diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2238585..76ab7b5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@ dvieter: $(SOURCES)
 # Run the debug build inside gdb
 .PHONY: gdb
 gdb: dvieter
-	 VIETER_API_KEY=test \
-		VIETER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=data/downloads \
-		VIETER_REPO_DIR=data/repo \
-		VIETER_PKG_DIR=data/pkgs \
-		VIETER_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
-		VIETER_REPOS_FILE=data/repos.json \
-		gdb --args ./dvieter
+		gdb --args './dvieter -f vieter.toml server'
 
 # Optimised production build
 .PHONY: prod
@@ -46,22 +40,11 @@ c:
 # Run the server in the default 'data' directory
 .PHONY: run
 run: vieter
-	 VIETER_API_KEY=test \
-		VIETER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=data/downloads \
-		VIETER_REPO_DIR=data/repo \
-		VIETER_PKG_DIR=data/pkgs \
-		VIETER_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
-		VIETER_REPOS_FILE=data/repos.json \
-		./vieter server
+		./vieter -f vieter.toml server
 
 .PHONY: run-prod
 run-prod: prod
-	VIETER_API_KEY=test \
-		VIETER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=data/downloads \
-		VIETER_REPO_DIR=data/repo \
-		VIETER_PKG_DIR=data/pkgs \
-		VIETER_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
-	./pvieter server
+	./pvieter -f vieter.toml server
 
 # =====OTHER=====
 .PHONY: lint
diff --git a/src/env.v b/src/env.v
index 6abd674..b733791 100644
--- a/src/env.v
+++ b/src/env.v
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ const file_suffix = '_FILE'
 
 pub struct ServerConfig {
 pub:
-	log_level    string [default: WARN]
-	log_file     string [default: 'vieter.log']
+	log_level    string = "WARN"
+	log_file     string = "vieter.log"
 	pkg_dir      string
 	download_dir string
 	api_key      string
@@ -65,7 +65,18 @@ pub fn load<T>(path string) ?T {
 	mut res := T{}
 
 	if os.exists(path) {
-		res = toml.parse_file(path) ?.reflect<T>()
+		// We don't use reflect here because reflect also sets any fields not
+		// in the toml back to "empty", which we don't want
+		doc := toml.parse_file(path) ?
+
+		$for field in T.fields {
+			s := doc.value(field.name)
+
+			// We currently only support strings
+			if s.type_name() == "string" {
+				res.$(field.name) = s.string()
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	$for field in T.fields {
@@ -80,21 +91,7 @@ pub fn load<T>(path string) ?T {
 			// If there's no value from the toml file either, we try to find a
 			// default value
 			else if res.$(field.name) == '' {
-				// We use the default instead, if it's present
-				mut default := ''
-
-				for attr in field.attrs {
-					if attr.starts_with('default: ') {
-						default = attr[9..]
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				if default == '' {
-					return error("Missing config variable '$field.name' with no provided default. Either add it to the config file or provide it using an environment variable.")
-				}
-
-				res.$(field.name) = default
+				return error("Missing config variable '$field.name' with no provided default. Either add it to the config file or provide it using an environment variable.")
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vieter.toml b/vieter.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f95398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vieter.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file contains settings used during development
+api_key = "test"
+download_dir = "data/downloads"
+repo_dir = "data/repo"
+pkg_dir = "data/pkgs"
+# log_level = "DEBUG"
+repos_file = "data/repos.json"
+