diff --git a/backend-rs/.env.toml b/backend-rs/.env.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a656e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-rs/.env.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[config.app]
+host = [0, 0, 0, 0]
+port = 8601
diff --git a/backend-rs/Cargo.lock b/backend-rs/Cargo.lock
index f297f0c..4e0b04f 100644
--- a/backend-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -505,6 +505,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-toml-merge"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc6244d74ff29bd838ad4cfc9184e3f5d0011500acc8d3fb96708211d4edfb26"
+dependencies = [
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.196"
@@ -537,6 +546,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb3622f419d1296904700073ea6cc23ad690adbd66f13ea683df73298736f0c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -588,7 +606,9 @@ name = "streamfox_backend"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "toml-env",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -611,6 +631,26 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.56"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d54378c645627613241d077a3a79db965db602882668f9136ac42af9ecb730ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.56"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa0faa943b50f3db30a20aa7e265dbc66076993efed8463e8de414e5d06d3471"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.7"
@@ -663,6 +703,52 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6a4b9e8023eb94392d3dca65d717c53abc5dad49c07cb65bb8fcd87115fa325"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml-env"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "529e35a3bbee7e242d6521aae0e9fce7181ea3117ded0a284405bac0b4c21f72"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde-toml-merge",
+ "thiserror",
+ "toml",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3550f4e9685620ac18a50ed434eb3aec30db8ba93b0287467bca5826ea25baf1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.21.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a8534fd7f78b5405e860340ad6575217ce99f38d4d5c8f2442cb5ecb50090e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -871,3 +957,12 @@ name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7cad8365489051ae9f054164e459304af2e7e9bb407c958076c8bf4aef52da5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
diff --git a/backend-rs/Cargo.toml b/backend-rs/Cargo.toml
index 9e2b4ae..3e6f9a7 100644
--- a/backend-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = "0.7.4"
+serde = { version = "1.0.196", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
+toml-env = "1.1.1"
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
diff --git a/backend-rs/src/config.rs b/backend-rs/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8f3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-rs/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use toml_env::Args;
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+  pub app: App,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct App {
+  pub host: [u8; 4],
+  pub port: u16,
+}
+
+pub fn load() -> Config {
+  toml_env::initialize(Args {
+    config_variable_name: "config",
+    ..Default::default()
+  })
+  .expect("could not initialize toml_env")
+  .expect("could not load config")
+}
diff --git a/backend-rs/src/main.rs b/backend-rs/src/main.rs
index 806c4b7..aca5dc1 100644
--- a/backend-rs/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend-rs/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod config;
+
 use axum::{routing, Router};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
@@ -6,6 +8,8 @@ use tracing::{info, Level};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+  let config = config::load();
+
   tracing_subscriber::fmt()
     .with_target(false)
     .compact()
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .on_response(DefaultOnResponse::new().level(Level::INFO)),
     );
 
-  let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], 8601)))
+  let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from((config.app.host, config.app.port)))
     .await
     .expect("could not bind");