diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b87f4d8..b2cd42a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.26"
 comrak = "0.18.0"
+figment = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["env", "serde_json", "json"] }
 regex = "1.8.4"
+serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["serde_derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.97"
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0728e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_json;
+
+use figment::providers::{Env, Format, Json, Serialized};
+use figment::Figment;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::env::var;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub editor: Option<String>,
+    pub sections: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub notes_dir: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            editor: Some("nano".into()),
+            sections: Some(vec!["Daily".into(), "Weekly".into(), "Monthly".into()]),
+            notes_dir: Some("Notes".into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn load(cfg_file: &str) -> Result<Self, &'static str> {
+        Figment::from(Serialized::defaults(Config::default()))
+            .merge(Env::raw().only(&["EDITOR"]))
+            .merge(Json::file(cfg_file))
+            .extract()
+            .or(Err("Could not load config"))
+    }
+
+    pub fn write_default(cfg_file: &str) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
+        let buf = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&Self::default())
+            .or_else(|_| return Err("could not serialize default config"))?;
+
+        let mut f = File::create(cfg_file).or_else(|_| Err("Could not open config file"))?;
+        f.write_all(&buf.as_bytes())
+            .or_else(|_| return Err("could not write default config to file"))?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn expected_locations() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, &'static str> {
+        let cfg_name = "rusty_task.json";
+        let home = var("HOME").or(Err("$HOME environment variable not set"))?;
+        let pwd = var("PWD").or(Err("$PWD environment variable not set"))?;
+
+        let mut home_config_cfg = PathBuf::from(home.clone());
+        home_config_cfg.push(".config");
+        home_config_cfg.push(cfg_name);
+
+        let mut home_cfg = PathBuf::from(home.clone());
+        home_cfg.push(format!(".{}", cfg_name));
+
+        let mut pwd_cfg = PathBuf::from(pwd.clone());
+        pwd_cfg.push(cfg_name);
+        pwd_cfg.push(format!(".{}", cfg_name));
+
+        Ok(vec![home_config_cfg, home_cfg, pwd_cfg])
+    }
+}