diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[workspace]
+
+members = [
+        "mconnect",
+        "mconnectctl",
+        "kdeconnect",
+        ]
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diff --git a/kdeconnect/Cargo.toml b/kdeconnect/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/kdeconnect/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "kdeconnect"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Maciek Borzecki <maciek.borzecki@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/kdeconnect/src/lib.rs b/kdeconnect/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/kdeconnect/src/lib.rs
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+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        assert_eq!(2 + 2, 4);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn bang() {
+    println!("bang!");
+}
diff --git a/mconnect/Cargo.toml b/mconnect/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/mconnect/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "mconnect"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Maciek Borzecki <maciek.borzecki@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+kdeconnect = { path = "../kdeconnect", version = "" }
+log = "0.4"
+tempfile = "3.1.0"
+
+[dependencies.glib]
+version = ""
+features = ["v2_44"]
+
+[dependencies.gio]
+version = ""
+features = ["v2_44"]
diff --git a/mconnect/src/app.rs b/mconnect/src/app.rs
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+++ b/mconnect/src/app.rs
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+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use glib;
+
+use super::config;
+
+extern crate kdeconnect;
+
+fn user_config_path() -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    let user_config_dir =  match glib::get_user_config_dir() {
+        Some(v) => v,
+        None => return Err(String::from("cannot obtain user config directory"))
+    };
+
+    let mut config_path = PathBuf::new();
+
+    config_path.push(user_config_dir);
+    config_path.push(config::NAME);
+    println!("user config dir: {}", config_path.as_path().display());
+    Ok(config_path)
+}
+
+pub fn run() -> Result<(), String> {
+    let config_path = match user_config_path() {
+        Err(x) => return Err(format!("cannot obtain user config path: {}", x)),
+        Ok(p) => p
+    };
+
+    let c = config::load_from_path(config_path);
+
+    kdeconnect::bang();
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/mconnect/src/config.rs b/mconnect/src/config.rs
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+++ b/mconnect/src/config.rs
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+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use glib;
+
+pub const NAME: &'static str = "mconnect.conf";
+
+pub struct Config {
+    kf: glib::KeyFile,
+}
+
+pub fn load_from_path<T: AsRef<Path>>(path: T) -> Result<Config, String> {
+    let kf = glib::KeyFile::new();
+    let c = Config { kf: kf };
+
+    if let Err(err) = c.kf.load_from_file(path, glib::KeyFileFlags::KEEP_COMMENTS) {
+        match err.kind::<glib::FileError>() {
+            Some(glib::FileError::Noent) => {
+                println!("user config not found, using defaults");
+                Ok(c)
+            }
+            _ => Err(err.to_string()),
+        }
+    } else {
+        Ok(c)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn simple_load() {
+        let mut tmpf = NamedTempFile::new().expect("cannot create a temp file");
+        writeln!(tmpf, "").expect("write failed");
+        let res = super::load_from_path(tmpf.path());
+        assert!(res.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn not_found_not_error() {
+        let res = super::load_from_path("does-not-exist");
+        assert!(res.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bad_format() {
+        let mut tmp = NamedTempFile::new().expect("cannot create a temp file");
+        writeln!(tmp, "bad-format").expect("write failed");
+        let res = super::load_from_path(tmp.path());
+        assert!(res.is_err());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mconnect/src/main.rs b/mconnect/src/main.rs
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+++ b/mconnect/src/main.rs
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+mod app;
+mod config;
+
+fn main() {
+    std::process::exit(match app::run() {
+        Ok(_) => 0,
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("error: {}", err);
+            1
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/mconnectctl/Cargo.toml b/mconnectctl/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/mconnectctl/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "mconnectctl"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Maciek Borzecki <maciek.borzecki@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/mconnectctl/src/main.rs b/mconnectctl/src/main.rs
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+++ b/mconnectctl/src/main.rs
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+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}