diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4361c44..e1bc662 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.0.0-rc.9", features = ["derive"] }
 notify = "4.0.16"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0.132"
+serde_yaml = "0.8"
 yaml-rust = "0.4.4"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c22a762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::env;
+use std::error;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+// ========================================
+// Error
+// ========================================
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    FileError(io::Error),
+    MissingConfig,
+    SerdeError(serde_yaml::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: io::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::FileError(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<serde_yaml::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: serde_yaml::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::SerdeError(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::FileError(e) => write!(f, "{}", e),
+            Error::MissingConfig => write!(f, "Could not find configuration file"),
+            Error::SerdeError(e) => write!(f, "{}", e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for Error {}
+
+// ========================================
+// Config
+// ========================================
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Remote {
+    pub owner: String,
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Package {
+    pub configs: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub remote: Remote,
+    pub packages: HashMap<String, Package>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(serde_yaml::from_str(&contents)?)
+    }
+}
+
+// ========================================
+// Public
+// ========================================
+
+/// Returns the default configuration files `homesync` looks for.
+///
+/// - `$HOME/.homesync.yml`
+/// - `$HOME/.config/homesync/homesync.yml`
+/// - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync.yml`
+/// - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync/homesync.yml`
+///
+/// Returned `PathBuf`s are looked for in the above order.
+pub fn default_configs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut paths: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
+    if let Ok(home) = env::var("HOME") {
+        paths.extend_from_slice(&[
+            [&home, ".homesync.yml"].iter().collect(),
+            [&home, ".config", "homesync", "homesync.yml"]
+                .iter()
+                .collect(),
+        ]);
+    }
+    if let Ok(xdg_config_home) = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
+        paths.extend_from_slice(&[
+            [&xdg_config_home, "homesync.yml"].iter().collect(),
+            [&xdg_config_home, "homesync", "homesync.yml"]
+                .iter()
+                .collect(),
+        ]);
+    }
+    paths
+}
+
+pub fn read_config(paths: &Vec<PathBuf>) -> Result<Config> {
+    // When trying our paths, the only acceptable error is a `NotFound` file.
+    // Anything else should be surfaced to the end user.
+    for path in paths {
+        match fs::read_to_string(path) {
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => continue,
+            Err(err) => return Err(Error::FileError(err)),
+            Ok(contents) => return Ok(Config::new(&contents)?),
+        }
+    }
+    Err(Error::MissingConfig)
+}
diff --git a/src/homesync.rs b/src/homesync.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef68c36..0000000
--- a/src/homesync.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pub mod config;
diff --git a/src/homesync/config.rs b/src/homesync/config.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8412b63..0000000
--- a/src/homesync/config.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-use std::env;
-use std::error;
-use std::fmt;
-use std::fs;
-use std::io;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use yaml_rust::{ScanError, Yaml, YamlLoader};
-
-// ========================================
-// Error
-// ========================================
-
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum Key {
-    Packages,    // OPTIONAL
-    Remote,      // REQUIRED
-    RemoteName,  // REQUIRED
-    RemoteOwner, // REQUIRED
-}
-
-impl Key {
-    fn to_yaml(&self) -> Yaml {
-        Yaml::String(self.to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Key {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Key::Packages => write!(f, "packages"),
-            Key::Remote => write!(f, "remote"),
-            Key::RemoteName => write!(f, "name"),
-            Key::RemoteOwner => write!(f, "owner"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum ErrorKind {
-    // Indicates our top-level data structure isn't a dictionary.
-    InvalidHash,
-    // Indicates a required key was not found.
-    MissingKey(Key),
-    // Indicates multiple YAML documents were found within our file.
-    MultipleDocuments,
-    // Indicates no YAML documents were found within our file.
-    NoDocument,
-    // Indicates there was a scan error when parsing the YAML.
