diff --git a/astronaut b/astronaut
index 37caa4a..7524e3e 100755
--- a/astronaut
+++ b/astronaut
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# Paths
+# Configuration
 dir_build="$PWD/build"
 dir_source="$PWD/source"
 dir_install="$PWD/install"
+cmd_download="curl -#L -o {dst} {src}"
+cmd_extract="tar xf {src}"
+if [ -f /etc/astronaut.conf ]; then
+    . /etc/astronaut.conf
+fi
 
 # Some printing functions
 show_help() {
@@ -60,10 +65,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$satellite" ]; then
     exiterr "Can't find satellite file"
 fi
 
-# Configuration
-cmd_download="curl -#L -o {dst} {src}"
-cmd_extract="tar xf {src}"
-
 # Tools for the astronaut
 mksum() {
     echo $(md5sum "$@" 2> /dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)