diff --git a/cmd/suwako/main.go b/cmd/suwako/main.go
index f1ca55f..fa42019 100644
--- a/cmd/suwako/main.go
+++ b/cmd/suwako/main.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"marisa.chaotic.ninja/suwako"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"marisa.chaotic.ninja/suwako"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -23,40 +25,43 @@ var (
 type Translate struct {
 	Output string `json:"translated_text"`
 }
-func init() {
+func loadCfg() {
 	flag.StringVar(&source, "f", "auto", "Set the language to translate from. This can be skipped as it will autodetect the language you're translating from")
 	flag.StringVar(&input, "i", "", "Enter the text to be translated")
-	flag.StringVar(&target, "t", "en", "Set the language to translate to")
+	flag.StringVar(&target, "t", "", "Set the language to translate to")
+
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Printf("usage: suwako -f [lang] -i [text] -t [lang]\nversion: %v\n", suwako.FullVersion())
 	}
-}
-func main() {
+
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	sanityCheck(err)
+	conf := home + "/.suwako/suwako.conf"
+	err = godotenv.Load(conf)
+	sanityCheck(err)
+
 	engine = os.Getenv("SUWAKO_ENGINE")
 	instance = os.Getenv("SUWAKO_INSTANCE")
-	
-	flag.Parse()
 
-	if len(engine) == 0 || len(instance) == 0 {
-		log.Println("SUWAKO_ENGINE and/or SUWAKO_INSTANCE are unset")
-		log.Println("Defaulting to simplytranslate.org with engine 'google'")
-		engine = "google"
-		instance = "https://simplytranslate.org"
+	flag.Parse()
+}
+func check() {
+	if len(input) == 0 || len(target) == 0 {
+		log.Fatal("Either there is no input or there is no target language")
 	}
-	if len(input) == 0 {
-		log.Fatal("Missing input text.")
-	}
-	// Map a variable to the struct
+}
+func main() {
+	loadCfg()
+	check()
+	
 	var translate Translate
-	// Build the full URL to query
 	var encInput = url.PathEscape(input)
 	var apiEndpoint = "/api/translate"
 	var queryURL = instance + apiEndpoint + "?engine=" + engine + "&from=" + source + "&to=" + target + "&text=" + encInput
-	// Begin the request and process the response
+
 	resp, err := http.Get(queryURL)
 	sanityCheck(err)
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	// JSON decoding
 	_ = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&translate)
 	sanityCheck(err)
 	fmt.Printf("%v\n",translate.Output)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 022ec39..5a8036c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module marisa.chaotic.ninja/suwako
 
 go 1.18
+
+require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e69de29..d61b19e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=