-    ScanError(ScanError),
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            ErrorKind::InvalidHash => write!(f, "expected dictionary"),
-            ErrorKind::MissingKey(k) => write!(f, "missing key '{}'", k),
-            ErrorKind::MultipleDocuments => write!(f, "has multiple YAML documents"),
-            ErrorKind::NoDocument => write!(f, "has no YAML document"),
-            ErrorKind::ScanError(s) => s.fmt(f),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct ErrorWithFile {
-    path: PathBuf,
-    kind: ErrorKind,
-}
-
-impl ErrorWithFile {
-    fn new(path: &Path, kind: ErrorKind) -> Self {
-        ErrorWithFile {
-            path: path.to_path_buf(),
-            kind,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for ErrorWithFile {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        let ErrorWithFile { path, kind } = self;
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "File {} failed with error: {}",
-            path.to_str().ok_or(fmt::Error)?,
-            kind
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum Error {
-    // Indicates we could not find the configuration file at all.
-    MissingConfig,
-    // Indicates an error occurred when reading the configuration file.
-    WithFile(ErrorWithFile),
-}
-
-impl Error {
-    pub fn new(path: &Path, kind: ErrorKind) -> Self {
-        Error::WithFile(ErrorWithFile::new(path, kind))
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Error::MissingConfig => write!(
-                f,
-                "\
-                Could not find a valid configuration file. Looked in \
-                \n\n- `$HOME/.homesync.yml` \
-                \n- `$HOME/.config/homesync/homesync.yml` \
-                \n- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync.yml` \
-                \n- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync/homesync.yml` \
-                \nin order."
-            ),
-            Error::WithFile(e) => write!(f, "{}", e),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl error::Error for Error {}
-
-// ========================================
-// Config
-// ========================================
-
-pub struct Remote {
-    pub owner: String,
-    pub name: String,
-}
-
-pub struct Package {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub configs: Vec<PathBuf>,
-}
-
-pub struct Config {
-    pub path: PathBuf,
-    pub remote: Remote,
-    pub packages: Vec<Package>,
-}
-
-impl Config {
-    pub fn new(path: &Path, contents: &str) -> Result<Self> {
-        if let Yaml::Hash(pairs) = get_document(path, contents)? {
-            let remote = pairs
-                .get(&Key::Remote.to_yaml())
-                .ok_or(Error::new(path, ErrorKind::MissingKey(Key::Remote)))?;
-            let remote = parseRemote(path, remote)?;
-            let packages = pairs.get(&Key::Packages.to_yaml()).unwrap_or(&Yaml::Null);
-            let packages = parsePackages(path, packages)?;
-            // We intentionally ignore any other keys we may encounter.
-            Ok(Config {
-                path: path.to_path_buf(),
-                remote,
-                packages,
-            })
-        } else {
-            Err(Error::new(path, ErrorKind::InvalidHash))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn get_document(path: &Path, contents: &str) -> Result<Yaml> {
-    match YamlLoader::load_from_str(contents) {
-        Ok(mut docs) => {
-            if docs.len() > 1 {
-                Err(Error::new(path, ErrorKind::MultipleDocuments))
-            } else if docs.is_empty() {
-                Err(Error::new(path, ErrorKind::NoDocument))
-            } else {
-                Ok(docs.swap_remove(0))
-            }
-        }
-        Err(e) => Err(Error::new(path, ErrorKind::ScanError(e))),
-    }
-}
-
-// ========================================
-// Parsers
-// ========================================
-
-fn parseRemote(path: &Path, value: &Yaml) -> Result<Remote> {
-    Ok(Remote {
-        owner: String::new(),
-        name: String::new(),
-    })
-}
-
-fn parsePackages(path: &Path, value: &Yaml) -> Result<Vec<Package>> {
-    Ok(Vec::new())
-}
-
-// ========================================
-// Public
-// ========================================
-
-/// Attempt to read in the project config in the following priorities:
-///
-/// - `$HOME/.homesync.yml`
-/// - `$HOME/.config/homesync/homesync.yml`
-/// - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync.yml`
-/// - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/homesync/homesync.yml`
-///
-/// Returns an error if a file does not exist in any of these locations or a
-/// found file contains invalid YAML.
