diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86e5b9b..17399ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *~
 *swo
 *swp
+
+.config
diff --git a/example.config b/example.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c89936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+journal_base="${HOME}/notes/Journal"
diff --git a/journal.sh b/journal.sh
index b36794c..0134342 100755
--- a/journal.sh
+++ b/journal.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #! /usr/bin/bash
 
-journal_dir="${HOME}/notes/Journal"
+# Load config
+. ./.config
+
+journal_dir=$journal_base
 month_dir=$(date +"%m %b")
 file_name=$(date +'%m.%d.%Y').md
 full_path="${journal_dir}/${month_dir}/${file_name}"