diff --git a/cmd/client/main.go b/cmd/client/main.go
index c4d9d91..9184598 100644
--- a/cmd/client/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/main.go
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
+	"ChronoTomato/internal/helper"
 	"ChronoTomato/internal/shared"
 	"ChronoTomato/internal/websocket"
+
 	"atomicgo.dev/keyboard"
 	"atomicgo.dev/keyboard/keys"
+	"git.smsvc.net/pomodoro/GoTomato/pkg/models"
 )
 
 var interrupt = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
@@ -16,16 +19,27 @@ var interrupt = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 func Start() {
 	signal.Notify(interrupt, os.Interrupt)
 
-	GoTomatoUrl := flag.String("url", "ws://localhost:8080/ws", "GoTomato Server URL")
-	password := flag.String("password", "", "Control password for pomodoro session (optional)")
-	autoStart := flag.Bool("start", false, "Immediately start a Pomodoro")
+	parameter_url := flag.String("url", "", "GoTomato Server URL (eg ws://localhost:8080/ws)")
+	parameter_password := flag.String("password", "", "Control password for pomodoro session (optional)")
+	configfile := flag.String("config", "~/.config/ChronoTomato.yml", "path to config file (optional)")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	conn := websocket.Connect(*GoTomatoUrl)
+	config := helper.ParseConfig(*configfile)
 
-	websocket.Send_updateSettings(conn, *password)
-	if *autoStart {
-		websocket.SendCmd(conn, *password, "start")
+	url := *parameter_url
+	if url == "" {
+		url = config.URL
+	}
+
+	password := *parameter_password
+	if password == "" {
+		password = config.Password
+	}
+
+	conn := websocket.Connect(url)
+
+	if config.PomodoroConfig != (models.GoTomatoPomodoroConfig{}) {
+		websocket.Send_updateSettings(conn, config.Password, config.PomodoroConfig)
 	}
 
 	go websocket.ProcessServerMessages(conn)
@@ -35,18 +49,18 @@ func Start() {
 		switch key.String() {
 		case "space":
 			if !pomodoro.Ongoing {
-				websocket.SendCmd(conn, *password, "start")
+				websocket.SendCmd(conn, password, "start")
 				return false, nil
 			}
 			if pomodoro.Paused {
-				websocket.SendCmd(conn, *password, "resume")
+				websocket.SendCmd(conn, password, "resume")
 				return false, nil
 			} else {
-				websocket.SendCmd(conn, *password, "pause")
+				websocket.SendCmd(conn, password, "pause")
 				return false, nil
 			}
 		case "r":
-			websocket.SendCmd(conn, *password, "stop")
+			websocket.SendCmd(conn, password, "stop")
 			return false, nil
 		case "q":
 			interrupt <- os.Interrupt
diff --git a/config/PomodoroSettings.go b/config/PomodoroSettings.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 36c64c5..0000000
--- a/config/PomodoroSettings.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"git.smsvc.net/pomodoro/GoTomato/pkg/models"
-)
-
-var PomodoroSettings = models.GoTomatoPomodoroConfig{
-	Work:       25 * 60,
-	ShortBreak: 5 * 60,
-	LongBreak:  10 * 60,
-	Sessions:   4,
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4192fff..2a0cb6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/gen2brain/beeep v0.0.0-20240516210008-9c006672e7f4
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fe9b589..ed5f5ae 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa02
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.10/go.mod h1:g2LTdtYhdyuGPqyWyv7qRAmj1WBqxuObKfj5c0PQa7c=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.12 h1:p9dKCg8i4gmOxtv35DvrYoWqYzQrvEVdjQ762Y0OqZE=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.12/go.mod h1:g2LTdtYhdyuGPqyWyv7qRAmj1WBqxuObKfj5c0PQa7c=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
@@ -107,8 +109,10 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuX
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 h1:JGgROgKl9N8DuW20oFS5gxc+lE67/N3FcwmBPMe7ArY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4 h1:/eiJrUcujPVeJ3xlSWaiNi3uSVmDGBK1pDHUHAnao1I=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/helper/config.go b/internal/helper/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257e1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/helper/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package helper
+
+import (
+	"ChronoTomato/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func ParseConfig(filename string) models.ConfigFile {
+	var config models.ConfigFile
+	yamlFile, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Error opening config file!", "reason", err)
+		log.Info("Using defaults")
+		return models.ConfigFile{
+			URL: "ws://localhost:8080/ws",
+		}
+	}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlFile, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	return config
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/websocket/send.go b/internal/websocket/send.go
index df11a4b..dec081c 100644
--- a/internal/websocket/send.go
+++ b/internal/websocket/send.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package websocket
 
 import (
-	"ChronoTomato/config"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"git.smsvc.net/pomodoro/GoTomato/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ func SendCmd(conn *websocket.Conn, pwd string, cmd string) {
 	sendClientCommand(conn, message)
 }
 
-func Send_updateSettings(conn *websocket.Conn, pwd string) {
+func Send_updateSettings(conn *websocket.Conn, pwd string, settings models.GoTomatoPomodoroConfig) {
 	message := models.ClientCommand{
 		Command:          "updateSettings",
 		Password:         pwd,
-		PomodoroSettings: config.PomodoroSettings,
+		PomodoroSettings: settings,
 	}
 
 	sendClientCommand(conn, message)
diff --git a/pkg/models/configfile.go b/pkg/models/configfile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28c3fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/models/configfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"git.smsvc.net/pomodoro/GoTomato/pkg/models"
+)
+
+type ConfigFile struct {
+	URL            string                        `yaml:"url"`
+	Password       string                        `yaml:"password"`
+	PomodoroConfig models.GoTomatoPomodoroConfig `yaml:"config"`
+}