diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 088d387..7741687 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const strip = b.option(bool, "strip", "Omit debug information") orelse false;
     const pie = b.option(bool, "pie", "Build a Position Independent Executable") orelse false;
 
+    // Wayland
     const scanner = Scanner.create(b, .{});
     const wayland = b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = scanner.result });
+    // Rest of the deps
+    const kdl = b.dependency("kdl", .{}).module("kdl");
+    const known_folders = b.dependency("known_folders", .{}).module("known-folders");
     const xkbcommon = b.dependency("xkbcommon", .{}).module("xkbcommon");
 
     scanner.addCustomProtocol(b.path("protocol/river-window-management-v1.xml"));
@@ -36,8 +40,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
     exe.pie = pie;
 
+    // Make sure to also add new imports to the exe_check step
     exe.root_module.addImport("wayland", wayland);
     exe.root_module.addImport("xkbcommon", xkbcommon);
+    exe.root_module.addImport("kdl", kdl);
+    exe.root_module.addImport("known_folders", known_folders);
 
     exe.linkLibC();
     exe.linkSystemLibrary("wayland-client");
@@ -82,6 +89,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
 
     exe_check.root_module.addImport("wayland", wayland);
+    exe_check.root_module.addImport("xkbcommon", xkbcommon);
+    exe_check.root_module.addImport("kdl", kdl);
+    exe_check.root_module.addImport("known_folders", known_folders);
 
     exe_check.linkLibC();
     exe_check.linkSystemLibrary("wayland-client");
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 2894df6..cb0acd3 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
             .url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-xkbcommon/archive/v0.3.0.tar.gz",
             .hash = "xkbcommon-0.3.0-VDqIe3K9AQB2fG5ZeRcMC9i7kfrp5m2rWgLrmdNn9azr",
         },
+        .kdl = .{
+            .url = "https://codeberg.org/desttinghim/zig-kdl/archive/edc943426ba1fc47606568a9fc7f402b2b1992e0.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "kdl-0.0.0-8rilEPw_AQDhyfjEIg9pzpBHUyz6bOQ6qCfZImzYn42A",
+        },
+        .known_folders = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/ziglibs/known-folders/archive/83d39161eac2ed6f37ad3cb4d9dd518696ce90bb.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "known_folders-0.0.0-Fy-PJv3LAAABBRVoZWVrKZdyLoUfl5VRY5fqRRRdnF5L",
+        },
     },
 
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index 8625feb..9a19e6d 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -4,10 +4,238 @@
 
 const Config = @This();
 
