diff --git a/alexandrie b/alexandrie
index 90950d8..d74c86c 100755
--- a/alexandrie
+++ b/alexandrie
@@ -5,20 +5,27 @@ use warnings;
 use POE qw(Component::IRC);
 use List::MoreUtils qw(any);
 use DBI;
+use Config::Simple;
 
-my $parser = '/srv/alexandrie/parse_known_sites';
+
+# CONFIGURATION FILE
+my $alexandrieConf = new Config::Simple("/etc/alexandrie/alexandrie.conf") or die "Missing configuration file.";
+print "Configuration file loaded.\n";
+
+# PARSER
+my $parser = $alexandrieConf->param("parser.path");
 
 # DATABASE
-my $dsn = 'DBI:mysql:drupal6:172.16.0.7';
-my $db_user_name = 'drupal';
-my $db_password = 'xxxxxxx';
-my $dbh = 0;
+my $dsn = $alexandrieConf->param("database.dsn");
+my $db_user_name = $alexandrieConf->param("database.username");
+my $db_password = $alexandrieConf->param("database.password");
+my $dbh = $alexandrieConf->param("database.dbh");
 
 # IRC
-my $nickname = 'alexandrie';
-my $ircname = 'Bibliothèque de l\'April';
-my $server = 'irc.freenode.net';
-my $username = 'alex';
+my $nickname = $alexandrieConf->param("irc.nickname");
+my $ircname = $alexandrieConf->param("irc.name");
+my $server = $alexandrieConf->param("irc.server");
+my $username = $alexandrieConf->param("irc.username");
 my @channels = ('#april', '#april-alexandrie');
 #my @channels = ('#april-alexandrie');
 
diff --git a/alexandrie.conf b/alexandrie.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1488a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alexandrie.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[parser]
+path=/srv/alexandrie/parse_known_sites
+
+[database]
+dsn=DBI:mysql:drupal6:172.16.0.7
+username= drupal
+password=xxxxxxxx
+dbh = 0;
+
+[irc]
+nickname=alexandrie
+name=Bibliothèque de l\'April
+server=irc.freenode.net
+username=alex
+channels=#april,#april-alexandrie
diff --git a/parse_known_sites b/parse_known_sites
index 727451f..a05b326 100755
--- a/parse_known_sites
+++ b/parse_known_sites
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@
 use strict;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use DBI;
+use Config::Simple;
 
-my $dsn = 'DBI:mysql:drupal6:172.16.0.7';
-my $db_user_name = 'drupal';
-my $db_password = 'xxxxxxx';
+# CONFIGURATION FILE
+my $alexandrieConf = new Config::Simple("/etc/alexandrie/alexandrie.conf") or die "Missing configuration file.";
+print "Configuration file loaded.\n";
 
+# DATABASE
+my $dsn = $alexandrieConf->param("database.dsn");
+my $db_user_name = $alexandrieConf->param("database.username");
+my $db_password = $alexandrieConf->param("database.password");
 
 
 sub parse_page