diff --git a/app/Gists/GistConfig.php b/app/Gists/GistConfig.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68e9d282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Gists/GistConfig.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php namespace Gistlog\Gists;
+
+use ArrayAccess;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+class GistConfig implements ArrayAccess
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $defaultSettings = [
+        'published'    => false,
+        'published_on' => null,
+        'preview'      => null
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public $settings = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $dates = ['published_on'];
+
+    /**
+     * @param array|ArrayAccess $githubGist
+     * @return GistConfig
+     */
+    public static function fromGitHub($githubGist)
+    {
+        $config = new self;
+        $config->settings = $config->defaultSettings;
+
+        if (! array_key_exists('gistlog.yml', $githubGist['files'])) {
+            return $config;
+        }
+
+        $userSettings = Yaml::parse($githubGist['files']['gistlog.yml']['content']);
+
+        if (! is_array($userSettings)) {
+            return $config;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($config->defaultSettings as $setting => $defaultValue) {
+            $config->settings[$setting] = array_get($userSettings, $setting, $defaultValue);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($config->dates as $setting) {
+
+            if (is_null($config->settings[$setting])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                $config->settings[$setting] = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($config->settings[$setting]);
+            } catch (\ErrorException $e) {
+                $config->settings[$setting] = null;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return $config;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $setting
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function offsetExists($setting)
+    {
+        return isset($this->settings[$setting]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $setting
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function offsetGet($setting)
+    {
+        return $this->settings[$setting];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $setting
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function offsetSet($setting, $value)
+    {
+        array_set($this->settings, $setting, $value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $setting
+     */
+    public function offsetUnset($setting)
+    {
+        array_set($this->settings, $setting, null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Gists/Gistlog.php b/app/Gists/Gistlog.php
index 3e79557e..7a98ca2b 100644
--- a/app/Gists/Gistlog.php
+++ b/app/Gists/Gistlog.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Gistlog
     public $author;
     public $avatarUrl;
     public $link;
+    public $config;
     private $public;
 
     /**
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ public static function fromGitHub($githubGist, $githubComments = [])
             return Comment::fromGitHub($githubGist['id'], $comment);
         });
 
+        $gistlog->config = GistConfig::fromGitHub($githubGist);
+
         return $gistlog;
     }
 
@@ -94,6 +97,10 @@ public function isSecret()
 
     public function getPreview()
     {
+        if (! is_null($this->config['preview'])) {
+            return $this->config['preview'];
+        }
+
         $body = strip_tags($this->renderHtml());
 
