diff --git a/clustr.py b/clustr.py
index e69de29..452694e 100644
--- a/clustr.py
+++ b/clustr.py
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+#-------------------------------------------------------
+# We'll define useful classes here
+
+class Config(object):
+    '''
+    Used for CluStR config processing
+
+    Some options:
+    - scale_luminosity: Divide luminosity columns by E(z)^-3/2
+    '''
+    _required_keys = []
+
+    def __init__(self, config_file):
+        with open(config_file, 'r') as stream:
+
+            self._config = yaml.safe_load(stream)
+
+        # TODO: Any logical parsing here:
+        #...
+
+        return
+
+    # The following are so we can access the config
+    # values similarly to a dict
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self._config.__dict__[key]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        self._config.__dict__[key] = value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        del self._config.__dict__[key]
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return key in self._config.__dict__
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._config.__dict__)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self._config.__dict__)
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+# We'll write the main function here
+
+def main():
+    pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()