diff --git a/example.conf b/example.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2257f247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[discoverd]
+os_auth_url = http://127.0.0.1:5000/v2.0
+os_username = admin
+os_password = password
+os_tenant_name = admin
diff --git a/ironic_discoverd/__main__.py b/ironic_discoverd/__main__.py
index a9f31c466..6d8b9b6a2 100644
--- a/ironic_discoverd/__main__.py
+++ b/ironic_discoverd/__main__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import logging
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 
 from flask import Flask, request
 
-from ironic_discoverd.discoverd import (LOG, process, start,
+from ironic_discoverd.discoverd import (CONF, LOG, process, start,
                                         Firewall, get_client)
 
 
@@ -37,13 +38,19 @@ def periodic_update(event, ironic):
             time.sleep(1)
 
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    sys.exit("Usage: %s config-file" % sys.argv[0])
+
+CONF.read(sys.argv[1])
+debug = CONF.getboolean('discoverd', 'debug')
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG if debug else logging.INFO)
 ironic = get_client()
 Firewall.init()
 event = threading.Event()
 threading.Thread(target=periodic_update, args=(event, ironic)).start()
 try:
-    app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0', port=5050)
+    app.run(debug=debug, host='0.0.0.0', port=5050)
 finally:
     LOG.info('Waiting for background thread to shutdown')
     event.set()
diff --git a/ironic_discoverd/discoverd.py b/ironic_discoverd/discoverd.py
index 4250bc408..f9be30fb1 100644
--- a/ironic_discoverd/discoverd.py
+++ b/ironic_discoverd/discoverd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import ConfigParser
 import logging
-import os
 import re
 from subprocess import call, check_call
 import threading
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ from ironicclient import client, exceptions
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("discoverd")
-OS_ARGS = dict((k.lower(), v)
-               for (k, v) in os.environ.items()
-               if k.startswith('OS_'))
 ALLOW_SEARCH_BY_MAC = True
+CONF = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(defaults={'debug': 'false'})
+OS_ARGS = ('os_password', 'os_username', 'os_auth_url', 'os_tenant_name')
 
 
 def get_client():
-    return client.get_client(1, **OS_ARGS)
+    args = dict((k, CONF.get('discoverd', k)) for k in OS_ARGS)
+    return client.get_client(1, **args)
 
 
 def is_valid_mac(address):