diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
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index 0000000..3a98777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+)
+
+// sent via -ldflags
+
+func configInit() (*forgepb.ForgeConfigs, error) {
+	configs := new(forgepb.ForgeConfigs)
+	err := config.ConfigLoad(configs, "forge", "forge")
+	return configs, err
+}