diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 215b90a..0fd6095 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -158,6 +158,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -204,7 +225,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic 0.6.1",
  "pear",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.8.23",
  "uncased",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -493,7 +514,11 @@ checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 name = "joeac-build"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "dirs",
  "rocket",
+ "serde",
+ "toml 1.1.2+spec-1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -514,6 +539,15 @@ version = "0.2.186"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68ab91017fe16c622486840e4c83c9a37afeff978bd239b5293d61ece587de66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e02f3bb43d335493c96bf3fd3a321600bf6bd07ed34bc64118e9293bdffea46c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -632,6 +666,12 @@ version = "1.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -791,6 +831,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ref-cast"
 version = "1.0.25"
@@ -998,6 +1049,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6662b5879511e06e8999a8a235d848113e942c9124f211511b16466ee2995f26"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -1103,6 +1163,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4288b5bcbc7920c07a1149a35cf9590a2aa808e0bc1eafaade0b80947865fbc4"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebc4ee7f67670e9b64d05fa4253e753e016c6c95ff35b89b7941d6b856dec1d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.9"
@@ -1201,11 +1281,26 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc1beb996b9d83529a9e75c17a1686767d148d70663143c7854d8b4a09ced362"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
- "toml_datetime",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
+ "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
  "toml_edit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81f3d15e84cbcd896376e6730314d59fb5a87f31e4b038454184435cd57defee"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_spanned 1.1.1",
+ "toml_datetime 1.1.1+spec-1.1.0",
+ "toml_parser",
+ "toml_writer",
+ "winnow 1.0.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
 version = "0.6.11"
@@ -1215,6 +1310,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "1.1.1+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3165f65f62e28e0115a00b2ebdd37eb6f3b641855f9d636d3cd4103767159ad7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
 version = "0.22.27"
@@ -1223,10 +1327,19 @@ checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
- "toml_datetime",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
+ "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
  "toml_write",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.7.15",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_parser"
+version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2abe9b86193656635d2411dc43050282ca48aa31c2451210f4202550afb7526"
+dependencies = [
+ "winnow 1.0.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1235,6 +1348,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_writer"
+version = "1.1.1+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "756daf9b1013ebe47a8776667b466417e2d4c5679d441c26230efd9ef78692db"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1581,6 +1700,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0592e1c9d151f854e6fd382574c3a0855250e1d9b2f99d9281c6e6391af352f1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen"
 version = "0.51.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d58a0f9..32e9ad0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.102"
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 rocket = "0.5.1"
+serde = "1.0.228"
+toml = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f27f5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+fn read_config(path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Config> {
+    let toml = std::fs::read(path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read config file at {path}"))?;
+    let config = toml::from_slice(&toml)
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to parse config file at {path}"))?;
+    Ok(config)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+    repositories: Vec<RepoConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct RepoConfig {
+    remote_git_repo: String,
+    local_git_repo: String,
+    remote_package_repo: String,
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index af7b49a..2c4d073 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
 
+mod config;
+
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
     rocket::build().mount("/", routes![index])