diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f1401a..748680d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ signed git commits.
 different_ on the git repo...
 
 ...and you want only authorised users to be able to trigger that
-_something__....
+_something_...
 
-..then **scorsh** might be what you have been looking for. 
+...then **scorsh** might be what you have been looking for. 
 
 **scorsh** is a simple system to execute commands on a remote host by
 using GPG-signed commits containing customisable commands
@@ -38,22 +38,18 @@ each new file there, walks through the new commits looking for signed
 ones, checks if the message of a signed commit contains a recognised
 scorsh-tag, verifies that the user who signed the message is allowed
 to use that scorsh-tag, and executes the commands associated to the
-scorsh-tag. Or, well, this is what `scorsh` will do when it's ready.
+scorsh-tag. Or, well, this is what `scorsh` should be able to do when
+it's finished ;-)
 
 The set of scorsh-tags accepted on a repo/branch is configurable, and
 each scorsh-tag can be associated to a list of commands. Commands are
 just URLs, at the moment restricted to two possible types:
 
-* file://path/to/file - in this case `scorsh` tries to execute the
+* `file://path/to/file` - in this case `scorsh` tries to execute the
   corresponding file (useful to execute scripts)
   
-* http://myserver.com/where/you/like - in this case `scorsh` makes an
+* `http://myserver.com/where/you/like` - in this case `scorsh` makes an
   HTTP request to the specified URL (useful to trigger other actions,
   e.g., Jenkins or Travis builds...)
   
 
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 5d9d7f8..c76395b 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ func check_signature(commit *git.Commit, keyring *openpgp.KeyRing) (signature, s
 	return "", "", err
 }
 
+
+// traverse all the commits between two references, looking for 
 func walk_commits(msg SCORSHmsg, keyring openpgp.KeyRing) int {
 
 	fmt.Printf("Inside parse_commits\n")
diff --git a/sandpit/test_yaml.go b/sandpit/test_yaml.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebe8758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandpit/test_yaml.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
+	"log"
+)
+
+type STag struct {
+	S_tag  string
+	S_args []string
+}
+
+type SCmd struct {
+	S_cmd  string
+	S_hash string
+}
+
+type STagConfig struct {
+	S_tag      string
+	S_commands []SCmd
+}
+
+type SCORSHmsg struct {
+	S_msg []STag
+}
+
+type SCORSHcfg struct {
+	S_cfg []STagConfig
+}
+
+var msg_str = `
+s_msg:
+   - s_tag: BUILD
+     s_args: 
+      -   suites/jessie 
+      -        suites/ascii
+   - s_tag: REMOVE
+     s_args: 
+      - file1
+`
+
+var cfg_str = `
+s_cfg:
+  - s_tag: BUILD
+    s_commands:
+     - s_cmd: file:///bin/ls
+       s_hash: 12345
+     - s_cmd: file:///home/katolaz/script.sh
+       s_hash: abc123df
+     - s_cmd: http://myserver.org/build.php?name=\1
+       s_hash: 
+  - s_tag: REMOVE
+    s_commands:
+     - s_cmd: file:///bin/rm 
+`
+
+func main() {
+
+	var c SCORSHmsg
+
+	var conf SCORSHcfg
+
+	//log.Printf("%s\n", test_str)
+
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(msg_str), &c)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error: ", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range c.S_msg {
+		fmt.Printf("Record: \n")
+		fmt.Printf("  s_tag: %s\n", item.S_tag)
+		fmt.Printf("  s_args:\n")
+
+		for _, a := range item.S_args {
+			fmt.Printf("    %s\n", a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("----------------------------")
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(cfg_str), &conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error: ", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, cfg_item := range conf.S_cfg {
+		fmt.Printf("Config record:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  s_tag: %s\n", cfg_item.S_tag)
+		fmt.Printf("  s_commands:\n")
+
+		for _, c := range cfg_item.S_commands {
+			fmt.Printf("    s_cmd: %s\n", c.S_cmd)
+			fmt.Printf("    s_hash: %s\n", c.S_hash)
+			fmt.Println("    ---")
+		}
+		fmt.Println("-+-+-")
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/scorsh.go b/scorsh.go
index cf8e5f0..a5adbb8 100644
--- a/scorsh.go
+++ b/scorsh.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"flag"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ const (
 	SCORSH_ERR_SIGNATURE
 )
 
+type SCORSHconf struct {
+	spool string
+}
+
+
+
 type SCORSHmsg struct {
 	repo    string
 	branch  string
@@ -22,6 +29,10 @@ type SCORSHmsg struct {
 	new_rev string
 }
 
+var conf_file = flag.String("c", "./scorsh.cfg", "Configuration file for SCORSH")
+
+
+
 func SCORSHErr(err int) error {
 
 	var err_str string
@@ -45,6 +56,7 @@ func SCORSHErr(err int) error {
 
 }
 
+
 func SCORSHWorker(keyring string, c_msg chan SCORSHmsg, c_status chan int) {
 
 	// read the worker configuration file
@@ -78,4 +90,13 @@ func SCORSHWorker(keyring string, c_msg chan SCORSHmsg, c_status chan int) {
 
 	c_status <- ret
 
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	
+	
+	
 }
diff --git a/spooler.go b/spooler.go
index c0bc8a1..05dcf1a 100644
--- a/spooler.go
+++ b/spooler.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func parse_request(fname string) (SCORSHmsg, error) {
 	
 }
 
+
 func spooler(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, worker chan SCORSHmsg) {
 
 	for {
@@ -35,10 +36,8 @@ func spooler(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, worker chan SCORSHmsg) {
 		case err := <-watcher.Errors:
 			log.Println("error:", err)
 		}
+		
 	}
 }
 
 
-func main(){
-
-}