diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ae8de8..9f837af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
             <artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
             <version>17</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+            <version>1.33</version>            
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/metaunix/App.java b/src/main/java/net/metaunix/App.java
index bf1aadf..cece57a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/metaunix/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/metaunix/App.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import javafx.scene.Scene;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
+import net.metaunix.Config;
+
 
 /**
  * JavaFX App
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ public class App extends Application {
 
         var label = new Label("Hello, JavaFX " + javafxVersion + ", running on Java " + javaVersion + ".");
 
+        Config cfg = new Config("default.yaml");
+        System.out.println(cfg.get("library_path"));
+
         Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("views/main.fxml"));
         var scene = new Scene(root, 640, 480);
         stage.setTitle("Acorn Music Player");
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/metaunix/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/metaunix/Config.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e813737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/metaunix/Config.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package net.metaunix;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+public class Config {
+
+  private Map<String, Object> cfg;
+
+  public Config(String configPath) {
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+    InputStream inputStream = this.getClass()
+      .getClassLoader()
+      .getResourceAsStream(configPath);
+    this.cfg = yaml.load(inputStream);
+  }
+
+  public Object get(String key) {
+    return this.cfg.get(key);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/default.yaml b/src/main/resources/default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e0043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+library_path: "~/Music"