-pub fn find_config() -> Result<Config> {
-    let mut paths: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
-    if let Ok(home) = env::var("HOME") {
-        paths.extend_from_slice(&[
-            [&home, ".homesync.yml"].iter().collect(),
-            [&home, ".config", "homesync", "homesync.yml"]
-                .iter()
-                .collect(),
-        ]);
-    }
-    if let Ok(xdg_config_home) = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
-        paths.extend_from_slice(&[
-            [&xdg_config_home, "homesync.yml"].iter().collect(),
-            [&xdg_config_home, "homesync", "homesync.yml"]
-                .iter()
-                .collect(),
-        ]);
-    }
-    // When trying our paths, the only acceptable error is a `NotFound` file.
-    // Anything else should be surfaced to the end user.
-    for path in paths {
-        if let Ok(Some(contents)) = read_optional_config(&path) {
-            return Ok(Config::new(&path, &contents)?);
-        }
-    }
-    Err(Error::MissingConfig)
-}
-
-fn read_optional_config(path: &Path) -> io::Result<Option<String>> {
-    match fs::read_to_string(path) {
-        Err(err) => match err.kind() {
-            // Ignore `NotFound` since we want to try multiple paths.
-            io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
-            _ => Err(err),
-        },
-        Ok(contents) => Ok(Some(contents)),
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn generate_config() -> Config {
-    Config {
-        path: PathBuf::from(""),
-        remote: Remote {
-            owner: "".to_owned(),
-            name: "".to_owned(),
-        },
-        packages: Vec::new(),
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 70b5032..878a8fc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
-mod homesync;
+pub mod config;
 
-use homesync::config;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-pub fn run_configure(_matches: &clap::ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+pub fn run_configure(
+    paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    _matches: &clap::ArgMatches,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     // Check if we already have a local config somewhere. If so, reprompt the
     // same configuration options and override the values present in the current
     // YAML file.
-    let _config = match config::find_config() {
-        Ok(conf) => Ok(conf),
-        Err(config::Error::MissingConfig) => Ok(config::generate_config()),
-        Err(config::Error::WithFile(e)) => Err(e),
-    };
-    Ok(())
+    match config::read_config(&paths) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            print!("successfully read\n");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Err(config::Error::MissingConfig) => {
+            print!("missing config\n");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Err(e) => Err(Box::new(e)),
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn run_push(_matches: &clap::ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 926ad88..4ec5dd9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,37 @@
-use clap::{App, AppSettings};
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let matches = App::new("homesync")
         .about("Cross desktop configuration sync tool.")
         .version("0.1.0")
         .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp)
         .author("Joshua Potter <jrpotter.github.io>")
-        .subcommand(App::new("configure").about("Initialize the homesync local repository."))
-        .subcommand(App::new("push").about("Push local repository to remote repository."))
-        .subcommand(App::new("pull").about("Pull remote repository into local repository."))
-        .subcommand(App::new("add").about("Add new configuration to local repository."))
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("config")
+                .short('c')
+                .long("config")
+                .value_name("FILE")
+                .help("Specify a configuration file to use in place of defaults")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .subcommand(App::new("configure").about("Initialize the homesync local repository"))
+        .subcommand(App::new("push").about("Push local repository to remote repository"))
+        .subcommand(App::new("pull").about("Pull remote repository into local repository"))
+        .subcommand(App::new("add").about("Add new configuration to local repository"))
         .get_matches();
 
+    let configs = match matches.value_of("config") {
+        Some(path) => vec![PathBuf::from(path)],
+        None => homesync::config::default_configs(),
+    };
+
     match matches.subcommand() {
-        Some(("configure", ms)) => homesync::run_configure(ms).unwrap(),
-        Some(("push", ms)) => homesync::run_push(ms).unwrap(),
-        Some(("pull", ms)) => homesync::run_pull(ms).unwrap(),
-        Some(("add", ms)) => homesync::run_add(ms).unwrap(),
+        Some(("configure", ms)) => homesync::run_configure(configs, ms),
+        Some(("push", ms)) => homesync::run_push(ms),
+        Some(("pull", ms)) => homesync::run_pull(ms),
+        Some(("add", ms)) => homesync::run_add(ms),
         _ => unreachable!(),
     }
 }