diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..968deefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+services:
+  - name: twinnation
+    url: https://twinnation.org/actuator/health
+    interval: 10
+    failure-threshold: 3
+    conditions:
+      - "$STATUS == 200"
+  - name: github
+    url: https://github.com
+    interval: 10
+    failure-threshold: 3
+    conditions:
+      - "$STATUS == 200"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d77a193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Services []Service `yaml:"services"`
+}
+
+type Service struct {
+	Name             string      `yaml:"name"`
+	Url              string      `yaml:"url"`
+	Interval         uint        `yaml:"interval"`
+	FailureThreshold uint        `yaml:"failure-threshold"`
+	Conditions       []Condition `yaml:"conditions"`
+}
+
+type Condition string
+
+var config *Config
+
+func Get() *Config {
+	if config == nil {
+		ReadConfigurationFile("config.yaml")
+	}
+	return config
+}
+
+func ReadConfigurationFile(fileName string) *Config {
+	config = &Config{}
+	if bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName); err == nil { // file exists
+		return ParseConfigBytes(bytes)
+	} else {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return config
+}
+
+func ParseConfigBytes(yamlBytes []byte) *Config {
+	config = &Config{}
+	yaml.Unmarshal(yamlBytes, config)
+	return config
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c43d44b..1f4fdda1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/TwinProduction/gatus
 
 go 1.12
 
-require k8s.io/helm v2.14.3+incompatible
+require (
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
+	k8s.io/helm v2.14.3+incompatible
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b1f34353..7b886fab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 k8s.io/helm v2.14.3+incompatible h1:uzotTcZXa/b2SWVoUzM1xiCXVjI38TuxMujS/1s+3Gw=
 k8s.io/helm v2.14.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:LZzlS4LQBHfciFOurYBFkCMTaZ0D1l+p0teMg7TSULI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16b7f9e9..65327194 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/TwinProduction/gatus/config"
 	"github.com/TwinProduction/gatus/watchdog"
 )
 
@@ -11,4 +12,6 @@ func main() {
 	request.GetIp(result)
 	request.GetStatus(result)
 	fmt.Println(result)
+
+	fmt.Println(config.Get())
 }