diff --git a/src/api/Cargo.toml b/src/api/Cargo.toml
index 5a6f3d0..69a38db 100644
--- a/src/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 serde = "1.0.197"
+clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
 tonic = "0.9"
 prost = "0.11"
 shared_models = { path="../shared-models" }
+serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
+tracing = "0.1.40"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = "0.9"
\ No newline at end of file
+tonic-build = "0.9"
diff --git a/src/api/config/config.template.yaml b/src/api/config/config.template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a4f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/config/config.template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bind_port: 3000
+bind_ip: "127.0.0.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api/src/args.rs b/src/api/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..688f884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct ApiArgs {
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub config_path: Option<PathBuf>
+}
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diff --git a/src/api/src/config.rs b/src/api/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d596004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use shared_models::YamlApiConfigFile;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+pub fn load_config(config_path: &PathBuf) -> io::Result<YamlApiConfigFile> {
+    let mut file = File::open(config_path)?;
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+    let config_result = serde_yaml::from_str(&contents);
+    if let Err(e) = config_result {
+        return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e));
+    }
+    return Ok(config_result.unwrap());
+}
diff --git a/src/api/src/lib.rs b/src/api/src/lib.rs
index 24f4aba..bb6477a 100644
--- a/src/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 pub mod client;
 pub mod services;
+pub mod config;
+pub mod args;
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diff --git a/src/api/src/main.rs b/src/api/src/main.rs
index 2de501b..bd09e74 100644
--- a/src/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/api/src/main.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
 use api::services::{run, shutdown};
+use api::args::ApiArgs;
+use api::config::load_config;
+use clap::Parser;
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let port = 3000;
+    let args = ApiArgs::parse();
+    let mut port = 3000;
+    let mut bind_ip = "127.0.0.1".to_string();
 
+    if let Some(config_path) = args.config_path.as_deref() {
+        let load_result = load_config(&config_path.to_path_buf());
+        if let Err(e) = load_result {
+            eprintln!("Failed to load configuration file, using default configuration: \n\t{e}")
+        }else if let Ok(config) = load_result {
+            port = config.bind_port;
+            bind_ip = config.bind_ip;
+        }
+    }
+    
     println!("Starting server on port:  {}", port);
     HttpServer::new(|| App::new().service(run).service(shutdown))
-        .bind(("127.0.0.1", port))?
+        .bind((bind_ip, port))?
         .run()
         .await
 }
diff --git a/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs b/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
index cfa7582..401b3b4 100644
--- a/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ pub struct YamlClientConfigFile {
     pub log_level: LogLevel,
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct YamlApiConfigFile {
+    pub bind_ip: String,
+    pub bind_port: u16,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct CloudletDtoRequest {
     pub language: Language,