diff --git a/example_config.yaml b/example_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70cf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+# Configuration on how to open specific resources
+# Via the args it is possible to provide flags to the application
+# the arg $ will be replaced by the url of the resource
+#
+Application:
+  Image:
+    path: sxiv
+    args:
+      - $
+  Audio:
+    path: mpv
+    args:
+      - $
+  Video:
+    path: mpv
+    args:
+      - $
+  HTML:
+    path: qutebrowser
+    args:
+      - $
+
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8c05433..553e903 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.9.1
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f1322e4..12d993f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 h1:F1rxgk7p4uKjwIQxBs9oAXe5CqrXlCduYEJvrF4u93E
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
 github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 h1:BQqNyPTi50JCFMTw/b67hByjMVXZRwGha6wxVGkeihY=
 github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dn721qIggHpt4+EFCcTLTU/vk5ySda2ReITrtgBl60c=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a1a0b6c..16d5948 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
@@ -8,7 +9,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	p := tea.NewProgram(InitialModel(),
+
+	configFile := flag.String("config", "~/.config/nachrichten/config.yaml", "Path to configuration file")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	configuration := loadConfig(*configFile)
+
+	p := tea.NewProgram(InitialModel(configuration),
 		tea.WithAltScreen(),
 		// tea.WithMouseCellMotion(),
 	)
diff --git a/models.go b/models.go
index 57ff836..eedad96 100644
--- a/models.go
+++ b/models.go
@@ -49,3 +49,28 @@ type VideoURLs struct {
 	Medium string `json:"h264m"`
 	Big    string `json:"h264xl"`
 }
+
+type Configuration struct {
+	AppConfig ApplicationsConfig `yaml:"Application"`
+}
+
+type ApplicationsConfig struct {
+	Image ApplicationConfig `yaml:"Image,omitempty"`
+	Audio ApplicationConfig `yaml:"Audio,omitempty"`
+	Video ApplicationConfig `yaml:"Video,omitempty"`
+	HTML  ApplicationConfig `yaml:"HTML,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type ApplicationConfig struct {
+	Path string   `yaml:"path"`
+	Args []string `yaml:"args"`
+}
+
+type ResourceType int
+
+const (
+	TypeImage ResourceType = iota
+	TypeAudio
+	TypeVideo
+	TypeHTML
+)
diff --git a/tui.go b/tui.go
index d35c800..5fd2208 100644
--- a/tui.go
+++ b/tui.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func (k keymap) FullHelp() [][]key.Binding {
 }
 
 type Model struct {
+	configuration      Configuration
 	news               News
 	keymap             keymap
 	style              Style
@@ -129,8 +130,9 @@ func NewHelper(s Style) help.Model {
 	return h
 }
 
-func InitialModel() Model {
+func InitialModel(c Configuration) Model {
 	m := Model{
+		configuration: c,
 		keymap: keymap{
 			quit: key.NewBinding(
 				key.WithKeys("q", "esc", "ctrl+c"),
@@ -253,13 +255,13 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			m.activeListIndex = (len(m.lists) + m.activeListIndex - 1) % len(m.lists)
 		case key.Matches(msg, m.keymap.open):
 			article := m.SelectedArticle()
-			_ = open_url(article.URL)
+			_ = openUrl(TypeHTML, m.configuration, article.URL)
 		case key.Matches(msg, m.keymap.video):
 			article := m.SelectedArticle()
-			_ = open_url(article.Video.VideoURLs.Big)
+			_ = openUrl(TypeVideo, m.configuration, article.Video.VideoURLs.Big)
 		case key.Matches(msg, m.keymap.shortNews):
 			url, _ := getShortNewsURL()
-			_ = open_url(url)
+			_ = openUrl(TypeVideo, m.configuration, url)
 		}
 	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
 		m.updateSizes(msg.Width, msg.Height)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 58e2f59..e890681 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -8,9 +10,41 @@ import (
 	md "github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/glamour"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-func open_url(url string) error {
+func openUrl(t ResourceType, c Configuration, url string) error {
+	var appConfig ApplicationConfig
+
+	switch t {
+	case TypeImage:
+		appConfig = c.AppConfig.Image
+	case TypeAudio:
+		appConfig = c.AppConfig.Audio
+	case TypeVideo:
+		appConfig = c.AppConfig.Video
+	case TypeHTML:
+		appConfig = c.AppConfig.HTML
+	default:
+		return defaultOpenUrl(url)
+	}
+
+	cConfig := appConfig
+	cConfig.Args = append([]string(nil), appConfig.Args...)
+
+	if cConfig.Path == "" || len(cConfig.Args) == 0 {
+		return defaultOpenUrl(url)
+	}
+
+	for i, arg := range cConfig.Args {
+		if arg == "$" {
+			cConfig.Args[i] = url
+		}
+	}
+	return exec.Command(cConfig.Path, cConfig.Args...).Start()
+}
+
+func defaultOpenUrl(url string) error {
 	var cmd string
 	var args []string
 
@@ -27,6 +61,22 @@ func open_url(url string) error {
 	return exec.Command(cmd, args...).Start()
 }
 
+func loadConfig(path string) Configuration {
+	var config Configuration
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return config
+	}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	return config
+}
+
 func ContentToText(content []Content, width int) string {
 	converter := md.NewConverter("", true, nil)
 	renderer, _ := glamour.NewTermRenderer(