diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
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+++ b/config.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+type Configs struct {
+	Verbose bool
+	Dbhost  string
+	Dbname  string
+	Dbport  int
+	Port    int
+}
+
+func NewConfig() *Configs {
+	return &Configs{
+		Verbose: true,
+		Dbname:  "itslog",
+		Dbport:  5432,
+		Port:    80,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Configs) validate() error {
+	if c.Dbhost == "" {
+		return errors.New("must specify dbhost (export ITSLOG_DBHOST=blah.local)")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lshortfile)
+	config := NewConfig()
+	err := envconfig.Process("ITSLOG", config)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := config.validate(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("%+v", config)
+}