diff --git a/cmd/backive/main.go b/cmd/backive/main.go
index 50e8d8d..6a9fe0c 100644
--- a/cmd/backive/main.go
+++ b/cmd/backive/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/qwc/backive/config"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println("vim-go")
+	// load config
+	config.Load()
+
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 79d019b..f481a10 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1,34 +1,46 @@
 package config
 
-import "github.com/spf13/viper"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/qwc/backive/core"
 
-type Device struct {
-	name      string
-	uuid      string
-	ownerUser string
-}
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+)
 
-type Backup struct {
-	name             string
-	targetDeviceName string
-	targetDir        string
-	sourceDir        string
-	scriptPath       string
-	frequency        int
-	exeUser          string
+type Configuration struct {
+	Settings Settings `mapstructure:"settings"`
+	Devices  Devices  `mapstructure:"devices"`
+	Backups  Backups  `mapstructure:"backups"`
 }
 
 type Settings struct {
-	systemMountPoint string
-	userMountPoint   string
+	SystemMountPoint string `mapstructure:"systemMountPoint"`
+	UserMountPoint   string `mapstructure:"userMountPoint"`
 }
 
-type Devices map[string]Device
+type Devices map[string]core.Device
 
-type Backups map[string]Backup
-
-func loadDevice() {
-	v1 := viper.New()
-	v1.SetConfigName("devices")
+type Backups map[string]core.Backup
 
+func CreateViper() *viper.Viper {
+	vconfig := viper.New()
+	vconfig.SetConfigName("backive")
+	vconfig.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	vconfig.AddConfigPath("/etc/backive/") // system config
+	vconfig.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.backive/")
+	vconfig.AddConfigPath(".")
+	return vconfig
+}
+
+func Load() *Configuration {
+	vconfig := CreateViper()
+	if err := vconfig.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("Fatal: No config file could be found!"))
+		}
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("Fatal error config file: %w \n", err))
+	}
+
+	//Unmarshal all into Configuration type
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8d34d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package config
+
+// test package for config
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDummyConfig(t *testing.T) {
+
+	v := CreateViper()
+	var yamlExample = []byte(`
+settings:
+    systemMountPoint: /media/backive
+    userMountPoint: $HOME/.backive/mounts
+devices:
+	my_device:
+	    uuid: 98237459872398745987
+		owner:
+backups:
+	my_backup:
+		targetDevice: my_device
+		targetDir: backive_backup
+		sourceDir: /home/user123/stuff
+		scriptPath: /path/to/script
+		frequency: 7  #weekly
+`)
+	v.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(yamlExample))
+	var theConfig Configuration
+	err := v.Unmarshal(&theConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Unable to decode into struct, %v \n", err)
+		panic("Failed!")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("systemMountpoint is %v \n", theConfig)
+
+}
diff --git a/core/backup.go b/core/backup.go
index e69de29..52d0478 100644
--- a/core/backup.go
+++ b/core/backup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package core
+
+// Backup contains all necessary information for executing a configured backup.
+type Backup struct {
+	Name         string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
+	TargetDevice string `mapstructure:"targetDevice"`
+	TargetDir    string `mapstructure:"targetDir"`
+	SourceDir    string `mapstructure:"sourceDir"`
+	ScriptPath   string `mapstructure:"scriptPath"`
+	Frequency    int    `mapstructure:"frequency"`
+	ExeUser      string `mapstructure:"user,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/core/device.go b/core/device.go
index e69de29..de86a8a 100644
--- a/core/device.go
+++ b/core/device.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package core
+
+// Device represents a device, with a name easy to remember and the UUID to identify it, optionally an owner.
+type Device struct {
+	Name      string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
+	UUID      string `mapstructure:"uuid"`
+	OwnerUser string `mapstructure:"owner,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (d Device) Mount() {
+}
+
+func (d Device) Unmount() {
+}
diff --git a/core/events.go b/core/events.go
index e69de29..9a8bc95 100644
--- a/core/events.go
+++ b/core/events.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package core
diff --git a/core/scheduler.go b/core/scheduler.go
index e69de29..9a8bc95 100644
--- a/core/scheduler.go
+++ b/core/scheduler.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package core
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3a527cc..2f868dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/qwc/backive
 
+
 go 1.17
 
 require (