diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
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+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/naoina/toml"
+	"github.com/vrischmann/envconfig"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Remote struct {
+		Kind       string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Base       string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Orgs       []string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Open       bool     `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Private    bool     `envconfig:"optional"`
+		SkipVerify bool     `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Auth struct {
+		Client       string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Secret       string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Authorize    string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		AccessToken  string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		RequestToken string   `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Scope        []string `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Server struct {
+		Base     string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Addr     string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Cert     string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Key      string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Scheme   string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Hostname string `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Session struct {
+		Secret  string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Expires int64  `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Database struct {
+		Driver     string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Datasource string `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Docker struct {
+		Cert  string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Key   string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Addr  string `envconfig:"optional"`
+		Swarm bool   `envconfig:"optional"`
+	}
+
+	Environment []string `envconfig:"optional"`
+
+	// Plugins represents a white-list of plugins
+	// that the system is authorized to load.
+	Plugins []string `envconfig:"white_list"`
+}
+
+// Load loads the configuration file and reads
+// parameters from environment variables.
+func Load(path string) (*Config, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("drone.toml")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return LoadBytes(data)
+}
+
+// LoadBytes reads the configuration file and
+// reads parameters from environment variables.
+func LoadBytes(data []byte) (*Config, error) {
+	conf := &Config{}
+	err := toml.Unmarshal(data, conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = envconfig.InitWithPrefix(conf, "DRONE")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return conf, nil
+}