-border_width: u3,
-border_color_focused: RiverColor,
-border_color_unfocused: RiverColor,
+const CONFIG_FILE = "beansprout/config.kdl";
+
+/// Width of window borders in pixels
+border_width: u8 = 2,
+/// Color of focused window's border in 0xRRGGBBAA or 0xRRGGBB form
+border_color_focused: RiverColor = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x89b4fa"),
+/// Color of uffocused windows' borders in 0xRRGGBBAA or 0xRRGGBB form
+border_color_unfocused: RiverColor = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x1e1e2e"),
+
+/// Where a new window should attach, top or bottom of the stack
+attach_mode: AttachMode = .top,
+/// Should focus change when the cursor moves onto a new window
+focus_follows_pointer: bool = true,
+/// Should the pointer warp to the center of newly-focused windows
+pointer_warp_on_focus_change: bool = true,
+
+pub const AttachMode = enum {
+    top,
+    bottom,
+};
+
+const NodeName = enum {
+    attach_mode,
+    focus_follows_pointer,
+    pointer_warp_on_focus_change,
+    borders,
+};
+
+const BorderNodeName = enum {
+    width,
+    color_focused,
+    color_unfocused,
+};
+
+pub fn create() !*Config {
+    var config: *Config = try utils.allocator.create(Config);
+    errdefer config.destroy();
+    config.* = .{}; // create() gives us undefined memory
+
+    if (try known_folders.getPath(utils.allocator, .local_configuration)) |config_dir| blk: {
+        defer utils.allocator.free(config_dir);
+
+        const config_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(utils.allocator, "{s}/{s}", .{ config_dir, CONFIG_FILE });
+        defer utils.allocator.free(config_path);
+
+        const file = fs.openFileAbsolute(config_path, .{}) catch break :blk;
+
+        var read_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+        var file_reader = file.reader(&read_buffer);
+
+        config.load(&file_reader.interface) catch |err| {
+            log.err("Error while loading config: {s}. Continuing with default config", .{@errorName(err)});
+            // Overwrite any partially-loaded config
+            config.* = .{};
+        };
+    }
+
+    return config;
+}
+
+pub fn destroy(config: *Config) void {
+    utils.allocator.destroy(config);
+}
+
+fn load(config: *Config, reader: *Io.Reader) !void {
+    var parser = try kdl.Parser.init(utils.allocator, reader, .{});
+    defer parser.deinit(utils.allocator);
+
+    var next_child_block: ?NodeName = null;
+
+    // Parse the KDL config
+    while (try parser.next()) |event| {
+        // First, we switch on the type of event
+        switch (event) {
+            .node => |node| {
+                if (next_child_block) |child_block| {
+                    log.warn("Expected child block for {s}, but got another node instead", .{@tagName(child_block)});
+                }
+                // If it's a node, we check if it's a valid NodeName
+                const node_name = std.meta.stringToEnum(NodeName, node.name);
+                if (node_name) |name| {
+                    // Next, we have to check the specifics for the NodeName
+                    switch (name) {
+                        .attach_mode => {
+                            const attach_mode_str = node.arg(&parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            if (std.meta.stringToEnum(AttachMode, attach_mode_str)) |mode| {
+                                config.attach_mode = mode;
+                                log.debug("Setting attach_mode to {s}", .{@tagName(mode)});
+                            } else {
+                                log.warn("Invalid \"attach_mode\". Using default", .{});
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        },
+                        .focus_follows_pointer => {
+                            const focus_follows_pointer_str = node.arg(&parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            if (config.boolFromKdlStr(focus_follows_pointer_str)) |focus_follows_pointer| {
+                                config.focus_follows_pointer = focus_follows_pointer;
+                                log.debug("Setting focus_follows_pointer to {}", .{focus_follows_pointer});
+                            } else {
+                                log.warn("Invalid \"focus_follows_pointer\". Using default", .{});
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        },
+                        .pointer_warp_on_focus_change => {
+                            const pointer_warp_on_focus_change_str = node.arg(&parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            if (config.boolFromKdlStr(pointer_warp_on_focus_change_str)) |pointer_warp_on_focus_change| {
+                                config.pointer_warp_on_focus_change = pointer_warp_on_focus_change;
+                                log.debug("Setting pointer_warp_on_focus_change to {}", .{pointer_warp_on_focus_change});
+                            } else {
+                                log.warn("Invalid \"pointer_warp_on_focus_change\". Using default", .{});
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        },
+                        .borders => {
+                            next_child_block = .borders;
+                        },
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    log.warn("Invalid KDL node {s}. Ignoring it and carrying on", .{node.name});
+                }
+            },
+            .child_block_begin => {
+                if (next_child_block) |child_block| {
+                    switch (child_block) {
+                        .borders => try config.loadBordersChildBlock(&parser),
+                        else => {
+                            // Nothing else should ever be marked as a next_child_block
+                            unreachable;
+                        },
+                    }
+                    next_child_block = null;
+                } else {
+                    try config.skipChildBlock(&parser);
+                }
+            },
+            .child_block_end => {
+                @panic("Reached end of non-existant child block. A bug in zig-kdl?");
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn loadBordersChildBlock(config: *Config, parser: *kdl.Parser) !void {
+    while (try parser.next()) |event| {
+        switch (event) {
+            .node => |node| {
+                // If it's a node, we check if it's a valid NodeName
+                const node_name = std.meta.stringToEnum(BorderNodeName, node.name);
+                if (node_name) |name| {
+                    switch (name) {
+                        .width => {
+                            const width_str = node.arg(parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            config.border_width = fmt.parseInt(u8, width_str, 10) catch {
+                                log.warn("Invalid border.width \"{s}\"", .{width_str});
+                                continue;
+                            };
+                            log.debug("Setting border.width to {d}", .{config.border_width});
+                        },
+                        .color_focused => {
+                            const color_str = node.arg(parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            config.border_color_focused = utils.parseRgba(color_str) catch {
+                                log.warn("Invalid border.color_focused \"{s}\"", .{color_str});
+                                continue;
+                            };
+                            log.debug("Setting border.color_focused to {s}", .{color_str});
+                        },
+                        .color_unfocused => {
+                            const color_str = node.arg(parser, 0) orelse "";
+                            config.border_color_unfocused = utils.parseRgba(color_str) catch {
+                                log.warn("Invalid border.color_unfocused \"{s}\"", .{color_str});
+                                continue;
+                            };
+                            log.debug("Setting border.color_unfocused to {s}", .{color_str});
+                        },
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    log.warn("Invalid KDL node {s}. Ignoring it and carrying on", .{node.name});
+                }
+            },
+            .child_block_begin => {
+                // borders should never have a nested child block
+                try config.skipChildBlock(parser);
+            },
+            .child_block_end => {
+                // Done parsing the borders block; return
+                return;
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Skips an entire child block in KDL
+fn skipChildBlock(_: *Config, parser: *kdl.Parser) !void {
+    log.warn("Unexpected child block. Skipping it", .{});
+    while (try parser.next()) |event| {
+        switch (event) {
+            .child_block_end => return,
+            else => {
+                // We don't care about anything else in this child block
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convert a KDL argument into a bool or null if the string is not a bool
+/// "#true" and "true" => true
+/// "#false" and "false" => false
+/// else => null
+fn boolFromKdlStr(_: Config, arg_str: []const u8) ?bool {
+    if (mem.eql(u8, arg_str, "#true") or
+        mem.eql(u8, arg_str, "true"))
+    {
+        return true;
+    } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg_str, "#false") or
+        mem.eql(u8, arg_str, "false"))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const fmt = std.fmt;
+const fs = std.fs;
+const mem = std.mem;
+const Io = std.Io;
 
