diff --git a/interp/__init__.py b/interp/__init__.py
index c851beb..eba2fe6 100644
--- a/interp/__init__.py
+++ b/interp/__init__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
+import os
+
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 
+import json
 
-config = {
-  'filename': '/tmp/interpolatoryawesome.log',
-  'level': logging.INFO,
-  'size' : 1024000,
-  'backupCount': 10,
-   }
+
+LEVELS = {'debug': logging.DEBUG,
+         'info': logging.INFO,
+         'warning': logging.WARNING,
+         'error': logging.ERROR,
+         'critical': logging.CRITICAL}
+
+default_config = {
+  'filename': '/tmp/interp.log',
+  'level': 'debug',
+  'size' : 102400,
+  'logbackup': 10,
+}
+
+with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config/interp.json')) as config_file:
+  d = json.load(config_file)
+
+config = dict(default_config.items() + d.items())
+
+print config
 
 logger    = logging.getLogger('interp')
-logger.setLevel(config['level'])
+logger.setLevel(LEVELS[config['level']])
 my_format = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s (%(process)d) %(filename)s %(funcName)s:%(lineno)d %(message)s')
 handler   = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
-                 config['filename'], maxBytes = config['size'] * 1024, backupCount = config['backupCount'])
+                 config['filename'], maxBytes = config['size'] * 1024, backupCount = config['logbackup'])
 handler.setFormatter(my_format)
 logger.addHandler(handler)