diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 08152b68..2a714232 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 
 type Config struct {
 	Metrics  bool            `yaml:"metrics"`
+	Alerting *core.Alerting  `yaml:"alerting"`
 	Services []*core.Service `yaml:"services"`
 }
 
diff --git a/core/alert.go b/core/alert.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1750a926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/alert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package core
+
+type Alert struct {
+	Type        AlertType `yaml:"type"`
+	Enabled     bool      `yaml:"enabled"`
+	Threshold   int       `yaml:"threshold"`
+	Description string    `yaml:"description"`
+}
+
+type AlertType string
+
+const (
+	SlackAlert AlertType = "slack"
+)
diff --git a/core/alerting.go b/core/alerting.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfba579e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/alerting.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package core
+
+type Alerting struct {
+	Slack string `yaml:"slack"`
+}