diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52fc786..687c6aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e61f2b7f93d2c7d2b08263acaa4a363b3e276806c68af6134c44f523bf1aacd"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.18"
@@ -34,6 +49,21 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7a905d892734eea339e896738c14b9afce22b5318f64b951e70bf3844419b01"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -77,6 +107,12 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b700ce4376041dcd0a327fd0097c41095743c4c8af8887265942faf1100bd040"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e70cc2f62c6ce1868963827bd677764c62d07c3d9a3e1fb1177ee1a9ab199eb2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -161,6 +197,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-chain"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff511d5dc435d703f4971bc399647c9bc38e20cb41452e3b9feb4765419ed3f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fern"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -281,6 +326,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.10.2+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0a01e0497841a3b2db4f8afa483cce65f7e96a3498bd6c541734792aeac8fe7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -440,6 +491,19 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonpath"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8061db09019f1879ba586685694fe18279f597b1b3a9dd308f35e596be6cdf7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-chain",
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "serde 1.0.127",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -508,6 +572,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a92518e98c078586bc6c934028adcca4c92a53d6a958196de835170a01d84e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.7.13"
@@ -540,9 +614,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "fern",
  "glob",
+ "jsonpath",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "regex",
  "serde 1.0.127",
+ "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
@@ -625,6 +702,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c55827317fb4c08822499848a14237d2874d6f139828893017237e7ab93eb386"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -643,6 +729,23 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fce5d8b5cc33983fc74f78ad552b5522ab41442c4ca91606e4236eb4b5ceefc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca3294f437119209b084c797604295f40227cffa35c57220b1e99a6ff3bf8ee4"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "syn 0.11.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -659,8 +762,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e8fe8163d14ce7f0cdac2e040116f22eac817edabff0be91e8aff7e9accf389"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.74",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -687,7 +790,7 @@ version = "1.0.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c7ed8b8c7b886ea3ed7dde405212185f423ab44682667c8c6dd14aa1d9f6612"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -696,6 +799,12 @@ version = "1.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a6e920b65c65f10b2ae65c831a81a073a89edd28c7cce89475bff467ab4167a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -837,6 +946,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e52c148ef37f8c375d49d5a73aa70713125b7f19095948a923f80afdeb22ec2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dead70b0b5e03e9c814bcb6b01e03e68f7c57a80aa48c72ec92152ab3e818d49"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -889,8 +1004,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a024926d3432516606328597e0f224a51355a493b49fdd67e9209187cbe55ecc"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.74",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -960,6 +1075,17 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "0.11.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3b891b9015c88c576343b9b3e41c2c11a51c219ef067b264bd9c8aa9b441dad"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "synom",
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.74"
@@ -967,8 +1093,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1873d832550d4588c3dbc20f01361ab00bfe741048f71e3fecf145a7cc18b29c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-xid",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "synom"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a393066ed9010ebaed60b9eafa373d4b1baac186dd7e008555b0f702b51945b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1001,8 +1136,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "060d69a0afe7796bf42e9e2ff91f5ee691fb15c53d38b4b62a9a53eb23164745"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.74",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1056,8 +1191,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "54473be61f4ebe4efd09cec9bd5d16fa51d70ea0192213d754d2d500457db110"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.74",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1201,6 +1336,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c1f860d7d29cf02cb2f3f359fd35991af3d30bac52c57d265a3c461074cb4dc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 919706b..a8653b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ log = "0.4.14"
 colored = "2.0.0"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 fern = "0.6.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.66"
+jsonpath = "0.1.1"
+regex = "1.5.4"
 
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0.127"
diff --git a/src/action.rs b/src/action.rs
index af5935c..cbb72c8 100644
--- a/src/action.rs
+++ b/src/action.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
+use crate::command_template::CommandTemplate;
 use crate::error::MultihookResult;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::fs::read_to_string;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 
-pub enum HookAction {
-    Script(PathBuf),
-    Command(String),
+pub struct HookAction {
+    command: CommandTemplate,
 }
 
 impl HookAction {
-    pub async fn execute(&self, body: &str) -> MultihookResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            HookAction::Script(s) => Self::execute_script(s, body).await,
-            HookAction::Command(c) => Self::execute_command(c, body).await,
+    pub fn new<S: ToString>(command: S) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            command: CommandTemplate::new(command),
         }
     }
 
