diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a1c4a4..097fe10 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "handlebars_switch",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "merge-struct",
  "miette 5.10.0",
  "mlua",
  "pretty_env_logger",
@@ -2700,6 +2701,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "merge-struct"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d82012d21e24135b839b6b9bebd622b7ff0cb40071498bc2d066d3a6d04dd4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miette"
 version = "5.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3294984..7144797 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ handlebars = "5.0.0"
 handlebars_switch = "0.6.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
+merge-struct = "0.1.0"
 miette = { version = "5.10.0", features = ["serde", "fancy"] }
 mlua = { version = "0.9.6", features = ["serialize", "luau", "vendored"] }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index ca653fe..c78286a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fs, path::Path};
 
 use figment::{
     providers::{Env, Format, Serialized, Toml},
     Figment,
 };
 use miette::{Context, IntoDiagnostic, Result};
+use mlua::LuaSerdeExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use which::which;
 
+use crate::{scripting::create_lua, utils::Describe};
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct SiloConfig {
     /// Diff tool used to display file differences
@@ -39,12 +42,58 @@ fn detect_difftool() -> String {
 /// and the `repo.local.toml` config file
 /// and environment variables prefixed with `SILO_``
 pub fn read_config(repo: &Path) -> Result<SiloConfig> {
-    Figment::from(Serialized::defaults(SiloConfig::default()))
-        .merge(Toml::file(dirs::config_dir().unwrap().join("silo.toml")))
+    let conf_dir = dirs::config_dir().unwrap();
+    let default_config = conf_dir.join("silo.config.lua");
+    let old_config = conf_dir.join("silo.toml");
+
+    if !default_config.exists() {
+        let mut lines = vec![
+            "local silo = require 'silo'".to_owned(),
+            "local utils = require 'utils'".to_owned(),
+            "local config = silo.config".to_owned(),
+        ];
+        if old_config.exists() {
+            lines.push("".to_owned());
+            lines.push("-- merge with old toml config".to_owned());
+            lines.push(format!(
+                "config = utils.merge(config, utils.load_toml {old_config:?})"
+            ));
+        }
+        lines.push("-- Changes can be added to the `config` object".to_owned());
+        lines.push("".to_owned());
+        lines.push("return config".to_owned());
+
+        fs::write(&default_config, lines.join("\n")).describe("Writing default config")?
+    }
+
+    let mut builder = Figment::from(Serialized::defaults(SiloConfig::default()))
+        .merge(Toml::file(old_config))
         .merge(Toml::file(repo.join("repo.toml")))
-        .merge(Toml::file(repo.join("repo.local.toml")))
+        .merge(Toml::file(repo.join("repo.local.toml")));
+
+    let repo_defaults = repo.join("silo.config.lua");
+
+    if repo_defaults.exists() {
+        builder = builder.merge(Serialized::globals(read_lua_config(&repo_defaults)?))
+    }
+
+    builder
+        .merge(Serialized::globals(read_lua_config(&default_config)?))
         .merge(Env::prefixed("SILO_"))
         .extract()
         .into_diagnostic()
         .context("parsing config file")
 }
+
+fn read_lua_config(path: &Path) -> Result<SiloConfig> {
+    let lua = create_lua(&())?;
+    let result = lua
+        .load(path)
+        .eval()
+        .with_describe(|| format!("evaluating config script {path:?}"))?;
+    let cfg = lua
+        .from_value(result)
+        .describe("deserializing lua config value")?;
+
+    Ok(cfg)
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/mod.rs b/src/scripting/mod.rs
index e33628d..05e1151 100644
--- a/src/scripting/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scripting/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod log_module;
 mod require;
 pub mod silo_module;
+pub mod utils_module;
 
 use miette::Result;
 use mlua::{Lua, LuaSerdeExt};
diff --git a/src/scripting/require.rs b/src/scripting/require.rs
index 22017fe..6a605d9 100644
--- a/src/scripting/require.rs
+++ b/src/scripting/require.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use mlua::{Lua, Result, Table};
 
 use super::log_module::log_module;
 use super::silo_module::silo_module;
+use super::utils_module::utils_module;
 
 pub fn register_require(lua: &Lua) -> Result<()> {
     let globals = lua.globals();
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ fn lua_require(lua: &Lua, module: String) -> Result<Table<'_>> {
     match module.as_str() {
         "silo" => silo_module(lua),
         "log" => log_module(lua),
+        "utils" => utils_module(lua),
         _ => {
             let old_require: mlua::Function = lua.globals().get("old_require")?;
             old_require.call(module)
diff --git a/src/scripting/silo_module.rs b/src/scripting/silo_module.rs
index 75d8a95..c3be412 100644
--- a/src/scripting/silo_module.rs
+++ b/src/scripting/silo_module.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use mlua::{Lua, LuaSerdeExt, Result, Table};
 
-use crate::templating::ContextData;
+use crate::{config::SiloConfig, templating::ContextData};
 
 pub fn silo_module(lua: &Lua) -> Result<Table> {
     let silo_ctx = ContextData::default();
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub fn silo_module(lua: &Lua) -> Result<Table> {
     exports.set("flags", lua.to_value(&silo_ctx.flags)?)?;
     exports.set("system", lua.to_value(&silo_ctx.system)?)?;
     exports.set("usercfg", lua.globals().get::<_, mlua::Value>("silo_ctx")?)?;
+    exports.set("config", lua.to_value(&SiloConfig::default())?)?;
 
     Ok(exports)
 }
diff --git a/src/scripting/utils_module.rs b/src/scripting/utils_module.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c04a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/utils_module.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::fs;
+
+use mlua::{Lua, LuaSerdeExt, Result, Table};
+
+pub fn utils_module(lua: &Lua) -> Result<Table> {
+    let exports = lua.create_table()?;
+
+    exports.set("merge", lua.create_function(lua_merge)?)?;
+    exports.set("load_toml", lua.create_function(lua_read_toml)?)?;
+
+    Ok(exports)
+}
+
+fn lua_merge<'a>(lua: &'a Lua, (a, b): (mlua::Value, mlua::Value)) -> Result<mlua::Value<'a>> {
+    let val_a: serde_json::Value = lua.from_value(a)?;
+    let val_b: serde_json::Value = lua.from_value(b)?;
+    let merged = merge_struct::merge(&val_a, &val_b).map_err(mlua::Error::external)?;
+
+    lua.to_value(&merged)
+}
+
+fn lua_read_toml<'a>(lua: &'a Lua, path: String) -> Result<mlua::Value<'a>> {
+    let contents = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+    let toml_value: toml::Value = toml::from_str(&contents).map_err(mlua::Error::external)?;
+
+    lua.to_value(&toml_value)
+}