-const RiverColor = @import("utils.zig").RiverColor;
+const kdl = @import("kdl");
+const known_folders = @import("known_folders");
+const KdlNode = kdl.Parser.Node;
+
+const utils = @import("utils.zig");
+const RiverColor = utils.RiverColor;
+
+const log = std.log.scoped(.Config);
diff --git a/src/Context.zig b/src/Context.zig
index 8001b4e..8fbdc5d 100644
--- a/src/Context.zig
+++ b/src/Context.zig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ wm: *WindowManager,
 xkb_bindings: *XkbBindings,
 
 // WM Configuration
-config: Config,
+config: *Config,
 
 pub fn create(
     wl_display: *wl.Display,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn create(
     wl_compositor: *wl.Compositor,
     river_window_manager_v1: *river.WindowManagerV1,
     river_xkb_bindings_v1: *river.XkbBindingsV1,
-    config: Config,
+    config: *Config,
 ) !*Context {
     const context = try utils.allocator.create(Context);
     errdefer context.destroy();
diff --git a/src/Output.zig b/src/Output.zig
index 7a07c21..75d35dc 100644
--- a/src/Output.zig
+++ b/src/Output.zig
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ fn outputListener(river_output_v1: *river.OutputV1, event: river.OutputV1.Event,
             output.height = ev.height;
         },
         .position => |ev| {
-            // TODO - CONFIG: Allow setting output position (do I even need to
-            // do this, or do I just get told what the position is?)
             output.x = ev.x;
             output.y = ev.y;
         },
diff --git a/src/Window.zig b/src/Window.zig
index b4b4102..6a20b5e 100644
--- a/src/Window.zig
+++ b/src/Window.zig
@@ -208,13 +208,9 @@ pub fn render(window: *Window) void {
     // Show or hide the Window
     if (window.pending_render.show) |show| {
         if (show) {
-            if (!window.show) {
-                window.river_window_v1.show();
-            }
+            window.river_window_v1.show();
         } else {
-            if (window.show) {
-                window.river_window_v1.hide();
-            }
+            window.river_window_v1.hide();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/WindowManager.zig b/src/WindowManager.zig
index cf4f0ff..e1b24d5 100644
--- a/src/WindowManager.zig
+++ b/src/WindowManager.zig
@@ -286,8 +286,10 @@ fn windowManagerV1Listener(window_manager_v1: *river.WindowManagerV1, event: riv
             const output = wm.outputs.first() orelse @panic("Failed to get output");
             const window = Window.create(context, ev.id, output) catch @panic("Out of memory");
 
-            // TODO - CONFIG: Allow appending window instead of prepending
-            wm.windows.prepend(window);
+            switch (context.config.attach_mode) {
+                .top => wm.windows.prepend(window),
+                .bottom => wm.windows.append(window),
+            }
             seat.pending_manage.pending_focus = .{ .window = window };
             seat.pending_manage.should_warp_pointer = true;
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index c304dde..88bfbef 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const river_window_manager_v1 = globals.river_window_manager_v1 orelse utils.interfaceNotAdvertised(river.WindowManagerV1);
     const river_xkb_bindings_v1 = globals.river_xkb_bindings_v1 orelse utils.interfaceNotAdvertised(river.XkbBindingsV1);
 
+    const config = try Config.create();
+    defer config.destroy();
     const context = try Context.create(
         wl_display,
         wl_registry,
         wl_compositor,
         river_window_manager_v1,
         river_xkb_bindings_v1,
-        // Hardcoded config for now
-        .{ .border_width = 2, .border_color_focused = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x89b4fa"), .border_color_unfocused = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x1e1e2e") },
+        config,
     );
     defer context.destroy();