diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e22a6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+links:
+  source: data/links.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/file_utils.rs b/src/file_utils.rs
index 5465a8c..9338877 100644
--- a/src/file_utils.rs
+++ b/src/file_utils.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ pub fn create_dirs(dirs: &[&str]) {
     for dir in dirs {
         let path = format!("./public/{}", dir);
         if !Path::new(&path).exists() {
-            fs::create_dir(&path).expect("Could not create public directory");
+            let err = format!("Could not create {} directory", path);
+            fs::create_dir(&path).expect(&err);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3b98c03..4f3cbb7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,33 @@
 mod links;
 mod file_utils;
 use crate::links::{load_links,render_links};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct LinksConfig {
+    source: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct BlogConfig {
+    source: String,
+}
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Config {
+    links: Option(LinksConfig),
+    blog: Option(BlogConfig),
+}
+
+fn load_config() {
+    let config_file = std::fs::File::open("./config.yaml").expect("Could not find config.yaml file");
+
+    let config: Config = serde_yaml::from_reader(config_file).expect("Could not read values");
+    println!("{:?}", config)
+
+}
+
 fn main() {
     // absolutely destroy any /public data, so we have a clean slate to write to
     file_utils::delete_public_dir();
@@ -16,4 +41,6 @@ fn main() {
     let links_output = render_links(links_input);
 
     file_utils::write_file(links_output);
+
+    load_config();
 }