diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7baa905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+)
+
+//Stores the main configuration for the application
+type Configuration struct {
+	ServerPort     string
+}
+
+var err error
+var config Configuration
+
+//ReadConfig will read the configuration json file to read the parameters
+//which will be passed in the config file
+func ReadConfig(fileName string) Configuration {
+	configFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to read log file")
+	}
+	//log.Print(configFile)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(configFile, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Print(err)
+	}
+	return config
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 61ab231..06248e8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ package main
  **/
 import (
 	"github.com/thewhitetulip/Tasks/views"
+	"github.com/thewhitetulip/Tasks/config"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	values := config.ReadConfig("config.json")
 	views.PopulateTemplates()
 	http.HandleFunc("/", views.ShowAllTasksFunc)
 	http.HandleFunc("/complete/", views.CompleteTaskFunc)
@@ -26,6 +28,6 @@ func main() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/search/", views.SearchTaskFunc)
 	//http.HandleFunc("/static/", ServeStaticFunc)
 	http.Handle("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("public")))
-	log.Println("running server on 8080")
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
+	log.Println("running server on ", values.ServerPort)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(values.ServerPort, nil))
 }