diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e5971d2..6719f52 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -932,6 +932,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-/kQvbVzdEpOq4tEWT79yAHSM4nH4xMlhJv2GrLVQt4Qmo8yYsPdioBM1QpN/2GX1wkfMnyXvdoftvLUr0LBj7Q==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "@types/js-yaml": {
+      "version": "3.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UGEe/6RsNAxgWdknhzFZbCxuYc5I7b/YEKlfKbo+76SM8CJzGs7XKCj7zyugXViRbKYpXhSXhCYVQZL5tmDbpQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/mime": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mime/-/mime-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a42be7b..481e6b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "@types/express-session": "^1.15.11",
     "@types/http-errors": "^1.6.1",
     "@types/jest": "^23.3.12",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^3.12.0",
     "@types/node": "^10.12.18",
     "@types/passport": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/passport-local": "^1.0.33",
@@ -26,10 +27,6 @@
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.7",
     "@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
     "axios": "^0.18.0",
-    "react": "^16.7.0",
-    "react-dom": "^16.7.0",
-    "react-redux": "^6.0.0",
-    "redux": "^4.0.1",
     "browserify": "^16.2.3",
     "buildfile": "^1.2.17",
     "jest": "^23.6.0",
@@ -37,6 +34,10 @@
     "loose-envify": "^1.4.0",
     "nodemon": "^1.18.9",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+    "react": "^16.7.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.7.0",
+    "react-redux": "^6.0.0",
+    "redux": "^4.0.1",
     "std-mocks": "^1.0.1",
     "supertest": "^3.3.0",
     "terser": "^3.14.1",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/Config.ts b/packages/server/src/config/Config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b861bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/Config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+export class Config {
+  constructor(protected readonly config: any) {}
+
+  get(key: string) {
+    let value = this.config
+    key.split('.').forEach(k => {
+      if (!value.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
+        throw new Error(`Property "${k}" from "${key}" does not exist`)
+      }
+      value = value[k]
+    })
+    return value
+  }
+
+  has(key: string) {
+    let c = this.config
+    return key.split('.').every(k => {
+      const has = c.hasOwnProperty(k)
+      if (has) {
+        c = c[k]
+      }
+      return has
+    })
+  }
+
+  value() {
+    return this.config
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.test.ts b/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db6181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import {ConfigReader} from './ConfigReader'
+import {join} from 'path'
+import {closeSync, openSync} from 'fs'
+
+describe('ConfigReader', () => {
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    closeSync(
+      openSync(
+        join(__dirname, 'test-files', 'package.json'),
+        'w',
+      ),
+    )
+  })
+
+  describe('read', () => {
+
+    it('reads and merges configuration files from package root', () => {
+      const config = new ConfigReader(__dirname).read()
+      expect(config.get('app.name')).toEqual(jasmine.any(String))
+    })
+
+    it('reads and merges configuration files from CWD', () => {
+      const config = new ConfigReader(
+        join(__dirname, 'test-files', 'dir'),
+        '/tmp/path',
+      ).read()
+      expect(config.value()).toEqual({
+        a: 1,
+        b: 'test',
+        c: {
+          d: 'value',
+          e: ['entry 3'],
+          f: 'extra value',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('fails when not a single config file found', () => {
+      expect(() => new ConfigReader('/tmp/test', '/tmp/test').read())
+      .toThrowError('No config files found')
+    })
+
+    it('succeeds when custom filename is read', () => {
+      expect(() => new ConfigReader('/tmp/test', '/tmp/test').read())
+      .toThrowError('No config files found')
+    })
+
+    describe('environment variable', () => {
+      const origConfig = process.env.CONFIG
+      afterEach(() => {
+        process.env.CONFIG = origConfig
+      })
+
+      it('succeeds when config from env variable is read', () => {
+        process.env.CONFIG = '---\na: 2'
+        const config = new ConfigReader(
+          join(__dirname, 'test-files', 'dir'),
+          '/tmp/path',
+        ).read()
+        expect(config.value()).toEqual({
+          a: 2,
+          b: 'test',
+          c: {
+            d: 'value',
+            e: ['entry 3'],
