diff --git a/ikinuki_client/__main__.py b/ikinuki_client/__main__.py
index 6686b9d..80de9c2 100644
--- a/ikinuki_client/__main__.py
+++ b/ikinuki_client/__main__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Type
 
+import os
 import sys
 from urllib import parse
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QImage
 from .qtmpv import MpvObject
 
 import requests
+import toml
 
 
 class Episode(QObject):
@@ -186,6 +188,31 @@ def DatabaseType(data_source) -> Type:
     return Database
 
 
+def load_config() -> list[str]:
+    try:
+        config_dir: str = os.path.join(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"], "ikinuki")
+    except:
+        config_dir: str = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".config", "ikinuki")
+
+    os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    config_file: str = os.path.join(config_dir, "client.toml")
+
+    try:
+        config: dict = toml.load(config_file)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f'Config file not found at "{config_file}"')
+        print("Writing example config file. Please update and relaunch.")
+        default_config = """# [[backends]]
+# address = "127.0.0.1"
+# port = 32520"""
+        with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write(default_config)
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    return [f'http://{b["address"]}:{b["port"]}/' for b in config["backends"]]
+
+
 def main():
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
 
@@ -194,15 +221,13 @@ def main():
 
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, "C")
 
-    data_source = DataSource(
-        [
-            # "http://127.0.0.1:8080/a/",
-            # "http://127.0.0.1:8080/b/",
-            # "http://127.0.0.1:8080/c/",
-            "http://127.0.0.1:32520/",
-        ]
-    )
-    # data_source = DataSource([])
+    try:
+        backends: list[str] = load_config()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: Could not load config file: {repr(e)}")
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    data_source = DataSource(backends)
 
     qmlRegisterType(DatabaseType(data_source), "Ikinuki.Client", 1, 0, "Database")
     # qmlRegisterType(Provider, "Ikinuki.Client", 1, 0, "Provider")
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 92ea9d2..33b8641 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 
 [package.extras]
-screenshot_raw = ["pillow"]
+screenshot_raw = ["Pillow"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.27"
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)"]
 use_chardet_on_py3 = ["chardet (>=3.0.2,<6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.10.2"
+description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "1.26.12"
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "7e77956c19bb0148f37be8283857fbd29805184149d6f2c1027daab624c66b80"
+content-hash = "ab4b6be20253adf487e007f81b07f9f585bd4a61d4e51889f9356dfc0e03e206"
 
 [metadata.files]
 certifi = [
@@ -152,6 +160,10 @@ requests = [
     {file = "requests-2.28.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8fefa2a1a1365bf5520aac41836fbee479da67864514bdb821f31ce07ce65349"},
     {file = "requests-2.28.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7c5599b102feddaa661c826c56ab4fee28bfd17f5abca1ebbe3e7f19d7c97983"},
 ]
+toml = [
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b"},
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
+]
 urllib3 = [
     {file = "urllib3-1.26.12-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b930dd878d5a8afb066a637fbb35144fe7901e3b209d1cd4f524bd0e9deee997"},
     {file = "urllib3-1.26.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3fa96cf423e6987997fc326ae8df396db2a8b7c667747d47ddd8ecba91f4a74e"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 95dd150..7517392 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ python = "^3.10"
 python-mpv = "^0.5.2"
 PyQt5 = "^5.15.1"
 requests = "^2.28.1"
+toml = "^0.10.2"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]