diff --git a/assets/config.json b/assets/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1946c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "map": {
+    "WALL_TILE": "█",
+    "FLOOR_TILE": "\u2849",
+    "PLAYER_TILE": "♣",
+    "ENEMY_TILE": "Ω",
+    "BG_TILE": "█"
+  },
+  "enemies": {
+
+  },
+  "player": {
+
+  },
+  "type": {
+    "TEST": 1234
+  }
+}
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index bd4847e..0ff9ab9 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ void configure_world(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map) {
 int main() {
   DinkyECS::World world;
 
+  Config config("./assets/config.json");
+  world.set_the<Config>(config);
+
   Map game_map(GAME_MAP_X, GAME_MAP_Y);
   game_map.generate();
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 59bc3ea..abed8bb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ roguish = executable('roguish', [
   'systems.cpp',
   'ansi_parser.cpp',
   'render.cpp',
+  'config.cpp',
   ],
   dependencies: dependencies)
 
diff --git a/tests/ansi_parser.cpp b/tests/ansi_parser.cpp
index b04a674..f882487 100644
--- a/tests/ansi_parser.cpp
+++ b/tests/ansi_parser.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <ftxui/screen/screen.hpp>      // for Full, Screen
 #include <ftxui/screen/terminal.hpp>  // for ColorSupport, Color, Palette16, Palette256, TrueColor
 
-
 using namespace fmt;
 using namespace ftxui;
 
@@ -56,12 +55,12 @@ TEST_CASE("test out ragel parser", "[gui]") {
   sf::Color default_bg(100,100,100);
 
   // this sets the Truecolor so need to do it first
-  ANSIParser parser(default_fg, default_bg);
+  ANSIParser ansi(default_fg, default_bg);
   std::string colors = generate_colors();
   std::cout << colors;
 
 
-  bool good = parser.parse(colors, [&](sf::Color bgcolor, sf::Color color, wchar_t ch) {
+  bool good = ansi.parse(colors, [&](sf::Color bgcolor, sf::Color color, wchar_t ch) {
       bool correct_char = ch == '#' || ch == ' ' || ch == '\n' || ch == '\r';
       REQUIRE(correct_char);
   });
diff --git a/tests/config.cpp b/tests/config.cpp
index 681ea21..5ccdd85 100644
--- a/tests/config.cpp
+++ b/tests/config.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,30 @@ TEST_CASE("basic configuration system", "[config]") {
   REQUIRE(test_obj["name"] == "Zed");
 }
 
-void test_func(Config &ref) {
+void test_can_ref(Config &ref) {
   REQUIRE(ref["types"]["OBJECT"]["name"] == "Zed");
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("can get references of config", "[config]") {
+  Config config("./tests/config.json");
+  test_can_ref(config);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("store config in any", "[config]") {
+  auto as_any = std::make_any<Config>("./tests/config.json");
+
+  Config &cfg = std::any_cast<Config &>(as_any);
+  REQUIRE(cfg["types"]["NUMBER"] == 1234);
+}
+
+void test_will_live(DinkyECS::World &world) {
   Config config("./tests/config.json");
-  test_func(config);
+  world.set_the<Config>(config);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("can go into a world", "[config]") {
+  DinkyECS::World world;
+  test_will_live(world);
+  Config &cfg = world.get_the<Config>();
+  REQUIRE(cfg["types"]["NUMBER"] == 1234);
 }