diff --git a/internal/utils/configfile.go b/internal/utils/configfile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..369fe522d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/utils/configfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package utils
+
+// this module in utils handles the ini file read/write
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
+	ini "gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+)
+
+// WalletProfile contains a section and key value pair map
+type WalletProfile struct {
+	Profile   string
+	Bootnodes []string
+	Shards    int
+	RPCServer [][]p2p.Peer
+}
+
+// ReadWalletProfile reads an ini file and return WalletProfile
+func ReadWalletProfile(fn string, profile string) (*WalletProfile, error) {
+	cfg, err := ini.ShadowLoad(fn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	config := new(WalletProfile)
+	config.Profile = profile
+
+	// get the profile section
+	sec, err := cfg.GetSection(profile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if sec.HasKey("bootnode") {
+		config.Bootnodes = sec.Key("bootnode").ValueWithShadows()
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find bootnode key")
+	}
+
+	if sec.HasKey("shards") {
+		config.Shards = sec.Key("shards").MustInt()
+		config.RPCServer = make([][]p2p.Peer, config.Shards)
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find shards key")
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < config.Shards; i++ {
+		rpcSec, err := cfg.GetSection(fmt.Sprintf("%s.shard%v.rpc", profile, i))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		rpcKey := rpcSec.Key("rpc").ValueWithShadows()
+		for _, key := range rpcKey {
+			v := strings.Split(key, ":")
+			rpc := p2p.Peer{
+				IP:   v[0],
+				Port: v[1],
+			}
+			config.RPCServer[i] = append(config.RPCServer[i], rpc)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/utils/configfile_test.go b/internal/utils/configfile_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27c3be493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/utils/configfile_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
+)
+
+func TestReadWalletProfile(t *testing.T) {
+	config := []*WalletProfile{
+		&WalletProfile{
+			Profile:   "default",
+			Bootnodes: []string{"127.0.0.1:9000/abcd", "127.0.0.1:9999/daeg"},
+			Shards:    4,
+			RPCServer: [][]p2p.Peer{
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "127.0.0.4",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.0.4",
+						Port: "9876",
+					},
+				},
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "127.0.0.1",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.0.1",
+						Port: "9876",
+					},
+				},
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "127.0.0.2",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.0.2",
+						Port: "9876",
+					},
+				},
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "127.0.0.3",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.0.3",
+						Port: "9876",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		&WalletProfile{
+			Profile:   "testnet",
+			Bootnodes: []string{"192.168.0.1:9990/abcd", "127.0.0.1:8888/daeg"},
+			Shards:    3,
+			RPCServer: [][]p2p.Peer{
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.2.3",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.192.3",
+						Port: "9877",
+					},
+				},
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.2.1",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.192.1",
+						Port: "9877",
+					},
+				},
+				[]p2p.Peer{
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.2.2",
+						Port: "8888",
+					},
+					p2p.Peer{
+						IP:   "192.168.192.2",
+						Port: "9877",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	config1, err := ReadWalletProfile("test.ini", "default")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadWalletProfile Error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(config[0], config1) {
+		t.Errorf("Got: %v\nExpect: %v\n", config1, config[0])
+	}
+	config2, err := ReadWalletProfile("test.ini", "testnet")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadWalletProfile Error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(config[1], config2) {
+		t.Errorf("Got: %v\nExpect: %v\n", config2, config[1])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/utils/test.ini b/internal/utils/test.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eae36c213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/utils/test.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[default]
+bootnode = 127.0.0.1:9000/abcd
+bootnode = 127.0.0.1:9999/daeg
+shards = 4
+
+[default.shard0.rpc]
+rpc = 127.0.0.4:8888
+rpc = 192.168.0.4:9876
+
+[default.shard1.rpc]
+rpc = 127.0.0.1:8888
+rpc = 192.168.0.1:9876
+
+[default.shard2.rpc]
+rpc = 127.0.0.2:8888
+rpc = 192.168.0.2:9876
+
+[default.shard3.rpc]
+rpc = 127.0.0.3:8888
+rpc = 192.168.0.3:9876
+
+[testnet]
+bootnode = 192.168.0.1:9990/abcd
+bootnode = 127.0.0.1:8888/daeg
+shards = 3
+
+[testnet.shard0.rpc]
+rpc = 192.168.2.3:8888
+rpc = 192.168.192.3:9877
+
+[testnet.shard1.rpc]
+rpc = 192.168.2.1:8888
+rpc = 192.168.192.1:9877
+
+[testnet.shard2.rpc]
+rpc = 192.168.2.2:8888
+rpc = 192.168.192.2:9877