diff --git a/bin/fluents b/bin/fluents
index 6b21f3f..bccb995 100755
--- a/bin/fluents
+++ b/bin/fluents
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2.4
 
 from getopt import getopt
+import os
 import sys
 from fluents import fluents, project, workflow
 import workflows
@@ -20,7 +21,17 @@ def list_workflows():
     print
 
 def parse_options():
+    conf_files = ['/etc/fluentsrc',
+                  os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.fluents')]
+
     cp = cfgparse.ConfigParser()
+
+    cp.add_option('home', type='string',
+                  default=os.environ['HOME'])
+
+    cp.add_option('datadir', type='string',
+                  default=os.environ['HOME'])
+    cp.parse()
     op = optparse.OptionParser()
 
     op.add_option('-l', '--list-workflows',
@@ -32,6 +43,10 @@ def parse_options():
                  default='emptyview',
                  help='Start with selected workflow')
 
+    for cf in conf_files:
+        if os.path.isfile(cf):
+            cp.add_file(cf)
+
     return cp.parse(op)
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -54,6 +69,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             selected_wf = wf            
 
     app = fluents.FluentApp(selected_wf)
+    app.options = options
     fluents.app = app
 
     app.set_project(project.Project())