diff --git a/lib/configuration/client_configuration.js b/lib/configuration/client_configuration.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c719a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/client_configuration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const Levels = Object.freeze({
+  Off: 'OFF',
+  Error: 'ERROR',
+  Warn: 'WARN',
+  Info: 'INFO',
+  Debug: 'DEBUG',
+  Trace: 'TRACE'
+});
+
+const allLevels = Object.values(Levels);
+
+class ClientConfig {
+  constructor (logLevel, logPath) {
+    this.logLevel = logLevel;
+    this.logPath = logPath;
+  }
+}
+
+exports.ClientConfig = ClientConfig;
+
+exports.Levels = Levels;
+
+exports.levelFromString = function (value) {
+  const level = value.toUpperCase();
+  if (!allLevels.includes(level)) {
+    throw new Error('Unknown log level: ' + value);
+  }
+  return level;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/configuration_parser.js b/lib/configuration/configuration_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25675e4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/configuration_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+const Logger = require('../logger');
+const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const clientConfiguration = require('./client_configuration');
+
+exports.parse = async function (configFilePath) {
+  const configFile = await tryToFind(configFilePath);
+  return configFile == null ? null : tryToParse(configFile);
+};
+
+function tryToFind (filePath) {
+  if (!filePath) {
+    return Promise.resolve(null);
+  }
+  return fsPromises.readFile(filePath, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    .catch(err => {
+      const errorMessage = 'Finding easy logging configuration failed';
+      Logger.getInstance().error(errorMessage + '\n' + err.toString());
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+    });
+}
+
+function tryToParse (configurationJson) {
+  try {
+    const parsedConfiguration = JSON.parse(configurationJson);
+    validate(parsedConfiguration);
+    return new clientConfiguration.ClientConfig(
+      logLevel(parsedConfiguration),
+      logPath(parsedConfiguration)
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    const errorMessage = 'Parsing easy logging configuration failed';
+    Logger.getInstance().error(errorMessage + '\n' + e.toString());
+    throw new Error(errorMessage);
+  }
+}
+
+function validate (configuration) {
+  const level = logLevel(configuration);
+  if (level != null) {
+    clientConfiguration.levelFromString(level);
+  }
+}
+
+function logLevel (configuration) {
+  return configuration.common.log_level;
+}
+
+function logPath (configuration) {
+  return configuration.common.log_path;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/configuration/configuration_parser_test.js b/test/unit/configuration/configuration_parser_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f7882c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/configuration/configuration_parser_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const configurationParser = require('./../../../lib/configuration/configuration_parser');
+const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+const uuidV4 = require('uuid/v4');
+const tempDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), uuidV4());
+
+describe('Configuration parsing tests', function () {
+
+  before(async function () {
+    await fsPromises.mkdir(tempDir, { recursive: false });
+  });
+
+  after(async function () {
+    await fsPromises.rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('should parse json', async function () {
+    // given
+    const fileName = 'config.json';
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, fileName);
+    const fileContent = `{
+            "common": {
+                "log_level": "info",
+                "log_path": "/some-path/some-directory"
+            } 
+        }`;
+    await fsPromises.writeFile(filePath, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+
+    // when
+    const configuration = await configurationParser.parse(filePath);
+
+    // then
+    assert.equal(configuration.logLevel, 'info');
+    assert.equal(configuration.logPath, '/some-path/some-directory');
+  });
+
+  it('should fail when wrong level', async function () {
+    // given
+    const fileName = 'config_wrong_level.json';
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, fileName);
+    const fileContent = `{
+            "common": {
+                "log_level": "unknown",
+                "log_path": "/some-path/some-directory"
+            } 
+        }`;
+    await fsPromises.writeFile(filePath, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+
+    // expect
+    await assert.rejects(
+      async () => await configurationParser.parse(filePath),
+      (err) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'Error');
+        assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Parsing easy logging configuration failed');
+        return true;
+      });
+  });
+
+  const noValueFileContents = [
+    `{
+            "common": {
+                "log_level": null,
+                "log_path": null
+            } 
+        }`,
+    `{
+            "common": {} 
+        }`
+  ];
+
+  noValueFileContents.forEach((fileContent, index) => {
+    it('should parse config without values ' + index.toString(), async function () {
+      // given
+      const fileName = 'config_nulls_' + index.toString() + '.json';
+      const filePath = path.join(tempDir, fileName);
+      await fsPromises.writeFile(filePath, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+
+      // when
+      const configuration = await configurationParser.parse(filePath);
+
+      // then
+      assert.equal(configuration.logLevel, null);
+      assert.equal(configuration.logPath, null);
+    });
+  });
+
+  const notGivenFileNames = [null, '', undefined];
+
+  notGivenFileNames.forEach((filePath, index) => {
+    it('should return null when config file not given ' + index.toString(), async function () {
+      // when
+      const configuration = await configurationParser.parse(filePath);
+
+      // then
+      assert.strictEqual(configuration, null);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should fail when config file does not exist', async function () {
+    // expect
+    await assert.rejects(
+      async () => await configurationParser.parse('./not-existing-config.json'),
+      (err) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'Error');
+        assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Finding easy logging configuration failed');
+        return true;
+      });
+  });
+
+  const wrongFileContents = [
+    `{
+            "common": {
+                "log_level": "unknown",
+                "log_path": "/some-path/some-directory"
+            } 
+        }`,
+    '{}'
+  ];
+
+  wrongFileContents.forEach((fileContent, index) => {
+    it('should fail for wrong config content ' + index.toString(), async function () {
+      // given
+      const fileName = 'config_wrong_' + index.toString() + '.json';
+      const filePath = path.join(tempDir, fileName);
+      await fsPromises.writeFile(filePath, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+
+      // expect
+      await assert.rejects(
+        async () => await configurationParser.parse(filePath),
+        (err) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'Error');
+          assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Parsing easy logging configuration failed');
+          return true;
+        });
+    });
+  });
+});