diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 3f225d9..162ae3d 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-use serde_yaml;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use utils::{result_prefix, resolve_path, result_override};
-use std::fs::File;
 use std::env::current_dir;
-use std::io::Read;
+
 
 pub mod consts;
 pub mod csl;
+pub mod read;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Clone)]
 pub enum OutputType {
@@ -65,31 +64,3 @@ impl References {
 fn default_verbosity() -> u64 {
     return 0;
 }
-
-fn get_config_path() -> PathBuf {
-    let mut working_dir = current_dir().unwrap();
-    working_dir.push(consts::CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
-    return working_dir;
-}
-
-fn read() -> Result<String, String> {
-    let config_path = get_config_path();
-    let mut config_file = try!(result_override(
-        File::open(&config_path),
-        format!("Unable to find config file at {}", config_path.display())
-    ));
-    let mut contents = String::new();
-    try!(result_override(
-        config_file.read_to_string(&mut contents),
-        format!("Failed to read config file at {}.", config_path.display())
-    ));
-    return Ok(contents);
-}
-
-
-pub fn get_config() -> Result<Config, String> {
-    let config_str = try!(read());
-    let config: Config =
-        try!(result_prefix(serde_yaml::from_str(&config_str), "Config Parse Error".into()));
-    return Ok(config);
-}
diff --git a/src/config/read.rs b/src/config/read.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ff055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/read.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use serde_yaml;
+use utils::{result_prefix, result_override};
+use config::Config;
+use config::consts;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::env::current_dir;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+
+fn get_config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    let mut working_dir = current_dir().unwrap();
+    working_dir.push(consts::CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+    return working_dir;
+}
+
+fn read() -> Result<String, String> {
+    let config_path = get_config_path();
+    let mut config_file = try!(result_override(
+        File::open(&config_path),
+        format!("Unable to find config file at {}", config_path.display())
+    ));
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    try!(result_override(
+        config_file.read_to_string(&mut contents),
+        format!("Failed to read config file at {}.", config_path.display())
+    ));
+    return Ok(contents);
+}
+
+
+pub fn get_config() -> Result<Config, String> {
+    let config_str = try!(read());
+    let config: Config =
+        try!(result_prefix(serde_yaml::from_str(&config_str), "Config Parse Error".into()));
+    return Ok(config);
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 59dc99f..90bb372 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn build(config: Config) -> Result<(), String> {
 }
 
 fn get_config(args: ArgMatches) -> Config {
-    let mut config = ok_or_exit(config::get_config());
+    let mut config = ok_or_exit(config::read::get_config());
     config.verbosity = args::get_verbose(args);
     return config;
 }