diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9d5bea7..5084339 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/moon/lib"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 var client = new(http.Client)
 
 func httpHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Println("from:", r.RemoteAddr)
 	b, err := httputil.DumpRequest(r, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("error dumping request: %s\n", err)
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ func httpHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	for k, v := range res.Header {
 		w.Header()[k] = v
 	}
+	if _, ok := w.Header()["Proxy-Connection"]; ok {
+		delete(w.Header(), "Proxy-Connection")
+	}
 	w.WriteHeader(res.StatusCode)
 
 	if _, err := io.Copy(w, res.Body); err != nil {
@@ -40,7 +46,30 @@ func httpHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func bail(status int, t string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if status == 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, t+"\n", args...)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, t+"\n", args...)
+	}
+	os.Exit(status)
+}
+
 func main() {
+	var configPath string
+	flag.StringVar(&configPath, "config", "./prox_config.moon", "path to configuration file")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	conf, err := moon.ReadFile(configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		bail(1, "unable to read config: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var addr string
+	if err := conf.Get("proxy_addr", &addr); err != nil {
+		bail(1, "error reading proxy_addr from config: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/", httpHandler)
-	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
+	http.ListenAndServe(addr, nil)
 }
diff --git a/prox_config.moon b/prox_config.moon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d8bbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prox_config.moon
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# address for web browsers to use in their proxy settings. Browsers send their
+# normal traffic to this port to be proxied.
+proxy_addr: ":8080"