diff --git a/config/main.template.toml b/config/main.template.toml
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+++ b/config/main.template.toml
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+seperator=" | "
+
+[plugins]
+blacklist=["example_c", "example_rust"]
+as_whitelist=false
+template=["counter", "battery", "clock"]
diff --git a/config/main.toml b/config/main.toml
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+seperator=" | "
+
+[plugins]
+blacklist=["example_c", "example_rust"]
+as_whitelist=false
+template=["counter", "battery", "clock"]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
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+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub seperator: String,
+    pub plugins: ConfigPlugins,
+
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub config_dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct ConfigPlugins {
+    pub blacklist: Vec<String>,
+    pub as_whitelist: bool,
+    pub template: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
+        let path = path.join("main.toml");
+        
+        if !path.exists() {
+            println!("ERROR: {:?} doesnt exist", path);
+        }
+
+        let mut cfg: Self = toml::from_str(
+                &std::fs::read_to_string(&path)?
+            )?;
+    
+        cfg.config_dir = path.to_path_buf();
+        Ok(cfg)
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    IoError(std::io::Error),
+    TomlDeserialiseError(toml::de::Error)
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ConfigError {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IoError(e)
+    }
+}
+impl From<toml::de::Error> for ConfigError {
+    fn from(e: toml::de::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::TomlDeserialiseError(e)
+    }
+}