diff --git a/Config.cc b/Config.cc
index a9e82a6..297af8b 100644
--- a/Config.cc
+++ b/Config.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 #include "Config.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -16,4 +17,17 @@ Config::Entry::Entry(const string & name)
 
 void Config::read(const char * file)
 {
+    ifstream ifs(file);
+    if (ifs.is_open())
+    {
+        string line;
+        while (!ifs.eof())
+        {
+            getline(ifs, line);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        cerr << "Warning: Could not open '" << file << "'" << endl;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Config.h b/Config.h
index f51eb9f..cad4663 100644
--- a/Config.h
+++ b/Config.h
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ class Config
             protected:
         };
 
-        void read(const char * file);
+        std::string         port;
+        std::vector<Entry>  entries;
 
-    protected:
-        std::vector<Entry> m_entries;
+        void read(const char * file);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1e07866..44a2871 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ OBJS	 += resources.o
 OBJS	 += pport.o
 OBJS	 += parseCmdLine.o
 OBJS     += Config.o
+OBJS     += trim.o
 CXXFLAGS := -O2 -Wall
 LDFLAGS  := -mwindows
 
diff --git a/parseCmdLine.cc b/parseCmdLine.cc
index d9ee2f7..fe06584 100644
--- a/parseCmdLine.cc
+++ b/parseCmdLine.cc
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 
 #include "parseCmdLine.h"
+#include "trim.h"
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
-static std::string trim(const std::string & orig)
-{
-    const char ws[] = " \t\r\n\v\f";
-    size_t first = orig.find_first_not_of(ws);
-    size_t last = orig.find_last_not_of(ws);
-    if (first == string::npos || last == string::npos)
-    {
-        return "";
-    }
-    return string(orig, first, last - first + 1);
-}
-
 std::vector<std::string> parseCmdLine(char * cmdline)
 {
     enum { WSSKIP, GATHERING, SQUOTE, DQUOTE } state = WSSKIP;
diff --git a/trim.cc b/trim.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8220a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trim.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+#include "trim.h"
+#include <string>
+using namespace std;
+
+string trim(const string & orig)
+{
+    const char ws[] = " \t\r\n\v\f";
+    size_t first = orig.find_first_not_of(ws);
+    size_t last = orig.find_last_not_of(ws);
+    if (first == string::npos || last == string::npos)
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+    return string(orig, first, last - first + 1);
+}
+
diff --git a/trim.h b/trim.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe38392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trim.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+#ifndef TRIM_H
+#define TRIM_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+std::string trim(const std::string & orig);
+
+#endif