diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21a673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+exports.styles = [{
+	'name'	:	'testing',
+	'file'	:	'mapnik.xml',
+	//add some values for e.g. expire 
+} ];
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 37b3623..3f7e19d 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+var config = require('./config');	//include config file
 var mapnik = require('mapnik');
 var TC = require('./node-tokyocabinet/build/default/tokyocabinet');