diff --git a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/build.clj b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/build.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192b544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/build.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+(ns xdeps.build
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [meta])
+  (:require
+   [clojure.edn :as edn]
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]))
+
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+
+;; Build metadata
+
+(defn read-meta
+  []
+  (or (some-> "io/lazy-cat/xdeps/meta.edn"
+              (io/resource)
+              (slurp)
+              (edn/read-string))
+      {}))
+
+(def meta
+  (read-meta))
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli.clj b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli.clj
index b601147..afe6244 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli.clj
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 (ns xdeps.cli
   (:require
-    [babashka.cli :as cli]
-    [xdeps.cli.help :as help]))
-
+   [babashka.cli :as cli]
+   [xdeps.cli.help :as help]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
-
 (def default
   {:cmds []
    :spec {:version {:coerce :boolean}}
@@ -15,11 +13,9 @@
            (help/print-version)
            (help/print-help)))})
 
-
 (def cmds
   [default])
 
-
 (defn dispatch
   [args]
   (cli/dispatch cmds args {}))
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli/help.clj b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli/help.clj
index 2ffc288..b209c55 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli/help.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/cli/help.clj
@@ -1,45 +1,38 @@
 (ns xdeps.cli.help
   (:require
-    [clojure.string :as str]
-    [xdeps.config :as config]))
-
+   [clojure.string :as str]
+   [xdeps.build :as build]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
-
 (defn print-version
   []
-  (println (:version config/meta)))
-
+  (println (:version build/meta)))
 
 (defn print-meta
   []
-  (let [{:keys [version branch commit timestamp]} config/meta
-        build  (->> [branch commit timestamp]
-                    (remove empty?)
-                    (str/join ", "))]
+  (let [{:keys [version branch commit timestamp]} build/meta
+        build (->> [branch commit timestamp]
+                   (remove empty?)
+                   (str/join ", "))]
     (println (format "xdeps %s (%s)" version build))))
 
-
 (defn print-usage
   []
   (println "Usage:
   xdeps <command> <options>"))
 
-
 (defn print-options
   []
   (println "Options:
   --version     Show version
   --help        Show help"))
 
-
 (defn print-commands
   []
   (println "Commands:")
   (println "TBD"))
 
-
 (defn print-help
   []
   (print-meta)
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/config.clj b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/config.clj
index 05546f3..ef81027 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/config.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/config.clj
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
 (ns xdeps.config
-  (:refer-clojure :exclude [meta])
   (:require
-    [clojure.edn :as edn]
-    [clojure.java.io :as io]))
-
+   [babashka.fs :as fs]
+   [clojure.edn :as edn]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
+;; Default xdeps configuration
+
+(def defaults
+  {})
+
+(defn read-config
+  [root]
+  (let [path (fs/path root "config.edn")]
+    (if (fs/exists? path)
+      (some-> path (str) (slurp) (edn/read-string))
+      (do
+        ;; provide the default config
+        (fs/create-dir root)
+        (spit (str path) defaults)
+        defaults))))
 
-(defn read-meta
-  []
-  (some-> "io/lazy-cat/xdeps/meta.edn"
-          (io/resource)
-          (slurp)
-          (edn/read-string)))
+;; Global xdeps configuration
 
+#_:clj-kondo/ignore
 
-(def meta
-  (read-meta))
+(def global
+  (-> "xdeps"
+      (fs/xdg-config-home)
+      (read-config)))
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/main.clj b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/main.clj
index 98adfee..2d41a3a 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/xdeps/main.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/xdeps/main.clj
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
- (ns xdeps.main
-   (:gen-class)
-   (:require
-     [xdeps.cli :as cli]))
-
+(ns xdeps.main
+  (:gen-class)
+  (:require
+   [xdeps.cli :as cli]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
-
 (defn -main
   "Application entrypoint."
   [& args]