diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bbec02..a6482a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@
 *.out
 
 # Go workspace file
-go.work
\ No newline at end of file
+go.work
+
+# Lithium specific
+settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aef8790..ea60a8f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/geplauder/lithium/pipelines"
+	"github.com/geplauder/lithium/settings"
 	"github.com/geplauder/lithium/storage"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 )
 
 const Name string = "Lithium"
@@ -42,9 +44,15 @@ func RegisterPipelineRoutes(r *mux.Router, pipelines []pipelines.IPipeline, stor
 }
 
 func main() {
-	storageProvider := storage.GetFileSystemStorageProvider("test")
+	settings := settings.LoadSettings(afero.NewOsFs())
 
-	storageProvider.StoreRaw("abc", "def.test", []byte{0x12, 0x10})
+	var storageProvider storage.IStorageProvider
+
+	if settings.StorageProvider.Type == 0 {
+		storageProvider = storage.GetFileSystemStorageProvider(settings.StorageProvider.BasePath)
+	} else {
+		panic("Invalid file system provided!")
+	}
 
 	pipes := pipelines.LoadPipelines()
 
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	RegisterPipelineRoutes(r, pipes, storageProvider)
 
-	err := http.ListenAndServe(":8000", r)
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(settings.Endpoint, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6ae397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+)
+
+const (
+	Local FileSystemType = iota
+)
+
+type FileSystemType int
+
+type Settings struct {
+	Endpoint        string          `json:"endpoint"`
+	Token           string          `json:"token"`
+	StorageProvider StorageSettings `json:"storage_provider"`
+}
+
+type StorageSettings struct {
+	Type     FileSystemType `json:"type"`
+	BasePath string         `json:"base_path"`
+}
+
+func parseSettings(data []byte) Settings {
+	settings := Settings{}
+
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &settings)
+
+	return settings
+}
+
+func LoadSettings(fileSystem afero.Fs) Settings {
+	workingDirectory, _ := os.Getwd()
+	path := filepath.Join(workingDirectory, "settings.json")
+
+	// Load file and parse file
+	data, err := afero.ReadFile(fileSystem, path)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		return parseSettings(data)
+	}
+
+	// If file does not exist, create default settings
+	defaultSettings := Settings{
+		Endpoint: "127.0.0.1:8000",
+		Token:    "changeme",
+		StorageProvider: StorageSettings{
+			Type:     Local,
+			BasePath: "assets",
+		},
+	}
+
+	serializedSettings, err := json.MarshalIndent(defaultSettings, "", "\t")
+	afero.WriteFile(fileSystem, path, serializedSettings, os.ModePerm)
+
+	return defaultSettings
+}
diff --git a/settings/settings_test.go b/settings/settings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f6908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSettingsParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	const file string = `{
+		"endpoint": "0.0.0.0:8000",
+		"token": "foobar",
+		"storage_provider": {
+			"type": 0,
+			"base_path": "assets"
+		}
+	}`
+
+	t.Run("Settings parsing is successful", func(t *testing.T) {
+		settings := parseSettings([]byte(file))
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "0.0.0.0:8000", settings.Endpoint)
+		assert.Equal(t, "foobar", settings.Token)
+		assert.Equal(t, "assets", settings.StorageProvider.BasePath)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestSettingsLoading(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Settings loading creates default settings.json when none is present", func(t *testing.T) {
+		fileSystem := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+		workingDirectory, _ := os.Getwd()
+
+		path := filepath.Join(workingDirectory, "settings.json")
+
+		// Settings file does not exist in the beginning
+		doesFileExist, _ := afero.Exists(fileSystem, path)
+		assert.False(t, doesFileExist)
+
+		LoadSettings(fileSystem)
+
+		// Settings file should be present after calling LoadSettings
+		doesFileExist, _ = afero.Exists(fileSystem, path)
+		assert.True(t, doesFileExist)
+	})
+}