-    async fn execute_command(command: &str, body: &str) -> MultihookResult<()> {
+    pub async fn execute(&self, body: &str) -> MultihookResult<()> {
+        let json_body: Value = serde_json::from_str(body).unwrap_or_default();
+        let command = self.command.evaluate(&json_body);
+
         let output = Command::new("sh")
             .env("HOOK_BODY", body)
             .arg("-c")
@@ -32,28 +36,12 @@ impl HookAction {
 
         Ok(())
     }
-
-    async fn execute_script(script: &PathBuf, body: &str) -> MultihookResult<()> {
-        let output = Command::new(script).env("HOOK_BODY", body).output().await?;
-        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr[..]);
-        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout[..]);
-        log::debug!("Script output is: {}", stdout);
-
-        if stderr.len() > 0 {
-            log::error!("Errors occurred during script execution: {}", stderr);
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
 
 impl From<String> for HookAction {
     fn from(action: String) -> Self {
         let path = PathBuf::from(&action);
-        if Path::new(&path).exists() {
-            Self::Script(path)
-        } else {
-            Self::Command(action)
-        }
+        let contents = read_to_string(path).unwrap_or(action);
+        Self::new(contents)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/command_template.rs b/src/command_template.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f056c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/command_template.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use jsonpath::Selector;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use regex::{Match, Regex};
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+pub struct CommandTemplate {
+    src: String,
+    matches: Vec<(usize, usize)>,
+}
+
+impl CommandTemplate {
+    pub fn new<S: ToString>(command: S) -> Self {
+        lazy_static! {
+            static ref PLACEHOLDER_REGEX: Regex = Regex::new(r"\{\{(.*?)\}\}").unwrap();
+        }
+        let command = command.to_string();
+        let matches = PLACEHOLDER_REGEX
+            .find_iter(&command)
+            .map(|m: Match| (m.start(), m.end()))
+            .collect();
+        Self {
+            src: command,
+            matches,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn evaluate(&self, json: &Value) -> String {
+        let mut result_string = String::with_capacity(self.src.len());
+        let mut last_index = 0;
+
+        for (start, end) in &self.matches {
+            let before = &self.src[last_index..*start];
+            let query = &self.src[*start + 2..*end - 2];
+            result_string.push_str(before);
+            result_string.push_str(&evaluate_path(query, json).unwrap_or_default());
+
+            last_index = *end;
+        }
+        result_string.push_str(&self.src[last_index..]);
+
+        result_string
+    }
+}
+
+fn evaluate_path(query: &str, json: &Value) -> Option<String> {
+    let selector = Selector::new(query).ok()?;
+    let results = selector
+        .find(json)
+        .map(json_to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+    Some(results.join("\n"))
+}
+
+fn json_to_string(value: &Value) -> String {
+    match value {
+        Value::Null => String::with_capacity(0),
+        Value::Bool(b) => b.to_string(),
+        Value::Number(n) => n.to_string(),
+        Value::String(s) => s.to_owned(),
+        Value::Array(a) => a
+            .iter()
+            .map(|v| json_to_string(v))
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+            .join("\n"),
+        Value::Object(o) => o
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(k, v)| format!("{} = {}", k, json_to_string(v)))
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+            .join("\n"),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 76f4638..01b8878 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::logging::init_logger;
 use crate::server::HookServer;
 use crate::settings::get_settings;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 mod action;
+mod command_template;
 mod error;
 mod logging;
 mod server;
@@ -11,6 +13,12 @@ mod settings;
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     init_logger();
+    let data_dir = dirs::data_dir()
+        .map(|d| d.join("multihook"))
+        .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("."));
+    if !Path::new(&data_dir).exists() {
+        std::fs::create_dir(data_dir).expect("Failed to create data dir");
+    }
     let settings = get_settings();
     let mut server = HookServer::new();
     for (name, endpoint) in &settings.endpoints {
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 1adb01a..a258938 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ pub fn get_settings() -> &'static Settings {
 
 fn load_settings() -> MultihookResult<Settings> {
     let config_dir = dirs::config_dir()
-        .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from(".config"))
-        .join("multihook");
+        .map(|c| c.join("multihook"))
+        .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from(".config"));
     if !Path::new(&config_dir).exists() {
         fs::create_dir(&config_dir)?;
     }