diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/configuration-components/UiSchema.js b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/configuration-components/UiSchema.js
index be1ab6abb..bc4a72a14 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/configuration-components/UiSchema.js
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/configuration-components/UiSchema.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import AdvancedMultiSelect from '../ui-components/AdvancedMultiSelect';
 import InfoBox from './InfoBox';
+import TextBox from './TextBox.js';
 
 export default function UiSchema(props) {
   const UiSchema = {
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ export default function UiSchema(props) {
         }
       }
     },
+    payloads: {
+      classNames: 'config-template-no-header',
+      encryption: {
+        info_box : {
+          'ui:field': InfoBox
+        },
+        text_box: {
+          'ui:field': TextBox
+        }
+      }
+    },
     custom_pbas: {
       classNames: 'config-template-no-header'
     },
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/config_schema.js b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/config_schema.js
index a0ad4818b..6700e5e4a 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/config_schema.js
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/config_schema.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {customPBAConfigurationSchema} from './definitions/custom_pbas.js';
-import {pluginConfigurationSchema} from './definitions/plugins.js';
+import {ransomwareSchema} from './definitions/ransomware.js';
 import {propagationConfigurationSchema} from './definitions/propagation.js';
 import {bruteForceExploiters, vulnerabilityExploiters} from './definitions/exploiter_classes.js';
 import {credentialCollectors} from './definitions/credential_collectors.js';
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@ export const SCHEMA = {
       }
     },
     'custom_pbas': customPBAConfigurationSchema,
-    'payloads': {
-      'title': 'Payloads',
-      'type': 'array',
-      'items': pluginConfigurationSchema,
-      'default': [
-        {'name': 'ransomware', 'safe': true, 'options': {}}
-      ]
-    },
+    'payloads': ransomwareSchema,
     'credential_collectors': {
       'title': 'Credential collectors',
       'type': 'array',
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/definitions/ransomware.js b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/definitions/ransomware.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa46d03c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/services/configuration/definitions/ransomware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+export const ransomwareSchema = {
+   'title': 'Payloads',
+    'properties': {
+        'encryption': {
+            'title': 'Ransomware simulation',
+            'type': 'object',
+            'description': 'To simulate ransomware encryption, you\'ll need to provide Infection ' +
+            'Monkey with files that it can safely encrypt. On each machine where you would like ' +
+            'the ransomware simulation to run, create a directory and put some files in it.' +
+            '\n\nProvide the path to the directory that was created on each machine.',
+            'properties': {
+                'enabled': {
+                    'title': 'Encrypt files',
+                    'type': 'boolean',
+                    'default': true,
+                    'description': 'Ransomware encryption will be simulated by flipping every bit ' +
+                    'in the files contained within the target directories.'
+                },
+                'info_box': {
+                    'info': 'No files will be encrypted if a directory is not specified or doesn\'t ' +
+                    'exist on a victim machine.'
+                },
+                'directories': {
+                    'title': 'Directories to encrypt',
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'linux_target_dir': {
+                            'title': 'Linux target directory',
+                            'type': 'string',
+                            'format': 'valid-ransomware-target-path-linux',
+                            'default': '',
+                            'description': 'A path to a directory on Linux systems that contains ' +
+                            'files that you will allow Infection Monkey to encrypt. If no ' +
+                            'directory is specified, no files will be encrypted.'
+                        },
+                        'windows_target_dir': {
+                            'title': 'Windows target directory',
+                            'type': 'string',
+                            'format': 'valid-ransomware-target-path-windows',
+                            'default': '',
+                            'description': 'A path to a directory on Windows systems that contains ' +
+                            'files that you will allow Infection Monkey to encrypt. If no ' +
+                            'directory is specified, no files will be encrypted.'
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                'text_box': {
+                    'text': 'Note: A README.txt will be left in the specified target directory.'
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'other_behaviors': {
+            'title': 'Other ransomware behavior',
+            'type': 'object',
+            'properties': {
+                'readme': {
+                    'title': 'Create a README.txt file',
+                    'type': 'boolean',
+                    'default': true,
+                    'description': 'Creates a README.txt ransomware note on infected systems.'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}