diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
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+Controller (master)
+
+Worker (minion)
+
+API
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+run-controller:
+	venv/bin/mypy --strict phasmplatform
+	venv/bin/pyflakes phasmplatform
+	venv/bin/pycodestyle phasmplatform
+# 	venv/bin/python
+
+init:
+	docker compose up -d
+
+redis-sh:
+	docker compose exec -it redis redis-cli
+
+setup:
+	python3.10 -m venv venv
+	venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
+	venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+
+update:
+	venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # phasm-platform
 
+## Steps
+```sh
+make setup
+make init
+make run-controller
+```
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diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
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+[controller.redis.write]
+host = 'localhost'
+port = 17859
+
+[controller.redis.read]
+host = 'localhost'
+port = 17859
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+services:
+  redis:
+    image: 'redis:7.0-alpine'
+    ports:
+      - '17859:6379'
diff --git a/phasmplatform/__init__.py b/phasmplatform/__init__.py
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diff --git a/phasmplatform/common/__init__.py b/phasmplatform/common/__init__.py
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diff --git a/phasmplatform/common/config.py b/phasmplatform/common/config.py
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+++ b/phasmplatform/common/config.py
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+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
+
+import redis
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+else:
+    try:
+        import tomllib
+    except ImportError:
+        import tomli as tomllib
+
+
+class ControllerConfig:
+    __slots__ = ('redis_read', 'redis_write', )
+
+    redis_read: 'redis.Redis[bytes]'  # Set decode_responses to False
+    redis_write: 'redis.Redis[bytes]'  # Set decode_responses to False
+
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            redis_read: 'redis.Redis[bytes]',
+            redis_write: 'redis.Redis[bytes]',
+    ) -> None:
+        self.redis_read = redis_read
+        self.redis_write = redis_write
+
+
+class Config:
+    __slots__ = ('controller_config', )
+
+    controller_config: ControllerConfig
+
+    def __init__(self, controller_config: ControllerConfig) -> None:
+        self.controller_config = controller_config
+
+
+def from_toml(toml: BinaryIO) -> Config:
+    """
+    Loads the given toml and builds a config instance out of it
+    """
+    toml_dict = tomllib.load(toml)
+
+    redis_read = redis.Redis(
+        host=toml_dict['redis_read_host'],
+        port=toml_dict['redis_read_port'],
+        decode_responses=False,
+    )
+
+    redis_write = redis.Redis(
+        host=toml_dict['redis_write_host'],
+        port=toml_dict['redis_write_port'],
+        decode_responses=False,
+    )
+
+    controller_config = ControllerConfig(redis_read, redis_write)
+
+    return Config(controller_config)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
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+mypy==1.2.0
+pycodestyle==2.10.0
+pyflakes==3.0.1
+types-redis==4.5.4.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+redis==4.5.4
+tomli==2.0.1 ; python_version < '3.11'