diff --git a/src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf b/src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf
index ef493e6..2364106 100644
--- a/src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf
+++ b/src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-database_source localhost
-database_port 666
-database_user wordsmith
-database_password wordsmith
-database_name wordsmith
+database_path localhost
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3f9689b..c117cf6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-use std::{env, fs::read_to_string};
+use crate::modules::config::read_config;
 
-const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH: &'static str = "./src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf";
+mod modules;
 
 fn main() {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
 
+    let config = read_config(None); // TODO: read config from param
+
     println!("Hello, world!");
-
-    for line in read_to_string(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH).unwrap().lines() {
-        if let Some((key, value)) = line.split_once(" ") {
-            println!("Config {0} {1}", key, value);
-        }
-    }
-
     // CREATE DB IF DOES NOT EXISTS
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/config/mod.rs b/src/modules/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88c6993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/config/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use std::fs::read_to_string;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub database_path: String,
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH: &'static str = "./src/assets/wordsmith_default.conf";
+const DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH: &'static str = "~/.config/wordsmith/wordsmith.db";
+
+pub fn read_config(path: Option<&str>) -> Config {
+    let target_path: &str = {
+        if let Some(p) = path {
+            p
+        } else {
+            DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut config = Config {
+        database_path: DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    for line in read_to_string(target_path).unwrap().lines() {
+        if let Some((key, value)) = line.split_once(" ") {
+            match key {
+                "database_path" => {
+                    config.database_path = value.to_string();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    config
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/mod.rs b/src/modules/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef68c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod config;