diff --git a/lokrez/__init__.py b/lokrez/__init__.py
index 78351d2..32c6057 100644
--- a/lokrez/__init__.py
+++ b/lokrez/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import configparser
 import datetime
 import html
 import logging
@@ -120,10 +121,6 @@ def main():
     if args.rootdir is None:
         args.rootdir = "." # TODO compute script root?
 
-    # Default outfile is 'tournament-slug.svg'
-    if args.outfile is None:
-        args.outfile = "{}.svg".format(tournament.slug)
-
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     if args.command not in [ "top8" ]:
         parser.print_help()
@@ -132,13 +129,55 @@ def main():
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     if args.command == "top8":
 
-        try:
-            with open(args.lkrz_file, "r") as f:
-                # TODO parse config file to fill tournament & top_players
-                log.error("config file loading is not implemened yet")
-                raise NotImplementedError
+        tournament = None
+        top_players = {}
+
+        try:
+            lkrz = configparser.ConfigParser()
+            lkrz.read(args.lkrz_file)
+
+            log.info("Loading data from '{}'".format(args.lkrz_file))
+
+            for s in lkrz:
+                section = lkrz[s]
+                if s == "Tournament":
+                    tournament = smashgg.Tournament(
+                            id = 0,
+                            name = section["name"],
+                            slug = section["slug"],
+                            startAt = datetime.datetime.strptime(
+                                section["date"],
+                                "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+                                ),
+                            numEntrants = int(section["numEntrants"]),
+                            venueName = section["location"],
+                            )
+
+                elif s.startswith("player "):
+                    chars = {}
+                    for char in section["characters"].split(","):
+                        c = char.strip()
+                        charname = c.split("_")[0]
+                        charskin = c.split("_")[1].split(" ")[0]
+                        charscore = float(c.split("(")[1].split(")")[0])
+
+                        chars[(charname,charskin)] = charscore
+
+                    player = smashgg.Player(
+                            id = 0,
+                            prefix = section["team"],
+                            gamerTag = section["tag"],
+                            placement = section["placement"],
+                            seeding = section["seeding"],
+                            chars = chars,
+                            )
+
+                    top_players[player.gamerTag] = player
+
+        except Exception as e:
+
+            log.warning(e)
 
-        except:
             # Get infos from smash.gg and write the config file
             tournament, top_players = getTournamentTop(
                     id_or_slug = args.tournament,
@@ -166,6 +205,10 @@ def main():
             with open(args.lkrz_file, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
                 f.write(lkrz_data)
 
+        # Default outfile is 'tournament-slug.svg'
+        if args.outfile is None:
+            args.outfile = "{}.svg".format(tournament.slug)
+
         # Build the context which will be passed to the template
         context = {
                 "tournament": tournament,