diff --git a/pkg/command/root.go b/pkg/command/root.go
index 66369097c8..2f01eb2887 100644
--- a/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/micro/cli/v2"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-hello/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/log"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	// init store manager
 	_ "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/store"
@@ -42,3 +45,57 @@ func Execute() error {
 
 	return app.Run(os.Args)
 }
+
+// NewLogger initializes a service-specific logger instance.
+func NewLogger(cfg *config.Config) log.Logger {
+	return log.NewLogger(
+		log.Name("phoenix"),
+		log.Level("info"),
+		log.Pretty(true),
+		log.Color(true),
+	)
+}
+
+// ParseConfig loads proxy configuration from Viper known paths.
+func ParseConfig(c *cli.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
+	// ParseConfig loads proxy configuration from Viper known paths.
+	logger := NewLogger(cfg)
+
+	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("OCIS_ACCOUNTS")
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()
+
+	if c.IsSet("config-file") {
+		viper.SetConfigFile(c.String("config-file"))
+	} else {
+		viper.SetConfigName("accounts")
+
+		viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/ocis")
+		viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.ocis")
+		viper.AddConfigPath("./config")
+	}
+
+	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError:
+			logger.Info().
+				Msg("Continue without config")
+		case viper.UnsupportedConfigError:
+			logger.Fatal().
+				Err(err).
+				Msg("Unsupported config type")
+		default:
+			logger.Fatal().
+				Err(err).
+				Msg("Failed to read config")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := viper.Unmarshal(&cfg); err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal().
+			Err(err).
+			Msg("Failed to parse config")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}