diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index cbafe938..66aeed75 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ func initConfig() {
 	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
 		fmt.Println("Using config file:", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	}
+
+	// use config file
+	if len(viper.GetString("web.listen-address")) > 0 {
+		listeningAddress = viper.GetString("web.listen-address")
+	}
+
+	if len(viper.GetString("web.telemetry-path")) > 0 {
+		metricsEndpoint = viper.GetString("web.telemetry-path")
+	}
+
+	if len(viper.GetStringSlice("phpfpm.scrape-uri")) > 0 {
+		scrapeURIs = viper.GetStringSlice("phpfpm.scrape-uri")
+	}
+
+	if viper.GetString("phpfpm.fix-process-count") == "true" {
+		fixProcessCount = viper.GetBool("phpfpm.fix-process-count")
+	}
+	log.Println(viper.Get("web.listen-address"))
 }
 
 // initLogger configures the log level
diff --git a/php-fpm_exporter.yaml b/php-fpm_exporter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..858c75dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php-fpm_exporter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+web:
+  listen-address: ":9523"
+  telemetry-path: "/metrics"
+php-fpm:
+  scrape-uri:
+    - "tcp://127.0.0.1:9000/status"
+  fix-process-count: false