diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b79a1b8..ca7c9b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -135,6 +141,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "notify",
  "notify-debouncer-mini",
+ "ron",
+ "serde",
  "termion",
 ]
 
@@ -411,6 +419,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ron"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "300a51053b1cb55c80b7a9fde4120726ddf25ca241a1cbb926626f62fb136bff"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bitflags",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -420,6 +439,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.144"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f747710de3dcd43b88c9168773254e809d8ddbdf9653b84e2554ab219f17860"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.144"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94ed3a816fb1d101812f83e789f888322c34e291f894f19590dc310963e87a00"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 226c89d..17fbad1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ clap = { version = "3.2.22", features = ["clap_derive", "derive"] }
 glob = "0.3.0"
 notify = "5.0.0"
 notify-debouncer-mini = "0.2.1"
+ron = "0.8.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.144", features = ["derive"] }
 termion = "1.5.6"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d29c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pub struct UserConfig {
+    main_file: Option<String>,
+    test_file: Option<String>,
+    includes: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+pub struct Config {
+    main_file: String,
+    test_file: String,
+    includes: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            main_file: "main.c".into(),
+            test_file: "test.c".into(),
+            includes: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f3d0915..c3514ba 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
 pub mod check;
+pub mod config;
 pub mod run;
 pub mod tasks;
 pub mod test;