diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
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+++ b/config.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Host         string `toml:"host"`
+	TMDBApiKey   string `toml:"tmdbApiKey"`
+	DBName       string `toml:"dbName"`
+	UploadFolder string `toml:"uploadFolder"`
+}
+
+func NewConfig(path string) Config {
+	var c Config
+	f := filepath.Join(path, "config.toml")
+	_, err := toml.DecodeFile(f, &c)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Could not read the config file", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return c
+}