diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a12307..8aa2d23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ serde = "1.0.80"
 bincode = "1.0.1"
 serde_derive = "1.0.80"
 actix-web = "0.7.13"
-binascii = "0.1.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+binascii = "0.1.2"
+toml = "0.4.8"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..423a6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+use std;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use toml;
+use serde;
+pub use tracker::TrackerMode;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct UDPConfig {
+    bind_address: String,
+    mode: TrackerMode,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct HTTPConfig {
+    bind_address: String,
+    access_tokens: HashMap<String, String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Configuration {
+    udp: UDPConfig,
+    http: Option<HTTPConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    IOError(std::io::Error),
+    ParseError(toml::de::Error),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ConfigError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        use std::fmt::Display;
+        match self {
+            ConfigError::IOError(e) => e.fmt(formatter),
+            ConfigError::ParseError(e) => e.fmt(formatter),
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl std::error::Error for ConfigError {}
+
+
+impl Configuration {
+    pub fn load(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Configuration, toml::de::Error> {
+        toml::from_slice(data)
+    }
+
+    pub fn load_file(path: &str) -> Result<Configuration, ConfigError> {
+        match std::fs::read(path) {
+            Err(e) => Err(ConfigError::IOError(e)),
+            Ok(data) => {
+                match Self::load(data.as_slice()) {
+                    Ok(cfg) => Ok(cfg),
+                    Err(e) => Err(ConfigError::ParseError(e)),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Configuration {
+    fn default() -> Configuration {
+        Configuration{
+            udp: UDPConfig{
+                bind_address: String::from("0.0.0.0:6969"),
+                mode: TrackerMode::DynamicMode,
+            },
+            http: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7137b2d..33adca5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,25 @@ extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate binascii;
+extern crate toml;
 
 mod server;
 mod tracker;
 mod stackvec;
 mod webserver;
+mod config;
+use config::Configuration;
 
 fn main() {
+    let cfg = match Configuration::load_file("udpt.toml") {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("failed to open configuration: {}", e);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+
     let tracker = std::sync::Arc::new(tracker::TorrentTracker::new());
 
     // start http server:
diff --git a/src/tracker.rs b/src/tracker.rs
index 79ebaa5..ac84042 100644
--- a/src/tracker.rs
+++ b/src/tracker.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@ use std;
 
 use server::Events;
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub enum TrackerMode {
 
     /// In static mode torrents are tracked only if they were added ahead of time.
+    #[serde(rename="static")]
     StaticMode,
 
     /// In dynamic mode, torrents are tracked being added ahead of time.
+    #[serde(rename="dynamic")]
     DynamicMode,
 
     /// Tracker will only serve authenticated peers.
+    #[serde(rename="private")]
     PrivateMode,
 }