diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 191cc48..049e948 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -368,8 +368,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "parquet",
  "pretty_env_logger",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_regex",
+ "serde_yaml",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -910,6 +913,12 @@ version = "0.2.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9385f66bf6105b241aa65a61cb923ef20efc665cb9f9bb50ac2f0c4b7f378d41"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fb9b38af92608140b86b693604b9ffcc5824240a484d1ecd4795bacb2fe88f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.14"
@@ -1636,6 +1645,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_regex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8136f1a4ea815d7eac4101cfd0b16dc0cb5e1fe1b8609dfd728058656b7badf"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -1648,6 +1667,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_yaml"
+version = "0.8.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15654ed4ab61726bf918a39cb8d98a2e2995b002387807fa6ba58fdf7f59bb23"
+dependencies = [
+ "dtoa",
+ "linked-hash-map",
+ "serde",
+ "yaml-rust",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2264,6 +2295,15 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b07db065a5cf61a7e4ba64f29e67db906fb1787316516c4e6e5ff0fea1efcd8a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06b9016..440acc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ lambda_runtime = "0.3"
 log = "0.4"
 parquet = { git = "https://github.com/apache/arrow.git", rev = "05b36567bd8216bec71b796fe3bb6811c71abbec" }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros"]}
+regex = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["rc", "derive"]}
 serde_json = "1"
+serde_yaml = "0.8"
+serde_regex = "1"
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros"]}
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7fdf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This is an example configuration for the delta-s3-loader lambda
+---
+sources:
+# This entry maps the existing S3 structure into a delta table named
+# `logs.audit_logs` which will be date stamp partitioned
+#
+# └── simple
+#     └── date=2021-04-16
+#         └── auditlog-1234.json
+  - bucket: 'my-data-bucket'
+    # Everything in the simple/ prefix will be considered part of this table
+    prefix: 'simple'
+    partitions:
+      - 'date'
+    database: 'logs'
+    table: 'audit_logs'
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e1409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * The config module is largely responsible for just reading a configuration yaml file in.
+ */
+use regex::Regex;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+/**
+ * Root configuration
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Config {
+    sources: Vec<Source>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    /**
+     * from_file will attempt to load a configuration from the given path
+     *
+     * The path should be to a properly formatted YAML file:
+     */
+    fn from_file(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<Config, std::io::Error> {
+        use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
+        use std::fs::File;
+
+        let reader = File::open(path)?;
+
+        serde_yaml::from_reader(reader)
+            .map_err(|e| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, e))
+    }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * A source maps an existing S3 structure into a named Delta table
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Source {
+    bucket: String,
+    #[serde(with = "serde_regex")]
+    prefix: Regex,
+    partitions: Vec<String>,
+    database: String,
+    table: String,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_load_file() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        let config = Config::from_file(&PathBuf::from("./config.yml"))?;
+        assert_eq!(config.sources.len(), 1);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2f7f478..459da10 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ use aws_lambda_events::event::s3::S3Event;
 use lambda_runtime::{handler_fn, Context, Error};
 use log::*;
 
+mod config;
 mod writer;
 
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     pretty_env_logger::init();
+
     info!("Initializing delta-s3-loader v{}", env!["CARGO_PKG_VERSION"]);
 
     let func = handler_fn(s3_event_handler);
@@ -49,9 +53,8 @@ async fn s3_event_handler(event: S3Event, _ctx: Context) -> Result<String, Error
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_s3_event_handler() {
-        let buf = r#"
+    fn sample_event() -> String {
+        String::from(r#"
 {
   "Records": [
     {
@@ -74,14 +77,14 @@ mod tests {
         "s3SchemaVersion": "1.0",
         "configurationId": "828aa6fc-f7b5-4305-8584-487c791949c1",
         "bucket": {
-          "name": "lambda-artifacts-deafc19498e3f2df",
+          "name": "my-bucket",
           "ownerIdentity": {
             "principalId": "A3I5XTEXAMAI3E"
           },
           "arn": "arn:aws:s3:::lambda-artifacts-deafc19498e3f2df"
         },
         "object": {
-          "key": "b21b84d653bb07b05b1e6b33684dc11b",
+          "key": "date=2021-04-16/afile.json",
           "size": 1305107,
           "eTag": "b21b84d653bb07b05b1e6b33684dc11b",
           "sequencer": "0C0F6F405D6ED209E1"
@@ -89,8 +92,12 @@ mod tests {
       }
     }
   ]
-}"#;
-        let event: S3Event = serde_json::from_str(&buf).expect("Failed to deserialize event");
+}"#)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_s3_event_handler() {
+        let event: S3Event = serde_json::from_str(&sample_event()).expect("Failed to deserialize event");
         let result = s3_event_handler(event, Context::default()).await.expect("Failed to run event handler");
         assert_eq!("{}", result);
     }