diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fba990b..2e64ea4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 herbe
-config.h
 .ccls-cache
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f0e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+static const char *background_color = "#3e3e3e";
+static const char *border_color = "#ececec";
+static const char *font_color = "#ececec";
+static const char *font_pattern = "monospace:size=10";
+static unsigned line_spacing = 5;
+static unsigned int padding = 15;
+
+static unsigned int width = 450;
+static unsigned int border_size = 2;
+static unsigned int pos_x = 30;
+static unsigned int pos_y = 60;
+
+enum corners { TOP_LEFT, TOP_RIGHT, BOTTOM_LEFT, BOTTOM_RIGHT };
+enum corners corner = TOP_RIGHT;
+
+static unsigned int duration = 5; /* in seconds */
+
+#define DISMISS_BUTTON Button1
+#define ACTION_BUTTON Button3
+
+/* Xresources preferences to load at startup */
+ResourcePref resources[] = {
+	{ "background",    STRING,  &background_color },
+	{ "accentColor",   STRING,  &border_color },
+	{ "foreground",    STRING,  &font_color },
+	{ "font",          STRING,  &font_pattern },
+	{ "borderpx",      INTEGER, &border_size },
+	{ "spacing",       INTEGER, &line_spacing }
+};