diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dc2c630..8e3fde9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@ edition = "2021"
 #bytes = "1.9"
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6"
-#derive_more = { version = "1.0", features = [
-#  "as_ref",
-#  "constructor",
+derive_more = { version = "1.0", features = [
+  "as_ref",
+  "constructor",
 #  "deref",
 #  "display",
-#  "from",
-#] }
+ #  "from",
+ #] }
+ #serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+  "from",
+] }
 # kxio = {path = "../kxio/"}
 kxio = "3.2"
-#serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 #serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.41", features = ["full"] }
-#toml = "0.8"
+toml = "0.8"
 #tracing= "0.1"
 #tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 976199e..c715dc2 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build:
   cargo fmt
   cargo fmt --check
   cargo clippy
+  cargo machete
   # cargo build
   cargo tarpaulin --skip-clean --out Html
   # cargo test
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..235abbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//
+use color_eyre::Result;
+
+use crate::{f, s, Ctx, NAME};
+
+#[derive(
+    Clone,
+    Debug,
+    derive_more::From,
+    PartialEq,
+    Eq,
+    PartialOrd,
+    Ord,
+    derive_more::AsRef,
+    serde::Deserialize,
+)]
+pub struct AppConfig {}
+impl AppConfig {
+    pub fn load(ctx: &Ctx) -> Result<Self> {
+        let file = ctx.fs.base().join(f!("{NAME}.toml"));
+        let str = ctx.fs.file(&file).reader()?;
+        Ok(toml::from_str(s!(str).as_str())?)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b06130f..386c314 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use clap::Parser;
 use kxio::{fs::FileSystem, net::Net};
 
+mod config;
 mod init;
 mod macros;
 mod template;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ pub async fn run(ctx: Ctx) -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     color_eyre::install()?;
 
     let commands = Commands::parse();
+    let _cfg = config::AppConfig::load(&ctx)?;
     match commands.command {
         Command::Init => init::run(&ctx)?,
         Command::Check => todo!("check"),
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index f1a8183..156165c 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,27 @@
 
 use assert2::let_assert;
 
+use crate::{config::AppConfig, f, NAME};
+
+mod config {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn load_config() {
+        //given
+        let fs = given::a_filesystem();
+        let file = fs.base().join(f!("{}.toml", NAME));
+        fs.file(&file).write("").expect("write file");
+        let ctx = given::a_context(fs.as_real(), given::a_network().into());
+
+        //when
+        let_assert!(Ok(config) = AppConfig::load(&ctx));
+
+        //then
+        assert_eq!(config, AppConfig {});
+    }
+}
+
 mod init {
 
     use test_log::test;