diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fbcc391..e8ad9a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -117,8 +117,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -173,6 +180,12 @@ version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32085ea23f3234fc7846555e85283ba4de91e21016dc0455a16286d87a292d64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -259,6 +272,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68b900aa2f7301e21c36462b170ee99994de34dff39a4a6a528e80e7376d07e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -447,6 +470,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb5b1b31579f3811bf615c144393417496f152e12ac8b7663bf664f4a815306d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -524,6 +556,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1ed1f98e3fdc28d6d910e6737ae6ab1a93bf1985935a1193e68f93eeb68d24e"
+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 = "0.22.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "583c44c02ad26b0c3f3066fe629275e50627026c51ac2e595cca4c230ce1ce1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -656,3 +722,12 @@ name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.6.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68a9bda4691f099d435ad181000724da8e5899daa10713c2d432552b9ccd3a6f"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9d8ef0e..cd8cd7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = "0.7.5"
-serde = "1.0.210"
+serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ['derive'] }
 tokio = "1.40.0"
+toml = "0.8.19"
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67e263f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[settings]
+base_directory = "/strg/drw"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7616297..7c32275 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{fs, path::Path};
+use std::{fs::{self, File}, io::Read, path::Path};
 
 use axum::{
     response::Html,
@@ -6,9 +6,24 @@ use axum::{
     Router,
 };
 
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Config {
+    settings: Settings,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Settings {
+    base_directory: String,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() {
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(list_files));
+    let config = read_config().expect("Failed to read config");
+
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(move || list_files(config.settings.base_directory.clone())));
 
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3004")
         .await
@@ -18,11 +33,18 @@ async fn main() {
     axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
 }
 
-async fn list_files() -> Html<String> {
-    let directory = "/strg/drw/";
+fn read_config() -> Result<Config, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut file = File::open("config.toml")?;
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+    let config: Config = toml::from_str(&contents)?;
+    Ok(config)
+}
+
+async fn list_files(base_path: String) -> Html<String> {
     let mut files_list = String::from("<h1>Found drawings:</h1><ul>");
 
-    if let Ok(files) = find_ora_files(directory) {
+    if let Ok(files) = find_ora_files(&base_path) {
         for file in files {
             files_list.push_str(&format!("<li>{}</li>", file));
         }