diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b373ae..fcf6cfd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ IRC boot for automatic triggerring `sm deploy`.
 On server:
 
     gem install eployday
-    eployday example # will generate example.yml
 
-Edit settings in example.yml
+Example for auto deploy on travis-ci tests passed `rvm-site.yml`:
 
-Start server with:
-
-    nohup eployday example.yml &
+    ---
+    nick: rvm-site-deploy
+    channels:
+      - "#rvm-test"
+    trigger_text: "The build passed."
+    allowed_users:
+      - travis-ci
+    command: "echo bdsm deploy"
 
-Example for autodeploy on travis tests passed:
+Start server with:
 
-    ---
-    users: travis-ci
-    triger: The build passed.
-    channel: #rvm-test
+    nohup eployday rvm-site.yml &
diff --git a/bin/eployday b/bin/eployday
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/example.yml b/example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edcc4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+nick: rvm-site-deploy
+channels:
+  - "#rvm-test"
+trigger_text: "The build passed."
+allowed_users:
+  - travis-ci
+  - mpapis
diff --git a/lib/eployday/cli.rb b/lib/eployday/cli.rb
index 27387ec..dc64da1 100644
--- a/lib/eployday/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/eployday/cli.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 require 'cinch'
+require 'eployday/configuration'
 require 'eployday/deploy'
 
 module Eployday
   class CLI
+    def initialize args
+      raise "configuration file name required" if args.empty?
+      Eployday::Configuration.new args.first
+    end
+
     def run
       bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
         configure do |c|
-          c.nick = "eployday"
+          c.nick = Eployday::Configuration[:nick]
           c.server = "irc.freenode.net"
-          c.channels = ["#rstatus"]
+          c.channels = Eployday::Configuration[:channels]
           c.plugins.plugins = [Deploy]
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/eployday/configuration.rb b/lib/eployday/configuration.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c13a7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/eployday/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'yaml'
+
+module Eployday
+  class Configuration
+    def initialize args
+      @@configuration = YAML.load_file args
+    end
+    def self.[] key
+      @@configuration ||= {}
+      puts "-- reading #{key} => #{@@configuration[key.to_s]}"
+      @@configuration[key.to_s]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/eployday/deploy.rb b/lib/eployday/deploy.rb
index e23bdac..0dcdc16 100644
--- a/lib/eployday/deploy.rb
+++ b/lib/eployday/deploy.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ module Eployday
   class Deploy
     include Cinch::Plugin
 
-    match "deploy"
+    match Eployday::Configuration[:trigger_text]
 
     def execute(m)
       if PermissionChecker.allowed?(m.user)
         m.reply "#{m.user.nick}: beginning deploy."
-        Kernel.system "sm deploy"
+        Kernel.system Eployday::Configuration[:command]
         m.reply "#{m.user.nick}: deploy finished."
       end
     end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/eployday/permission_checker.rb b/lib/eployday/permission_checker.rb
index aeb1558..cfc36f0 100644
--- a/lib/eployday/permission_checker.rb
+++ b/lib/eployday/permission_checker.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def allowed?(user, list=load_whitelist)
       end
 
       def load_whitelist
-        @whitelist = %w[steveklabnik carols10cents wilkie cl0ckw0rk ddagradi]
+        @whitelist = Eployday::Configuration[:allowed_users]
       end
     end
   end