diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18dd8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351c96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105ce2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/kiwi-config.iml b/.idea/kiwi-config.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15c0cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/kiwi-config.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4fc832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b44487f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/kiwi-config.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/kiwi-config.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/etc/default.kiwi.yml b/src/etc/default.kiwi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec93e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/default.kiwi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 0.1
+
+suffix:
+  project: .project
+  down: .down
+
+docker:
+  net: kiwinet
+  cidr: 10.22.46.0/24
+
+target:
+  root: /var/kiwi
diff --git a/src/kiwi-config.py b/src/kiwi-config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fae606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi-config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+from kiwi import *
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='kiwi-config')
+    parser.add_argument('cmd', metavar='command', type=str, help='subcommand to execute')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    print(args.cmd)
+
+    cf = config.Config.default()
+
+    pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/kiwi/__init__.py b/src/kiwi/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c281ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__all__ = ['config']
diff --git a/src/kiwi/config.py b/src/kiwi/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abff981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Config:
+    # version, suffix_project, suffix_down, docker_net, docker_cidr, target_root = None
+
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        import yaml
+
+        with open(filename, 'r') as stream:
+            try:
+                print(yaml.safe_load(stream))
+            except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+                print(exc)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def default(cls):
+        return cls("./etc/default.kiwi.yml")