         if (strlen($body) < 200) {
diff --git a/tests/GistConfigTest.php b/tests/GistConfigTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb96b228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/GistConfigTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+use Gistlog\Gists\GistConfig;
+
+class GistConfigTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    use GistFixtureHelpers;
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_be_created_from_github_api_data()
+    {
+        $githubGist = $this->loadFixture('8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.json');
+
+        $config = GistConfig::fromGitHub($githubGist);
+
+        $this->assertEquals("A test preview.", $config['preview']);
+        $this->assertEquals("2015-05-15", $config['published_on']->format('Y-m-d'));
+        $this->assertTrue($config['published']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_returns_default_values_when_no_gistlog_yml_is_present()
+    {
+        $githubGist = $this->loadFixture('002ed429c7c21ab89300.json');
+
+        $config = GistConfig::fromGitHub($githubGist);
+
+        $this->assertNull($config['preview']);
+        $this->assertNull($config['published_on']);
+        $this->assertFalse($config['published']);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_returns_default_values_when_gistlog_yml_does_not_provide_them()
+    {
+        $githubGist = $this->loadFixture('9e5ea4d44dbc5ccb77b4.json');
+
+        $config = GistConfig::fromGitHub($githubGist);
+
+        $this->assertNull($config['preview']); // excluded
+        $this->assertFalse($config['published']); // excluded
+        $this->assertEquals("2015-05-15", $config['published_on']->format('Y-m-d')); // provided
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_returns_a_null_value_when_a_date_value_is_invalid()
+    {
+        $githubGist = $this->loadFixture('bb5ea4d44dbc5ccb77s7.json');
+
+        $config = GistConfig::fromGitHub($githubGist);
+
+        $this->assertNull($config['published_on']);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.json b/tests/fixtures/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7cd8062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/forks",
+  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/commits",
+  "id": "8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "files": {
+    "blog.MD": {
+      "filename": "blog.MD",
+      "type": "text/plain",
+      "language": "Markdown",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/fb81c6b2666987c7e3556a67362ed20df76cf3a7/blog.MD",
+      "size": 963,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "The end goal was to order a query by a list of specific values for a column, but then also order those by a created_at date in ascending order and then by id in ascending order\n\nThis proved to be more of a challenge than I originally thought. The solution I came up with is as follows.\n\n```SQL\nSELECT id, clientId, created_at \nFROM `claims` \nWHERE `clientId` IN ('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ', 'FIZZ') \nORDER BY clientId = 'FIZZ', clientId = 'BAZ', clientId = 'BAR', clientId = 'FOO', \ncreated_at ASC, id ASC\n```\n\nDirect your attention to line 4. Looking at this, you might assume that the returned order of the results would be `FIZZ, BAZ, BAR, FOO` but in fact, you would be wrong.\n\nWhile normally the order by statements seem to stack on top of the previous order statement, in appears that when using an `=` to define the order, the orders stack in reverse.\n\nThat is, the last order by statement containing the `=` was the first result returned. It's the little things."
+    },
+    "gistlog.yml": {
+      "filename": "gistlog.yml",
+      "type": "text/x-yaml",
+      "language": "YAML",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/f5a9ef036c44acd7c8aba799cf290bdf0feb6e56/gistlog.yml",
+      "size": 73,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "published: true\npreview: A test preview.\npublished_on: 2015-05-15"
+    }
+  },
+  "public": true,
+  "created_at": "2015-07-22T15:41:53Z",
+  "updated_at": "2015-07-26T05:01:32Z",
+  "description": "How SQL orders results when using equals",
+  "comments": 0,
+  "user": null,
+  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/comments",
+  "owner": {
+    "login": "JacobBennett",
+    "id": 1517011,
+    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+    "gravatar_id": "",
+    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+    "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
+    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/gists{/gist_id}",
+    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
+    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/subscriptions",
+    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/orgs",
+    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/repos",
+    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/events{/privacy}",
+    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/received_events",
+    "type": "User",
+    "site_admin": false
+  },
+  "forks": [],
+  "history": [
+    {
+      "user": {
+        "login": "JacobBennett",
+        "id": 1517011,
+        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+        "gravatar_id": "",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+        "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
+        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/gists{/gist_id}",
+        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
+        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/subscriptions",
+        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/orgs",
+        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/repos",
+        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/events{/privacy}",
+        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/received_events",
+        "type": "User",
+        "site_admin": false
+      },
+      "version": "5c63bf5ac93dfa4d0d62a9677ba015b34c6f9df5",
+      "committed_at": "2015-07-26T05:01:32Z",
+      "change_status": {
+        "total": 3,
+        "additions": 2,
+        "deletions": 1
+      },
+      "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/5c63bf5ac93dfa4d0d62a9677ba015b34c6f9df5"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/gists/9e5ea4d44dbc5ccb77b4.json b/tests/fixtures/gists/9e5ea4d44dbc5ccb77b4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca7daae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/gists/9e5ea4d44dbc5ccb77b4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/forks",
+  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/commits",
+  "id": "8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "files": {
+    "blog.MD": {
+      "filename": "blog.MD",
+      "type": "text/plain",
+      "language": "Markdown",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/fb81c6b2666987c7e3556a67362ed20df76cf3a7/blog.MD",
