diff --git a/client/config/config.go b/client/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4f6922ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/simple-rules/harmony-benchmark/p2p"
+)
+
+type ConfigEntry struct {
+	IP      string
+	Port    string
+	Role    string
+	ShardID string
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	config []ConfigEntry
+}
+
+func NewConfig() *Config {
+	configr := Config{}
+	return &configr
+}
+
+// Gets all the validator peers
+func (configr *Config) GetValidators() []p2p.Peer {
+	var peerList []p2p.Peer
+	for _, entry := range configr.config {
+		if entry.Role != "validator" {
+			continue
+		}
+		peer := p2p.Peer{Port: entry.Port, Ip: entry.IP}
+		peerList = append(peerList, peer)
+	}
+	return peerList
+}
+
+// Gets all the leader peers and corresponding shard Ids
+func (configr *Config) GetLeadersAndShardIds() ([]p2p.Peer, []uint32) {
+	var peerList []p2p.Peer
+	var shardIDs []uint32
+	for _, entry := range configr.config {
+		if entry.Role == "leader" {
+			peerList = append(peerList, p2p.Peer{Ip: entry.IP, Port: entry.Port})
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(entry.ShardID)
+			if err == nil {
+				shardIDs = append(shardIDs, uint32(val))
+			} else {
+				log.Print("[Generator] Error parsing the shard Id ", entry.ShardID)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return peerList, shardIDs
+}
+
+func (configr *Config) GetClientPeer() *p2p.Peer {
+	for _, entry := range configr.config {
+		if entry.Role != "client" {
+			continue
+		}
+		peer := p2p.Peer{Port: entry.Port, Ip: entry.IP}
+		return &peer
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Gets the port of the client node in the config
+func (configr *Config) GetClientPort() string {
+	for _, entry := range configr.config {
+		if entry.Role == "client" {
+			return entry.Port
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Parse the config file and return a 2d array containing the file data
+func (configr *Config) ReadConfigFile(filename string) error {
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	defer file.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to read config file ", filename)
+		return err
+	}
+	fscanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+
+	result := []ConfigEntry{}
+	for fscanner.Scan() {
+		p := strings.Split(fscanner.Text(), " ")
+		entry := ConfigEntry{p[0], p[1], p[2], p[3]}
+		result = append(result, entry)
+	}
+	configr.config = result
+	return nil
+}