diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3a473b6..9b0d71b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
  "warp",
 ]
 
@@ -1258,6 +1259,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1333c76748e868a4d9d1017b5ab53171dfd095f70c712fdb4653a406547f598f"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cce90a6..43a58d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 rumqttc = "0.18"
 serde = { version ="1.0.149", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.89"
-dotenv = "0.15.0"
 impl_cast = {path = "./impl_cast"}
 google-home = {path = "./google-home"}
 paste = "1.0.10"
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ warp = "0.3"
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.10"
 pollster = "0.2.5"
+toml = "0.5.10"
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto=true
diff --git a/config/config.example.toml b/config/config.example.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40f5ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.example.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[mqtt]
+host="example.com"
+port=1234
+username="username"
+password="password"
diff --git a/config/zeus_dev.toml b/config/zeus_dev.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09adba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/zeus_dev.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[mqtt]
+host="olympus.lan.huizinga.dev"
+port=8883
+username="mqtt"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0e3629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use std::{fs, error::Error};
+
+use log::debug;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub mqtt: MQTT,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct MQTT {
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub password: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn build(filename: &str) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        debug!("Loading config: {filename}");
+        let file = fs::read_to_string(filename)?;
+        let mut config: Self = toml::from_str(&file)?;
+
+        config.mqtt.password = Some(std::env::var("MQTT_PASSWORD").or(config.mqtt.password.ok_or("MQTT password needs to be set in either config or the environment!"))?);
+
+        Ok(config)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 032880f..a8d0397 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,32 @@
-use std::{time::Duration, sync::{Arc, RwLock}, process::exit, net::SocketAddr};
+mod config;
 
+use std::{time::Duration, sync::{Arc, RwLock}, process, net::SocketAddr};
+
+use config::Config;
+use dotenv::dotenv;
 use warp::Filter;
 use rumqttc::{MqttOptions, Transport, AsyncClient};
-use dotenv::dotenv;
 use env_logger::Builder;
 use log::{error, info, LevelFilter};
 
 use automation::{devices::{Devices, IkeaOutlet, TestOutlet}, zigbee::Zigbee, mqtt::Notifier};
 use google_home::{GoogleHome, Request};
 
-fn get_required_env(name: &str) -> String {
-    match std::env::var(name) {
-        Ok(value) => value,
-        _ => {
-            error!("Environment variable ${name} is not set!");
-            exit(-1);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
     // Setup logger
     Builder::new()
         .filter_module("automation", LevelFilter::Info)
         .parse_default_env()
         .init();
 
-    // Load dotfiles
-    dotenv().ok();
+    let config = std::env::var("AUTOMATION_CONFIG").unwrap_or("./config/config.toml".to_owned());
+    let config = Config::build(&config).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        error!("Failed to load config: {err}");
+        process::exit(1);
+    });
 
     info!("Starting automation_rs...");
 
@@ -37,8 +35,8 @@ async fn main() {
     let devices = Arc::new(RwLock::new(Devices::new()));
 
     // Setup MQTT
-    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("rust-test", get_required_env("MQTT_HOST"), 8883);
-    mqttoptions.set_credentials(get_required_env("MQTT_USERNAME"), get_required_env("MQTT_PASSWORD"));
+    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("rust-test", config.mqtt.host, config.mqtt.port);
+    mqttoptions.set_credentials(config.mqtt.username, config.mqtt.password.unwrap());
     mqttoptions.set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(5));
     mqttoptions.set_transport(Transport::tls_with_default_config());