+            f: 'extra value',
+          },
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.ts b/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..571f994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/ConfigReader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import YAML from 'js-yaml'
+import {Config} from './Config'
+import {findPackageRoot} from '../files/Find'
+import {join} from 'path'
+import {readFileSync} from 'fs'
+
+const isObject = (value: any) => value !== null && typeof value === 'object'
+
+export class ConfigReader {
+  protected readonly config: any = {}
+  protected readonly locations: string[]
+  protected readonly filenames: string[]
+
+  constructor(
+    readonly path: string,
+    readonly cwd: string|undefined = process.cwd(),
+    readonly environment = 'CONFIG',
+  ) {
+    const packageRoot = path && findPackageRoot(path)
+    this.locations = packageRoot ? [packageRoot] : []
+    if (cwd && cwd !== packageRoot) {
+      this.locations.push(cwd)
+    }
+    this.filenames = [
+      'default.yml',
+      `${process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'}.yml`,
+    ]
+  }
+
+  read(filename?: string) {
+    let success = 0
+    for (const location of this.locations) {
+      for (const fname of this.filenames) {
+        const configFilename = join(location, 'config', fname)
+        try {
+          this.readFile(configFilename)
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+            throw err
+          }
+          continue
+        }
+        success += 1
+      }
+    }
+
+    const env = process.env[this.environment]
+    if (!filename && !env && !success) {
+      throw new Error('No config files found')
+    }
+
+    if (filename) {
+      this.readFile(filename)
+    }
+
+    if (env) {
+      this.parse(env)
+    }
+
+    return new Config(this.config)
+  }
+
+  readFile(filename: string) {
+    const yaml = readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8')
+    const config = YAML.safeLoad(yaml)
+    if (config) {
+      this.mergeConfig(config, this.config)
+    }
+  }
+
+  parse(yaml: string) {
+    const config = YAML.safeLoad(yaml)
+    this.mergeConfig(config, this.config)
+  }
+
+  protected mergeConfig(source: any, destination: any) {
+    const stack = [{src: source, dest: destination}]
+
+    // let i = 0
+    while (stack.length) {
+      // i++
+      const {src, dest} = stack.pop()!
+      const keys = Object.keys(src)
+
+      keys.forEach(key => {
+        // if (i > 100) {
+        //   throw new Error('overload')
+        // }
+        const value = src[key]
+        if (isObject(value) && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+          if (!dest.hasOwnProperty(key) ||
+            Array.isArray(dest[key]) ||
+            !isObject(dest[key])
+          ) {
+            dest[key] = {}
+          }
+          stack.push({src: value, dest: dest[key]})
+          return
+        }
+        dest[key] = value
+      })
+    }
+
+    return destination
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/test-files/.gitignore b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec6d3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package.json
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/default.yml b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e43dc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+a: 1
+b: 'test'
+c:
+  d: value
+  e:
+    - entry
diff --git a/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/test.yml b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60badaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/config/test-files/config/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+c:
+  d: value
+  e:
+    - entry 3
+  f: extra value
diff --git a/packages/server/src/files/Find.ts b/packages/server/src/files/Find.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e04576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/files/Find.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {resolve, join} from 'path'
+import {statSync, Stats} from 'fs'
+
+export function findNearestDirectory(
+  dir: string, filename: string,
+) {
+  let currentDir = dir
+  let lastDir = dir
+  do {
+    let s: Stats
+    try {
+      s = statSync(join(currentDir, filename))
+    } catch (err) {
+      lastDir = currentDir
+      currentDir = resolve(currentDir, '..')
+      continue
+    }
+    if (!s.isFile()) {
+      lastDir = currentDir
+      currentDir = resolve(currentDir, '..')
+      continue
+    }
+
+    return currentDir
+  } while (lastDir !== currentDir)
+}
+
+export function findPackageRoot(dir: string = __dirname) {
+  return findNearestDirectory(dir, 'package.json')
+}