diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d39ef20..ee0b2a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/Kitt3120/lum"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+dirs = "5.0.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["runtime-tokio", "any", "postgres", "mysql", "sqlite", "tls-native-tls", "migrate", "macros", "uuid", "chrono", "json"] }
+thiserror = "1.0.52"
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a17995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+use core::fmt;
+use std::{
+    fmt::{Display, Formatter},
+    fs, io,
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigPathError {
+    #[error("Unable to get OS config directory")]
+    UnknownBasePath,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigInitError {
+    #[error("Unable to get config path: {0}")]
+    Path(#[from] ConfigPathError),
+    #[error("I/O error: {0}")]
+    IO(#[from] io::Error),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigParseError {
+    #[error("Unable to get config path: {0}")]
+    Path(#[from] ConfigPathError),
+    #[error("Unable to initialize config: {0}")]
+    Init(#[from] ConfigInitError),
+    #[error("Unable to serialize or deserialize config: {0}")]
+    Serde(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+    #[error("I/O error: {0}")]
+    IO(#[from] io::Error),
+}
+
+fn discord_token_default() -> String {
+    String::from("Please provide a token")
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+    #[serde(rename = "discordToken", default = "discord_token_default")]
+    pub discord_token: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            discord_token: discord_token_default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Config {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "discord_token: {}", self.discord_token)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ConfigHandler {
+    pub app_name: String,
+}
+
+impl ConfigHandler {
+    pub fn new(app_name: &str) -> Self {
+        ConfigHandler {
+            app_name: app_name.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_config_dir_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, ConfigPathError> {
+        let mut path = match dirs::config_dir() {
+            Some(path) => path,
+            None => return Err(ConfigPathError::UnknownBasePath),
+        };
+
+        path.push(&self.app_name);
+        Ok(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_config_dir_path(&self) -> Result<(), ConfigInitError> {
+        let path = self.get_config_dir_path()?;
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_config_file_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, ConfigPathError> {
+        let mut path = self.get_config_dir_path()?;
+        path.push("config.json");
+        Ok(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_config(&self, config: &Config) -> Result<(), ConfigParseError> {
+        let path = self.get_config_file_path()?;
+
+        if !path.exists() {
+            self.create_config_dir_path()?;
+        }
+
+        let config_json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(config)?;
+
+        fs::write(path, config_json)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_config(&self) -> Result<Config, ConfigParseError> {
+        let path = self.get_config_file_path()?;
+        if !path.exists() {
+            self.create_config_dir_path()?;
+            fs::write(&path, "{}")?;
+        }
+
+        let config_json = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(&config_json)?;
+
+        self.save_config(&config)?; // In case the config file was missing some fields which serde used the defaults for
+
+        Ok(config)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..992058b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+mod config;
+
+pub const BOT_NAME: &str = "Lum";
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let config_handler = config::ConfigHandler::new(BOT_NAME.to_lowercase().as_str());
+    let config = match config_handler.get_config() {
+        Ok(config) => config,
+        Err(err) => {
+            panic!("Error reading config file: {}", err);
+        }
+    };
+
+    println!("Config: {}", config);
 }