diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2266b7f..b489910 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+dotenvy = "^0"
+ron = "^0"
+toml = "^1"
+serde_json = "^1"
+serde = { version = "^1", features = ["derive"] }
+
+thiserror = "^2"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "^0", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/src/app/config.rs b/src/app/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22e160e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use std::{ env, path::PathBuf };
+use serde::{ Serialize, Deserialize };
+
+use crate::app::parser::FromConfig;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub defaults: Defaults,
+    pub settings: Settings,
+    pub rules:    Rules,
+}
+
+//
+
+impl Config
+{
+    pub fn load() -> Self { FromConfig::load() }
+}
+
+impl FromConfig for Config
+{
+    fn load() -> Self
+    {
+        let root = env::current_exe()
+            .expect("Unable to locate executable.").parent()
+            .expect("Unable to locate root directory.").to_owned();
+
+        // Removed expectation for dockerized-environments.
+        dotenvy::dotenv()
+            .map(|_| ())
+            .or_else(|_| dotenvy::from_path(root.join(".env")))
+            .ok(); //.expect("Unable to load .env file.");
+
+        let assets_directory: PathBuf = env::var("RNV_ASSETS_DIRECTORY")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+            .map(|p: PathBuf| root.join(p))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        Self::deserialize_config(
+            assets_directory.join("config"),
+            &[
+                ("ron",  Self::from_ron),
+                ("toml", Self::from_toml),
+                ("json", Self::from_json),
+            ],
+        ).expect("Failed to deserialize config.")
+    }
+}
+
+//
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Defaults {
+    pub songs_directory:   String,
+    pub generic_directory: String,
+
+    pub log_directory:  String,
+    pub temp_directory: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub debug: bool,
+    pub weight: f64,
+    pub volume: f64,
+    pub crossfade: f64,
+    pub weights: Weights,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Weights {
+    pub news: NewsWeight,
+    pub genre: RecoveringWeight,
+    pub composite: RecoveringWeight,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct NewsWeight {
+    pub chance: f64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct RecoveringWeight {
+    pub floor: f64,
+    pub recover_after: f64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Rules {
+    pub shuffle_mode: ShuffleMode,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum ShuffleMode {
+    Weighted,
+    StrictRandom,
+}
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca1ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub mod state;
+pub mod models;
+pub mod config;
+
+mod parser;
+
+pub use parser::FromConfig;
diff --git a/src/app/models.rs b/src/app/models.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e0fa7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/models.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+pub struct Scheduler {}
diff --git a/src/app/parser/mod.rs b/src/app/parser/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bb0052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/parser/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod parser;
+
+pub use parser::FromConfig;
diff --git a/src/app/parser/parser.rs b/src/app/parser/parser.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c85fdb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/parser/parser.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// A trait for types that can be loaded from a configuration file.
+///
+/// Implementors must define [`load`](FromConfig::load), which is responsible for
+/// resolving the config path and calling [`deserialize_config`](FromConfig::deserialize_config).
+/// All parsing methods have default implementations supporting RON, TOML, and JSON,
+/// and can be overridden if custom parsing behaviour is needed.
+pub trait FromConfig
+{
+    /// Loads and deserializes the config into `Self`.
+    ///
+    /// Implementations should resolve the config file path and call
+    /// [`deserialize_config`](FromConfig::deserialize_config) with the desired formats.
+    fn load() -> Self;
+
+    /// Deserializes a config file into a rust struct.
+    ///
+    /// Example:
+    /// ```
+    /// let cfg: Config = Config::deserialize_config(
+    ///     "path/to/config",
+    ///     &[
+    ///         ("ron",  Config::from_ron),
+    ///         ("toml", Config::from_toml),
+    ///         ("json", Config::from_json),
+    ///     ],
+    /// )?;
+    /// ```
+    fn deserialize_config<T>(file: impl AsRef<Path>, formats: &[(&str, ParseFn<T>)]) -> Result<T, ConfigError>
+    where
+        T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
+    {
+        let base = file.as_ref();
+
+        for (ext, parse) in formats
+        {
+            let path = base.with_extension(ext);
+            if path.exists()
+            {
+                let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&path)
+                    .map_err(ConfigError::Io)?;
+                return parse(&raw);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Err(ConfigError::NotFound { path: file.as_ref().to_string_lossy().into() })
+    }
+
+    fn from_ron<T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>>(s: &str) -> Result<T, ConfigError> {
+        ron::from_str(s).map_err(ConfigError::Ron)
+    }
+
+    fn from_toml<T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>>(s: &str) -> Result<T, ConfigError> {
+        toml::from_str(s).map_err(ConfigError::Toml)
+    }
+
+    fn from_json<T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>>(s: &str) -> Result<T, ConfigError> {
+        serde_json::from_str(s).map_err(ConfigError::Json)
+    }
+}
+
+//
+
+pub type ParseFn<T> = fn(&str) -> Result<T, ConfigError>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    #[error("No config file found at '{path}.(ron|toml|json)'.")]
+    NotFound { path: String },
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Ron parse error: {0}")]
+    Ron(#[from] ron::error::SpannedError),
+    #[error("TOML parse error: {0}")]
+    Toml(#[from] toml::de::Error),
+    #[error("JSON parse error: {0}")]
+    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+}
diff --git a/src/app/state.rs b/src/app/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f56683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    EnvFilter,
+    fmt::{
+        SubscriberBuilder,
+        format::{ Format, DefaultFields }
+    }
+};
+
+use crate::app::{
+    models::*,
+    config::Config
+};
+
+pub struct AppState {
+    pub config: Config,
+    pub scheduler: Scheduler
+}
+
+impl AppState
+{
+    pub fn new(config: Config, scheduler: Scheduler) -> Self
+    {
+        Self { config, scheduler }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_tracer(filter: impl Into<EnvFilter>) -> SubscriberBuilder<DefaultFields, Format, EnvFilter> {
+        tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter(filter)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2fe20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod app;
+
+pub use app::{ config, state };
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3033f62..db27212 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+use new_vegas_radio::app::{ config::Config, state::AppState, models::Scheduler };
 
-fn main() {
+fn main()
+{
+    let cfg = Config::load();
+    let _app = AppState::new(cfg.clone(), Scheduler {});
 
+    if cfg.settings.debug {
+        AppState::get_tracer("new_vegas_radio=debug").init();
+    }
+
+    println!("{:?}", cfg);
 }