diff --git a/freechat-client/main.js b/freechat-client/main.js
index fac0cc5..4dad965 100644
--- a/freechat-client/main.js
+++ b/freechat-client/main.js
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+const { ArgumentParser } = require('argparse')
 const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 const path = require('path')
+const fs = require('fs')
 
 let win;
+let config;
 
+const parser = new ArgumentParser({
+	description: 'Freechat Electron Client'
+})
+
+parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', {help: 'Specify config path'})
+
+console.log(parser.parse_args())
 function createWin() {
 	let win = new BrowserWindow({
 		width: 800,
@@ -25,6 +35,9 @@ function createWin() {
 	});
 }
 
+function load_config(config_path) {
+}
+
 app.on('ready', createWin);
 
 // on mac just because the windows are closed doesn't mean the application is too
@@ -38,6 +51,7 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
 app.on('activate', () => {
 	if(win === null) {
 		createWin();
+		load_config('./example-dev-config.json'); // for now
 	}
 });