diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
index b2723c2..54e0b3e 100644
--- a/cli/main.go
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	cachet "github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor"
 	docopt "github.com/docopt/docopt-go"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 const usage = `cachet-monitor
@@ -162,25 +165,31 @@ func getConfiguration(path string) (*cachet.CachetMonitor, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err = json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".yaml") || strings.HasSuffix(path, ".yml") {
+		err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg)
+	} else {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Warnf("Unable to parse configuration file")
 	}
 
 	cfg.Monitors = make([]cachet.MonitorInterface, len(cfg.RawMonitors))
 	for index, rawMonitor := range cfg.RawMonitors {
 		var abstract cachet.AbstractMonitor
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(rawMonitor, &abstract); err != nil {
-			logrus.Errorf("Unable to unmarshal monitor (index: %d): %v", index, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
 		var t cachet.MonitorInterface
 		var err error
 
-		switch abstract.Type {
+		monType := ""
+		if t, ok := rawMonitor["type"].(string); ok {
+			monType = t
+		}
+
+		switch monType {
 		case "http", "":
 			var s cachet.HTTPMonitor
-			err = json.Unmarshal(rawMonitor, &s)
+			err = mapstructure.Decode(rawMonitor, &s)
 			t = &s
 		case "dns":
 			// t = cachet.DNSMonitor
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 0d4c161..9d92bac 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 package cachet
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"encoding/json"
-
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 type CachetMonitor struct {
-	SystemName  string            `json:"system_name"`
-	API         CachetAPI         `json:"api"`
-	RawMonitors []json.RawMessage `json:"monitors"`
+	SystemName  string                   `json:"system_name"`
+	API         CachetAPI                `json:"api"`
+	RawMonitors []map[string]interface{} `json:"monitors" yaml:"monitors"`
 
-	Monitors []MonitorInterface `json:"-"`
+	Monitors []MonitorInterface `json:"-" yaml:"-"`
 }
 
 // Validate configuration
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ func (cfg *CachetMonitor) Validate() bool {
 		cfg.SystemName = getHostname()
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println(cfg.API)
 	if len(cfg.API.Token) == 0 || len(cfg.API.URL) == 0 {
 		logrus.Warnf("API URL or API Token missing.\nGet help at https://github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor")
 		valid = false
@@ -39,8 +36,9 @@ func (cfg *CachetMonitor) Validate() bool {
 		valid = false
 	}
 
-	for _, monitor := range cfg.Monitors {
+	for index, monitor := range cfg.Monitors {
 		if errs := monitor.Validate(); len(errs) > 0 {
+			logrus.Warnf("Monitor validation errors (index %d): %v", index, "\n - "+strings.Join(errs, "\n - "))
 			valid = false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 6f06d3e..736b971 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -10,15 +10,33 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-type HTTPMonitor struct {
-	*AbstractMonitor
+// // Investigating template
+// var HTTPTemplate = MessageTemplate{
+// 	Subject: `{{ .Name }} - {{ .config.SystemName }}`,
+// 	Message: `{{ .Name }} check **failed** - {{ .now }}
 
-	Method             string            `json:"method"`
-	ExpectedStatusCode int               `json:"expected_status_code"`
-	Headers            map[string]string `json:"headers"`
+// {{ .lastFailReason }}`,
+// }
+
+// // Fixed template
+// var HTTPTemplate = MessageTemplate{
+// 	Subject: `{{ .Name }} - {{ .config.SystemName }}`,
+// 	Message: `**Resolved** - {{ .now }}
+
+// - - -
+
+// {{ .incident.Message }}`,
+// }
+
+type HTTPMonitor struct {
+	AbstractMonitor `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
+	Method             string
+	ExpectedStatusCode int `mapstructure:"expected_status_code"`
+	Headers            map[string]string
 
 	// compiled to Regexp
-	ExpectedBody string `json:"expected_body"`
+	ExpectedBody string `mapstructure:"expected_body"`
 	bodyRegexp   *regexp.Regexp
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +134,7 @@ func (monitor *HTTPMonitor) Validate() []string {
 	return errs
 }
 
-func (mon *HTTPMonitor) GetMonitor() *AbstractMonitor {
+func (mon *HTTPMonitor) GetMonitor() AbstractMonitor {
 	return mon.AbstractMonitor
 }
 
diff --git a/monitor.go b/monitor.go
index fd1fa94..663c013 100644
--- a/monitor.go
+++ b/monitor.go
@@ -15,34 +15,34 @@ const HistorySize = 10
 type MonitorInterface interface {
 	do() bool
 	Validate() []string
-	GetMonitor() *AbstractMonitor
+	GetMonitor() AbstractMonitor
 }
 
 // AbstractMonitor data model
 type AbstractMonitor struct {
-	Name   string `json:"name"`
-	Target string `json:"target"`
+	Name   string
+	Target string
 
 	// (default)http, tcp, dns, icmp
-	Type string `json:"type"`
+	Type string
 
 	// defaults true
-	Strict bool `json:"strict"`
+	Strict bool
 
-	Interval time.Duration `json:"interval"`
-	Timeout  time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	Interval time.Duration
+	Timeout  time.Duration
 
-	MetricID    int `json:"metric_id"`
-	ComponentID int `json:"component_id"`
+	MetricID    int `mapstructure:"metric_id"`
+	ComponentID int `mapstructure:"component_id"`
 
 	// Templating stuff
 	Template struct {
-		Investigating MessageTemplate `json:"investigating"`
-		Fixed         MessageTemplate `json:"fixed"`
-	} `json:"template"`
+		Investigating MessageTemplate
+		Fixed         MessageTemplate
+	}
 
 	// Threshold = percentage
-	Threshold float32 `json:"threshold"`
+	Threshold float32
 
 	history        []bool
 	lastFailReason string
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (mon *AbstractMonitor) do() bool {
 func (mon *AbstractMonitor) Validate() []string {
 	return []string{}
 }
-func (mon *AbstractMonitor) GetMonitor() *AbstractMonitor {
+func (mon AbstractMonitor) GetMonitor() AbstractMonitor {
 	return mon
 }