diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b64..cae31ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.pyc
+config.yaml
diff --git a/application.py b/application.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d84bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import core # Nexus core
+import argparse, sys
+import logging
+
+def run(args):
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Nexus daemon")
+	parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", dest="config_file", metavar="PATH", help="specifies the configuration file to use", default="config.yaml")
+	parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug_mode", action="store_true", help="enables debugging mode", default=False)
+	arguments = parser.parse_args(args)
+	
+	if arguments.debug_mode == True:
+		logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+	else:
+		logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+	
+	logging.info("Application started")
+	
+	try:
+		config = core.config.ConfigurationReader(arguments.config_file)
+	except IOError, e:
+		sys.stderr.write("Failed to read configuration file (%s).\nCreate a configuration file that Nexus can access, or specify a different location using the -c switch.\n" % e.strerror)
+		exit(1)
+		
+	logging.info("Read configuration file at %s" % arguments.config_file)
+	
+	# Connect to node database
+	database = core.db.Database(config.database)
+	database.setup()
+	node_table = database.get_memory_table("nodes")
+	
+	logging.info("Connected to database at %s" % config.database)
+	
+	# Read bootstrap/override node data
+	for uuid, node in config.nodes.iteritems():
+		existing_rows = [dbnode for rowid, dbnode in node_table.data.iteritems() if dbnode['uuid'] == uuid]
+		
+		if node['override'] == True:
+			row = existing_rows[0]
+			row['uuid'] = uuid
+			row['host'] = node['host']
+			row['port'] = node['port']
+			row['pubkey'] = node['pubkey']
+			row['presupplied'] = 1
+			row['attributes'] = 0
+			row.commit()
+			logging.info("Updated data in database for node using configuration file (%s:%s, %s)" % (node['host'], node['port'], uuid))
+		else:
+			if len(existing_rows) == 0:
+				row = core.db.Row()
+				row['uuid'] = uuid
+				row['host'] = node['host']
+				row['port'] = node['port']
+				row['pubkey'] = node['pubkey']
+				row['presupplied'] = 1
+				row['attributes'] = 0
+				database['nodes'].append(row)
+				logging.info("Learned about new node from configuration file, inserted into database (%s:%s, %s)" % (node['host'], node['port'], uuid))
+			else:
+				pass # Already exists and no override flag set, ignore
+	
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	run(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 8b13789..5447cb1 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-
+import config, db, util
diff --git a/core/config.py b/core/config.py
index 776ab35..c94dd25 100644
--- a/core/config.py
+++ b/core/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import yaml, glob, os
-import logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+import yaml, glob, os, logging
 
 from util import dict_combine_recursive
 
@@ -52,6 +50,13 @@ class ConfigurationReader(object):
 			logging.debug("Own privkey is %s" % self.privkey)
 		except KeyError, e:
 			raise ConfigurationError("You must specify a private key for this node.")
+			
+		try:
+			self.database = configdata['self']['database']
+		except KeyError, e:
+			self.database = "node.db"
+			
+		logging.debug("Database location is %s" % self.database)
 		
 	def config_nodes(self, configdata):
 		try:
@@ -60,16 +65,18 @@ class ConfigurationReader(object):
 			self.nodes = {} # Optional
 		
 		for uuid, node in self.nodes.iteritems():
-			if "ip" not in node:
-				raise ConfigurationError("IP is missing for node %s." % uuid)
+			if "host" not in node:
+				raise ConfigurationError("Hostname is missing for node %s." % uuid)
 			if "port" not in node:
 				raise ConfigurationError("Port is missing for node %s." % uuid)
 			if "pubkey" not in node:
 				raise ConfigurationError("Public key is missing for node %s." % uuid)
 			if "permissions" not in node:
 				node['permissions'] = [] # Optional
+			if "override" not in node:
+				node['override'] = False
 				
-			logging.debug("Node %s : IP %s, port %s, pubkey %s, permissions %s" % (uuid, node["ip"], node["port"], node["pubkey"], "|".join(node["permissions"])))
+			logging.debug("Node %s : Hostname %s, port %s, pubkey %s, permissions %s" % (uuid, node["host"], node["port"], node["pubkey"], "|".join(node["permissions"])))
 			
 	def config_package_settings(self, configdata):
 		try:
diff --git a/core/db.py b/core/db.py
index 53272e5..1947eac 100644
--- a/core/db.py
+++ b/core/db.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class MemoryTable(Table):
 		self._retrieve_data()
 		
 	def _retrieve_data(self):
-		result = database.query("SELECT * FROM %s" % self.table)  # Not SQLi-safe!
+		result = self.db.query("SELECT * FROM %s" % self.table)  # Not SQLi-safe!
 		self._set_column_names([x[0] for x in result.description])
 		
 		for row in result:
diff --git a/nexus-cli.py b/nexus-cli.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e59ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nexus-cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+import sys
+
+def usage():
+	print "Specify a valid action.\nPossible actions: start, stop, add-node, reload-config, reload-packages"
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	usage()
+	exit(1)
+
+if sys.argv[1] == "start":
+	import application
+	application.run(sys.argv[2:])
+elif sys.argv[1] == "stop":
+	pass
+else:
+	usage()
+	exit(1)
+
+
+"""
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Nexus control application")
+
+config = core.config.ConfigReader("")
+"""