diff --git a/itch_dl/__init__.py b/itch_dl/__init__.py
index 0404d81..e1424ed 100644
--- a/itch_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/itch_dl/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.3.0'
+__version__ = '0.3.1'
diff --git a/itch_dl/config.py b/itch_dl/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d31590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itch_dl/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import os
+import json
+import logging
+import platform
+from typing import Optional
+
+import requests
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from . import __version__
+
+
+class Settings(BaseModel):
+    """Available settings for itch-dl. Make sure all of them
+    have default values, as the config file may not exist."""
+    api_key: Optional[str] = None
+    user_agent: str = f"python-requests/{requests.__version__} itch-dl/{__version__}"
+
+
+def create_and_get_config_path() -> str:
+    """Returns the configuration directory in the appropriate
+    location for the current OS. The directory may not exist."""
+    system = platform.system()
+    if system == "Linux":
+        base_path = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or os.path.expanduser('~/.config/')
+    elif system == "Darwin":
+        base_path = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Application Support/')
+    elif system == "Windows":
+        base_path = os.environ.get('APPDATA') or os.path.expanduser('~/AppData/Roaming/')
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Unknown platform: {system}")
+
+    return os.path.join(base_path, "itch-dl")
+
+
+def load_config(profile: Optional[str] = None) -> Settings:
+    """Loads the configuration from the file system if it exists,
+    the returns a Settings object."""
+    config_path = create_and_get_config_path()
+    config_file_path = os.path.join(config_path, "config.json")
+    profile_file_path = os.path.join(config_path, "profiles", profile or "")
+
+    if os.path.isfile(config_file_path):
+        logging.debug(f"Found config file: {config_file_path}")
+        with open(config_file_path) as f:
+            config_data = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        config_data = {}
+
+    if os.path.isfile(profile_file_path):
+        logging.debug(f"Found profile: {profile_file_path}")
+        with open(config_file_path) as f:
+            profile_data = json.load(f)
+
+        config_data.update(profile_data)
+
+    return Settings(**config_data)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34e9964..43be60f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "itch-dl"
 packages = [{ include = "itch_dl" }]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 description = "itch.io bulk game downloader"
 homepage = "https://github.com/DragoonAethis/itch-dl"
 repository = "https://github.com/DragoonAethis/itch-dl"