diff --git a/manager/Cargo.lock b/manager/Cargo.lock
index 1114995..8601cd7 100644
--- a/manager/Cargo.lock
+++ b/manager/Cargo.lock
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "blueprint"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://git.nubo.sh/hulthe/blueprint.git#6d382f9a34f1339bec524e7b8f1adb8e3488e635"
+source = "git+https://git.nubo.sh/hulthe/blueprint.git#4808c454d6a46350cce20b48bd955ab7c9af6448"
 dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "structopt",
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "structopt",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
  "xdg",
 ]
 
@@ -738,6 +739,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/manager/Cargo.toml b/manager/Cargo.toml
index 1ca7033..04d0b4a 100644
--- a/manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ futures = "0.3.13"
 async-recursion = "0.3.2"
 xdg = "2.2.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.24"
+toml = "0.5.8"
 
 [dependencies.blueprint]
 git = "https://git.nubo.sh/hulthe/blueprint.git"
diff --git a/manager/src/builder.rs b/manager/src/builder.rs
index 820ccbb..c73f194 100644
--- a/manager/src/builder.rs
+++ b/manager/src/builder.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ErrorLocation, Errors};
+use crate::error::{Error, ErrorLocation, Errors, InnerError};
 use crate::Config;
 use async_recursion::async_recursion;
 use blueprint::{parse_template, Env, Value};
 use futures::future::join_all;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
@@ -19,6 +20,29 @@ pub async fn build_tree(cfg: &Config) -> Result<(), Errors> {
     env.insert("hostname".into(), Value::Str(get_hostname().await));
     env.insert("username".into(), Value::Str(get_username()));
 
+    debug!("trying to read {:?}", cfg.variables_path);
+    if let Ok(s) = read_to_string(&cfg.variables_path).await {
+        debug!("parsing {:?}", cfg.variables_path);
+        let variables: HashMap<String, toml::Value> =
+            toml::de::from_str(&s).with_location(&cfg.variables_path)?;
+
+        for (key, toml_value) in variables {
+            let value = match toml_value {
+                toml::Value::String(s) => Value::Str(s),
+                toml::Value::Boolean(b) => Value::Bool(b),
+                _ => {
+                    return Err(InnerError::TypeErr
+                        .with_location(&cfg.variables_path)
+                        .into())
+                }
+            };
+
+            env.insert(key, value);
+        }
+    } else {
+        debug!("failed to read {:?}", cfg.variables_path);
+    }
+
     for flag in &cfg.flags {
         env.insert(flag.to_string(), Value::Bool(true));
     }
diff --git a/manager/src/error.rs b/manager/src/error.rs
index 1a1e2bc..b8d1ac0 100644
--- a/manager/src/error.rs
+++ b/manager/src/error.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ pub enum InnerError {
 
     #[error("Failed to parse template file")]
     TemplateErr(#[from] blueprint::Error),
+
+    #[error("Failed to parse toml file")]
+    TomlErr(#[from] toml::de::Error),
+
+    #[error("Unsupported variable type")]
+    TypeErr,
 }
 
 impl From<Vec<Error>> for Errors {
diff --git a/manager/src/main.rs b/manager/src/main.rs
index 70c7cc1..1b039d1 100644
--- a/manager/src/main.rs
+++ b/manager/src/main.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ struct Opt {
     #[structopt(short, long)]
     link_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
+    #[structopt(long = "variables")]
+    variables_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     #[structopt(short, long)]
     print_variables: bool,
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     template_dir: PathBuf,
     build_dir: PathBuf,
     link_dir: PathBuf,
+    variables_path: PathBuf,
     flags: Vec<String>,
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Errors> {
         link_dir: opt
             .link_dir
             .unwrap_or_else(|| env::var("HOME").expect("$HOME").into()),
+        variables_path: opt
+            .variables_path
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| xdg_dirs.get_config_file("variables.toml")),
         flags: opt.flags,
     };