diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 339cfd6..7f7af17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,6 +35,56 @@ version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8acc5369981196006228e28809f761875c0327210a891e941f4c683b3a99529b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b2d16507662817a6a20a9ea92df6652ee4f94f914589377d69f3b21bc5798a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca3534e77181a9cc07539ad51f2141fe32f6c3ffd4df76db8ad92346b003ae4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -88,12 +138,58 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8acebd8ad879283633b343856142139f2da2317c96b05b4dd6181c61e2480184"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6ba32cbda51c7e1dfd49acc1457ba1a7dec5b64fe360e828acb13ca8dc9c2f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf4ced95c6f4a675af3da73304b9ac4ed991640c36374e4b46795c49e17cf1ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46ad14479a25103f283c0f10005961cf086d8dc42205bb44c46ac563475dca6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clru"
 version = "0.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cbd0f76e066e64fdc5631e3bb46381254deab9ef1158292f27c8c57e3bf3fe59"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -158,6 +254,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -309,7 +411,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-utils",
  "itoa",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.26",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -405,7 +507,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-bom",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.26",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -696,7 +798,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.26",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -820,7 +922,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-utils",
  "maybe-async",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.26",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -852,7 +954,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-validate",
  "memmap2",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.26",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1130,6 +1232,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "foldhash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "home"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -1293,6 +1401,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c9c992b02b5b4c94ea26e32fe5bccb7aa7d9f390ab5c1221ff895bc7ea8b652"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "io-close"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1303,6 +1421,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -1517,10 +1641,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "refractor"
+name = "refractr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "gix",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "toml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1600,6 +1728,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87607cb1398ed59d48732e575a4c28a7a8ebf2454b964fe3f224f2afc07909e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1_smol"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1633,9 +1770,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.13.2"
+version = "1.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+checksum = "7fcf8323ef1faaee30a44a340193b1ac6814fd9b7b4e88e9d4519a3e4abe1cfd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
@@ -1649,6 +1786,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.98"
@@ -1730,6 +1873,40 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd87a5cdd6ffab733b2f74bc4fd7ee5fff6634124999ac278c35fc78c6120148"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0dd7358ecb8fc2f8d014bf86f6f638ce72ba252a2c3a2572f2a795f1d23efb41"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.22.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17b4795ff5edd201c7cd6dca065ae59972ce77d1b80fa0a84d94950ece7d1474"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow 0.7.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uluru"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1783,6 +1960,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -1930,6 +2113,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59690dea168f2198d1a3b0cac23b8063efcd11012f10ae4698f284808c8ef603"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.33.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c99990..08bc996 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 [package]
-name = "refractor"
+name = "refractr"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-gix = ">=0.70.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+clap = { version = "4.5.29", features = ["derive"] }
+gix = "0.70.0"
+serde = "1.0.217"
+serde_derive = "1.0.217"
+toml = "0.8.20"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..577c7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::fs::File;
+use toml;
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+use std::process;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+  from: Vec<String>,
+  to: Vec<String>,
+  branches: Vec<String>,
+  git: Git,
+  schedule: Schedule
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Git {
+  ssh_identity_file: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Schedule {
+  enabled: bool,
+  duration: i32,
+}
+
+pub fn read_config(path: PathBuf) -> Config {
+  let mut data = String::new();
+  let mut file = match File::open(path.as_path()) {
+    Err(e) => panic!("unable to open {}: {}", path.as_path().display(), e),
+    Ok(file) => file
+  };
+
+  if let Err(e) = file.read_to_string(&mut data) {
+    panic!("unable to read {}: {}", path.as_path().display(), e)
+  }
+
+  let config: Config = toml::from_str(&data).unwrap();
+  return config;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hello.rs b/src/hello.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 43daa90..0000000
--- a/src/hello.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub fn there() -> String {
-  return String::from("Hello world!");
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3c4ea4f..1651a75 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
-mod hello;
+mod config;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(name = "refractor")]
+#[command(version = "0.1.0")]
+#[command(about = "An automated push/pull/clone utility for mirroring Git repositories")]
+#[command(long_about = None)]
+struct Args {
+  #[arg(short, long, help = "Specify a config file", default_value = "/etc/refractr/config.toml")]
+  config: PathBuf,
+
+  #[arg(short, long, help = "Specify the level of verbosity", action = clap::ArgAction::Count)]
+  verbose: u8,
+
+  #[arg(short = 'e', long, help = "Output a full, commented config file and exit")]
+  create: bool,
+}
 
 fn main() {
-  println!("{}", hello::there());
+  let args = Args::parse();
+  let cfg = config::read_config(args.config);
 }