diff --git a/birdwatcher.go b/birdwatcher.go
index df3197e..8540d5a 100644
--- a/birdwatcher.go
+++ b/birdwatcher.go
@@ -28,19 +28,43 @@ func makeRouter() *httprouter.Router {
 	return r
 }
 
+// Print service information like, listen address,
+// access restrictions and configuration flags
+func PrintServiceInfo(conf *Config, birdConf BirdConfig) {
+	// General Info
+	log.Println("Starting Birdwatcher")
+	log.Println("     Using:", birdConf.BirdCmd)
+	log.Println("    Listen:", birdConf.Listen)
+}
+
 func main() {
-	port := flag.String("port",
-		"29184",
-		"The port the birdwatcher should run on")
-	birdc := flag.String("birdc",
-		"birdc",
-		"The birdc command to use (for IPv6, use birdc6)")
+	bird6 := flag.Bool("6", false, "Use bird6 instead of bird")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	bird.BirdCmd = *birdc
+	// Load configurations
+	conf, err := LoadConfigs([]string{
+		"./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf",
+		"/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf",
+		"./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.local.conf",
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Loading birdwatcher configuration failed:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Get config according to flags
+	birdConf := conf.Bird
+	if *bird6 {
+		birdConf = conf.Bird6
+	}
+
+	PrintServiceInfo(conf, birdConf)
+
+	// Configure client
+	bird.BirdCmd = birdConf.BirdCmd
 
 	r := makeRouter()
 
-	realPort := strings.Join([]string{":", *port}, "")
+	realPort := strings.Join([]string{":", "23022"}, "")
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(realPort, r))
 }
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fea2b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package main
+
+// Birdwatcher Configuration
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Server ServerConfig
+	Status StatusConfig
+	Bird   BirdConfig
+	Bird6  BirdConfig
+}
+
+type ServerConfig struct {
+	AllowFrom []string `toml:"allow_from"`
+}
+
+type StatusConfig struct {
+	ReconfigTimestampSource string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_source"`
+	ReconfigTimestampMatch  string `toml:"reconfig_timestamp_match"`
+
+	FilteredFields []string `toml:"filtered_fields"`
+}
+
+type BirdConfig struct {
+	Listen         string
+	ConfigFilename string `toml:"config"`
+	BirdCmd        string `toml:"birdc"`
+}
+
+// Try to load configfiles as specified in the files
+// list. For example:
+//
+//    ./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf
+//    /etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf
+//    ./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.local.conf
+//
+//
+func LoadConfigs(configFiles []string) (*Config, error) {
+	config := &Config{}
+	hasConfig := false
+	var confError error
+
+	for _, filename := range configFiles {
+		tmp := &Config{}
+		_, err := toml.DecodeFile(filename, tmp)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		} else {
+			hasConfig = true
+			// Merge configs
+			if err := mergo.Merge(config, tmp); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !hasConfig {
+		confError = fmt.Errorf("Could not load any config file")
+	}
+
+	return config, confError
+}
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4770030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadConfigs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log("Loading configs")
+	res, err := LoadConfigs([]string{
+		"./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf",
+		"/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf",
+		"./etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.local.conf",
+	})
+
+	t.Log(res)
+	t.Log(err)
+}
diff --git a/etc/init/bird4watcher.conf b/etc/init/bird4watcher.conf
index 0293fff..a8834a6 100644
--- a/etc/init/bird4watcher.conf
+++ b/etc/init/bird4watcher.conf
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ respawn limit 20 10
 start on starting birdwatcher
 stop on stopping birdwatcher
 
-exec /opt/ecix/birdwatcher/bin/birdwatcher-linux-amd64 -birdc bird -port 29184 2>&1 | logger -i -t 'BIRD4 WATCHER'
+exec /opt/ecix/birdwatcher/bin/birdwatcher-linux-amd64 2>&1 | logger -i -t 'BIRD4 WATCHER'
 
diff --git a/etc/init/bird6watcher.conf b/etc/init/bird6watcher.conf
index 642c095..7cada64 100644
--- a/etc/init/bird6watcher.conf
+++ b/etc/init/bird6watcher.conf
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ respawn limit 20 10
 start on starting birdwatcher
 stop on stopping birdwatcher
 
-exec /opt/ecix/birdwatcher/bin/birdwatcher-linux-amd64 -birdc bird6 -port 29185 2>&1 | logger -i -t 'BIRD6 WATCHER'
+exec /opt/ecix/birdwatcher/bin/birdwatcher-linux-amd64 -6 2>&1 | logger -i -t 'BIRD6 WATCHER'