diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb65772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const cdbpath = "DBPath"
+
+type Config struct {
+	DBPath string
+}
+
+func New() *Config {
+	lookups := make(map[string]*string)
+	add(cdbpath, "./db", lookups)
+	flag.Parse()
+	return &Config{
+		DBPath: *lookups[cdbpath],
+	}
+}
+
+func add(key string, value string, lookups map[string]*string) {
+	env := os.Getenv(strings.ToUpper(key))
+	if env != "" {
+		value = env
+	}
+	lookups[key] = flag.String(key, value, "")
+}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09cb756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_Config(t *testing.T) {
+	was := os.Getenv("DBPATH")
+	defer os.Setenv("DBPATH", was)
+	os.Setenv("DBPATH", "filler")
+	c := New()
+	if c.DBPath != "filler" {
+		t.Errorf("DBPATH not overridden by env")
+	}
+}