diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
similarity index 99%
rename from src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Configuration.java
rename to src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
index ee9b8b1..8d66843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class Configuration
+public class Cache
 {
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5103f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils;
+
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class ConfigurationUtil
+{
+    private final String configFilePath;
+
+    public ConfigurationUtil(String configFilePath)
+    {
+        this.configFilePath = configFilePath;
+    }
+
+    public void initConfig()
+    {
+        Yaml internalConfigYaml = new Yaml();
+        Map<String, Object> internalConfigContents = null;
+
+        try (InputStream internalConfigStream = getClass()
+                .getClassLoader()
+                .getResourceAsStream("config.yml"))
+        {
+            internalConfigContents = internalConfigYaml.load(internalConfigStream);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        if(internalConfigContents == null) // todo error handling
+        {
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}