+      "size": 963,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "The end goal was to order a query by a list of specific values for a column, but then also order those by a created_at date in ascending order and then by id in ascending order\n\nThis proved to be more of a challenge than I originally thought. The solution I came up with is as follows.\n\n```SQL\nSELECT id, clientId, created_at \nFROM `claims` \nWHERE `clientId` IN ('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ', 'FIZZ') \nORDER BY clientId = 'FIZZ', clientId = 'BAZ', clientId = 'BAR', clientId = 'FOO', \ncreated_at ASC, id ASC\n```\n\nDirect your attention to line 4. Looking at this, you might assume that the returned order of the results would be `FIZZ, BAZ, BAR, FOO` but in fact, you would be wrong.\n\nWhile normally the order by statements seem to stack on top of the previous order statement, in appears that when using an `=` to define the order, the orders stack in reverse.\n\nThat is, the last order by statement containing the `=` was the first result returned. It's the little things."
+    },
+    "gistlog.yml": {
+      "filename": "gistlog.yml",
+      "type": "text/x-yaml",
+      "language": "YAML",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/f5a9ef036c44acd7c8aba799cf290bdf0feb6e56/gistlog.yml",
+      "size": 73,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "published_on: 2015-05-15"
+    }
+  },
+  "public": true,
+  "created_at": "2015-07-22T15:41:53Z",
+  "updated_at": "2015-07-26T05:01:32Z",
+  "description": "How SQL orders results when using equals",
+  "comments": 0,
+  "user": null,
+  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/comments",
+  "owner": {
+    "login": "JacobBennett",
+    "id": 1517011,
+    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+    "gravatar_id": "",
+    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+    "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
+    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/gists{/gist_id}",
+    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
+    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/subscriptions",
+    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/orgs",
+    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/repos",
+    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/events{/privacy}",
+    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/received_events",
+    "type": "User",
+    "site_admin": false
+  },
+  "forks": [],
+  "history": [
+    {
+      "user": {
+        "login": "JacobBennett",
+        "id": 1517011,
+        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+        "gravatar_id": "",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+        "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
+        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/gists{/gist_id}",
+        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
+        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/subscriptions",
+        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/orgs",
+        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/repos",
+        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/events{/privacy}",
+        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/received_events",
+        "type": "User",
+        "site_admin": false
+      },
+      "version": "5c63bf5ac93dfa4d0d62a9677ba015b34c6f9df5",
+      "committed_at": "2015-07-26T05:01:32Z",
+      "change_status": {
+        "total": 3,
+        "additions": 2,
+        "deletions": 1
+      },
+      "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/5c63bf5ac93dfa4d0d62a9677ba015b34c6f9df5"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/gists/bb5ea4d44dbc5ccb77s7.json b/tests/fixtures/gists/bb5ea4d44dbc5ccb77s7.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..903fe233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/gists/bb5ea4d44dbc5ccb77s7.json
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/forks",
+  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/commits",
+  "id": "8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3.git",
+  "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3",
+  "files": {
+    "blog.MD": {
+      "filename": "blog.MD",
+      "type": "text/plain",
+      "language": "Markdown",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/fb81c6b2666987c7e3556a67362ed20df76cf3a7/blog.MD",
+      "size": 963,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "The end goal was to order a query by a list of specific values for a column, but then also order those by a created_at date in ascending order and then by id in ascending order\n\nThis proved to be more of a challenge than I originally thought. The solution I came up with is as follows.\n\n```SQL\nSELECT id, clientId, created_at \nFROM `claims` \nWHERE `clientId` IN ('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ', 'FIZZ') \nORDER BY clientId = 'FIZZ', clientId = 'BAZ', clientId = 'BAR', clientId = 'FOO', \ncreated_at ASC, id ASC\n```\n\nDirect your attention to line 4. Looking at this, you might assume that the returned order of the results would be `FIZZ, BAZ, BAR, FOO` but in fact, you would be wrong.\n\nWhile normally the order by statements seem to stack on top of the previous order statement, in appears that when using an `=` to define the order, the orders stack in reverse.\n\nThat is, the last order by statement containing the `=` was the first result returned. It's the little things."
+    },
+    "gistlog.yml": {
+      "filename": "gistlog.yml",
+      "type": "text/x-yaml",
+      "language": "YAML",
+      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JacobBennett/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/raw/f5a9ef036c44acd7c8aba799cf290bdf0feb6e56/gistlog.yml",
+      "size": 73,
+      "truncated": false,
+      "content": "published_on: 05-15-2015"
+    }
+  },
+  "public": true,
+  "created_at": "2015-07-22T15:41:53Z",
+  "updated_at": "2015-07-26T05:01:32Z",
+  "description": "How SQL orders results when using equals",
+  "comments": 0,
+  "user": null,
+  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8f5ea4d44dbc5ccb77a3/comments",
+  "owner": {
+    "login": "JacobBennett",
+    "id": 1517011,
+    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+    "gravatar_id": "",
+    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+    "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
+    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/gists{/gist_id}",
+    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
+    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/subscriptions",
+    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/orgs",
+    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/repos",
+    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/events{/privacy}",
+    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/received_events",
+    "type": "User",
+    "site_admin": false
+  },
+  "forks": [],
+  "history": [
+    {
+      "user": {
+        "login": "JacobBennett",
+        "id": 1517011,
+        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1517011?v=3",
+        "gravatar_id": "",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett",
+        "html_url": "https://github.com/JacobBennett",
+        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/followers",
+        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/JacobBennett/following{/other_user}",
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