_in_menu'         => Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
+			'show_in_menu'         => Network_Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
 			'can_export'           => false,
 			'capability_type'      => 'page',
 			'show_in_rest'         => false,
diff --git a/includes/hub/database/class-orders.php b/includes/hub/database/class-orders.php
index fd458c1b..f4217140 100644
--- a/includes/hub/database/class-orders.php
+++ b/includes/hub/database/class-orders.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Newspack_Network\Hub\Database;
 
 use Newspack_Network\Hub\Admin;
+use Newspack_Network\Admin as Network_Admin;
 use Newspack_Network\Debugger;
 
 /**
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public static function register_post_type() {
 			'hierarchical'     => false,
 			'public'           => false,
 			'show_ui'          => true,
-			'show_in_menu'     => Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
+			'show_in_menu'     => Network_Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
 			'can_export'       => false,
 			'capability_type'  => 'post',
 			'show_in_rest'     => false,
diff --git a/includes/hub/database/class-subscriptions.php b/includes/hub/database/class-subscriptions.php
index 257353b3..b7526186 100644
--- a/includes/hub/database/class-subscriptions.php
+++ b/includes/hub/database/class-subscriptions.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Newspack_Network\Hub\Database;
 
 use Newspack_Network\Hub\Admin;
+use Newspack_Network\Admin as Network_Admin;
 use Newspack_Network\Debugger;
 
 /**
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public static function register_post_type() {
 			'hierarchical'     => false,
 			'public'           => false,
 			'show_ui'          => true,
-			'show_in_menu'     => Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
+			'show_in_menu'     => Network_Admin::PAGE_SLUG,
 			'can_export'       => false,
 			'capability_type'  => 'post',
 			'show_in_rest'     => false,
diff --git a/includes/node/class-admin.php b/includes/node/class-admin.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8acec3fe..00000000
--- a/includes/node/class-admin.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Newspack Network Node plugin administration screen handling.
- *
- * @package Newspack
- */
-
-namespace Newspack_Network\Node;
-
-/**
- * Class to handle the plugin admin pages
- */
-class Admin {
-	const PAGE_SLUG = 'newspack-network-node';
-
-	/**
-	 * Runs the initialization.
-	 */
-	public static function init() {
-		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( __CLASS__, 'add_admin_menu' ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds the admin page
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function add_admin_menu() {
-		$page_suffix = add_menu_page(
-			__( 'Newspack Node', 'newspack-network-node' ),
-			__( 'Newspack Node', 'newspack-network-node' ),
-			'manage_options',
-			self::PAGE_SLUG,
-			array( __CLASS__, 'render_page' )
-		);
-
-		add_action( 'load-' . $page_suffix, array( __CLASS__, 'admin_init' ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds a child admin page to the main Newspack Network Node admin page
-	 *
-	 * @param string   $title The menu title.
-	 * @param string   $slug The menu slug.
-	 * @param callable $callback The function to be called to output the content for this page.
-	 * @return string|false The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.
-	 */
-	public static function add_submenu_page( $title, $slug, $callback ) {
-		return \add_submenu_page(
-			self::PAGE_SLUG,
-			$title,
-			$title,
-			'manage_options',
-			$slug,
-			$callback
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Renders the page content
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function render_page() {
-		echo '<div id="root"></div>';
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Callback for the load admin page hook.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function admin_init() {
-		add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Enqueue admin page assets.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function enqueue_scripts() {
-		
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/includes/node/class-settings.php b/includes/node/class-settings.php
index 5a14f41f..23ce3e28 100644
--- a/includes/node/class-settings.php
+++ b/includes/node/class-settings.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 namespace Newspack_Network\Node;
 
+use Newspack_Network\Admin;
+
 /**
  * Class to handle Node settings page
  */