diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0293619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
+)
+
+type Configuration struct {
+	Server struct {
+		HttpAuth struct {
+			User     string `yaml:"username"`
+			Password string `yaml:"password"`
+		} `yaml:"httpauth"`
+		Addr string `yaml:"addr"`
+	} `yaml:"server"`
+
+	Client struct {
+		ServerURL string `yaml:"server_url"`
+	}
+}
+
+func readConf(filename string) (c Configuration, err error) {
+	// initial default value
+	c.Server.Addr = ":11313" // in memory of 08-31 13:13
+	c.Client.ServerURL = "http://localhost:11313"
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		data = []byte("")
+	}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	cfgDir := filepath.Dir(filename)
+	if !IsDir(cfgDir) {
+		os.MkdirAll(cfgDir, 0755)
+	}
+	data, _ = yaml.Marshal(c)
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filename, data, 0644)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/gosuv.go b/gosuv.go
index e64a324..2e62116 100644
--- a/gosuv.go
+++ b/gosuv.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/equinox-io/equinox"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ MHYwEAYHKoZIzj0CAQYFK4EEACIDYgAEY8xsSkcFs8XXUicw3n7E77qN/vqKUQ/6
 TxI79zIvne9UT/rDsM0BxSydwtjG00MT
 -----END ECDSA PUBLIC KEY-----
 `)
+	cfg Configuration
 )
 
 func equinoxUpdate(channel string) error {
@@ -129,10 +131,34 @@ func actionVersion(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	var defaultConfigPath = filepath.Join(defaultConfigDir, "config.yml")
+
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "gosuv"
 	app.Version = Version
 	app.Usage = "golang port of python-supervisor"
+	app.Before = func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		var err error
+		cfgPath := c.GlobalString("conf")
+		cfg, err = readConf(cfgPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	app.Authors = []cli.Author{
+		cli.Author{
+			Name:  "codeskyblue",
+			Email: "codeskyblue@gmail.com",
+		},
+	}
+	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "conf, c",
+			Usage: "config file",
+			Value: defaultConfigPath,
+		},
+	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		{
 			Name:  "start-server",
@@ -147,6 +173,11 @@ func main() {
 					Usage: "listen address",
 					Value: ":8000",
 				},
+				cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "conf, c",
+					Usage: "config file",
+					Value: defaultConfigPath,
+				},
 			},
 			Action: actionStartServer,
 		},
diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index 6ad40ab..ea73538 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/qiniu/log"
 )
 
+var defaultConfigDir string
+
+func init() {
+	defaultConfigDir = os.Getenv("GOSUV_HOME_DIR")
+	if defaultConfigDir == "" {
+		defaultConfigDir = filepath.Join(UserHomeDir(), ".gosuv")
+	}
+}
+
 type Supervisor struct {
 	ConfigDir string
 	pgs       []*Program
@@ -161,11 +170,6 @@ func (s *Supervisor) loadDB() error {
 }
 
 func (s *Supervisor) saveDB() error {
-	dir := filepath.Dir(s.programPath())
-	if !IsDir(dir) {
-		os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
-	}
-
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(s.pgs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -174,11 +178,8 @@ func (s *Supervisor) saveDB() error {
 }
 
 func (s *Supervisor) renderHTML(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, data interface{}) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
 	executeTemplate(w, name, data)
-	// baseName := filepath.Base(name)
-
-	// t := template.Must(template.New("t").Delims("[[", "]]").ParseFiles(name))
-	// t.ExecuteTemplate(w, baseName, data)
 }
 
 type JSONResponse struct {
@@ -398,8 +399,6 @@ func (s *Supervisor) catchExitSignal() {
 	}()
 }
 
-var defaultConfigDir = filepath.Join(UserHomeDir(), ".gosuv")
-
 func registerHTTPHandlers() error {
 	suv := &Supervisor{
 		ConfigDir: defaultConfigDir,