diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df7386a..978751d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
 .idea
-*.log
\ No newline at end of file
+*.log
+config.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.sample.yaml b/config.sample.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6139599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.sample.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+baseurl: 'https://example.org'
+accesstoken: 't0ps3cr3t'
+userid: '@jd:example.org'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 213e06e..b65f456 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const fs = require('fs');
 const sdk = require('matrix-js-sdk');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const yaml = require('js-yaml');
+
+const config = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('config.yaml'));
 
-var userid = '';
-var accesstoken = '';
 var matrixclient = sdk.createClient({
-    baseUrl: 'https://imninja.net',
-    accessToken: accesstoken,
-    userId: userid
+    baseUrl: config.baseurl,
+    accessToken: config.accesstoken,
+    userId: config.userid
 });
 
 /*matrixclient.on('RoomMember.membership', function(event, member) {