diff --git a/crates/app/src/lib.rs b/crates/app/src/lib.rs
index 8ff103aa..e3578460 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pub use ::tengri::tui::ratatui::prelude::Color::{self, *};
 pub use ::tengri::tui::ratatui::prelude::{Style, Stylize, Buffer, Modifier};
 pub use ::tengri::tui::crossterm;
 pub use ::tengri::tui::crossterm::event::{Event, KeyCode::{self, *}};
+pub(crate) use std::path::Path;
 pub(crate) use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 pub(crate) use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering::Relaxed};
 
diff --git a/crates/app/src/model.rs b/crates/app/src/model.rs
index 06529e66..44e0a0c7 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/model.rs
@@ -423,11 +423,51 @@ pub trait HasSelection {
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
 pub struct Configuration {
     /// View definition
-    pub view: SourceIter<'static>,
+    pub view: TokenIter<'static>,
     // Input keymap
     pub keys: InputMap<'static, Tek, TekCommand, TuiIn, TokenIter<'static>>
 }
 
+impl Configuration {
+    pub fn from_file (path: &impl AsRef<Path>, _watch: bool) -> Usually<Self> {
+        Self::from_source(String::from_utf8(std::fs::read(path.as_ref())?)?)
+    }
+    pub fn from_source (source: impl AsRef<str> + 'static) -> Usually<Self> {
+        let source: Box<str> = source.as_ref().into();
+        let source: &'static str = Box::leak(source);
+        let iter = TokenIter::from(source.as_ref());
+        let mut view: Option<TokenIter> = None;
+        let mut keys: Option<TokenIter> = None;
+        for token in iter {
+            match token.value {
+                Value::Exp(_, mut exp) => match exp.next() {
+                    Some(Token { value: Value::Sym(sym), .. }) => match sym {
+                        "keys" => keys = Some(exp),
+                        "view" => view = Some(exp),
+                        _ => return Err(format!("unexpected token {token:?}").into())
+                    },
+                    _ => return Err(format!("unexpected token {token:?}").into())
+                },
+                t => return Err(format!("unexpected token {token:?}").into())
+            };
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            view: if let Some(view) = view {
+                view
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!("missing view definition").into())
+            },
+            keys: if let Some(keys) = keys {
+                let mut map = InputMap::default();
+                // TODO add layers
+                map
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!("missing keys definition").into())
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 /// Various possible modal overlays
 #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum Modal {
diff --git a/crates/cli/tek.rs b/crates/cli/tek.rs
index 6c56a357..604923a9 100644
--- a/crates/cli/tek.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/tek.rs
@@ -139,19 +139,14 @@ impl Cli {
                 },
                 scenes,
                 selected: Selection::TrackClip { track: 0, scene: 0 },
-                config: Configuration::from(match mode {
-                    LaunchMode::Clock =>
-                        include_str!("../../config/view_transport.edn"),
-                    LaunchMode::Sequencer =>
-                        include_str!("../../config/view_sequencer.edn"),
-                    LaunchMode::Groovebox =>
-                        include_str!("../../config/view_groovebox.edn"),
-                    LaunchMode::Arranger { .. } =>
-                        include_str!("../../config/view_arranger.edn"),
-                    LaunchMode::Sampler =>
-                        include_str!("../../config/view_sampler.edn"),
+                config: Configuration::from_file(match mode {
+                    LaunchMode::Clock           => &"config/config_transport.edn",
+                    LaunchMode::Sequencer       => &"config/config_sequencer.edn",
+                    LaunchMode::Groovebox       => &"config/config_groovebox.edn",
+                    LaunchMode::Arranger { .. } => &"config/config_arranger.edn",
+                    LaunchMode::Sampler         => &"config/config_sampler.edn",
                     _ => todo!("{mode:?}"),
-                }),
+                }, false)?,
                 ..Default::default()
             };
             if let &LaunchMode::Arranger { scenes, tracks, track_width, .. } = mode {
diff --git a/deps/tengri b/deps/tengri
index 2b208e3c..0d4ba4a5 160000
--- a/deps/tengri
+++ b/deps/tengri
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2b208e3c497d595f7dad5a6d190dfe08f7fb9dc0
+Subproject commit 0d4ba4a54ef0528a0a45b58e21a1e4aa7ed5eaf9