diff --git a/NOCQ.userprefs b/NOCQ.userprefs
index 02029e3..8b8d573 100644
--- a/NOCQ.userprefs
+++ b/NOCQ.userprefs
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 <Properties>
   <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workspace ActiveConfiguration="Debug" />
-  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench ActiveDocument="src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs">
+  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench ActiveDocument="src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs">
     <Files>
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/EmailSettings.cs" Line="15" Column="22" />
+      <File FileName="src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs" Line="3" Column="21" />
+      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Settings/SettingsFIle.cs" Line="15" Column="3" />
+      <File FileName="src/NOCQ.Application/settings.json" Line="10" Column="2" />
       <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs" Line="98" Column="5" />
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs" Line="14" Column="2" />
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ParseRule.cs" Line="5" Column="24" />
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/IEmailSetting.cs" Line="14" Column="15" />
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Model/Alert.cs" Line="1" Column="1" />
-      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/DB/RedisDataase.cs" Line="1" Column="1" />
+      <File FileName="src/NOCQ/Settings/RedisSettings.cs" Line="7" Column="3" />
     </Files>
     <Pads>
       <Pad Id="ProjectPad">
         <State expanded="True">
-          <Node name="NOCQ" expanded="True" selected="True" />
-          <Node name="NOCQ.Application" expanded="True">
+          <Node name="NOCQ" expanded="True">
+            <Node name="Plugins" expanded="True">
+              <Node name="Email" expanded="True" />
+            </Node>
+            <Node name="Settings" expanded="True" />
+          </Node>
+          <Node name="NOCQ.Application" expanded="True" selected="True">
             <Node name="References" expanded="True" />
           </Node>
         </State>
diff --git a/src/NOCQ.Application/NOCQ.Application.csproj b/src/NOCQ.Application/NOCQ.Application.csproj
index f48de79..ee2f7fe 100644
--- a/src/NOCQ.Application/NOCQ.Application.csproj
+++ b/src/NOCQ.Application/NOCQ.Application.csproj
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
@@ -44,4 +45,9 @@
       <Name>NOCQ</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="settings.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs b/src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs
index 2b53dba..6b8dbdd 100644
--- a/src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NOCQ.Application/Program.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
 using System.Dynamic;
+using NOCQ.Settings;
 using NOCQ.Plugins.Email;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace NOCQ.Application
 {
@@ -9,33 +11,19 @@ namespace NOCQ.Application
 	{
 		public static void Main (string[] args)
 		{
-			var settings = new EmailSettings ();
-			settings.Host = "imap.gmail.com";
-			settings.IsSsl = true;
-			settings.Frequency = 20;
-			settings.Username = "gwyrox@gmail.com";
+			// Parse the settings file
+			var json = System.IO.File.ReadAllText ("settings.json");
+			var settings = SettingsParser.Parse (json);
 
+			// Load the settings for the email plugin
+			var email = settings.InputPlugins.Single (x => x.Name == "Email");
+			var emailSettings = email.Settings;
 
-			Console.WriteLine ("Password: ");
-			settings.Password = Console.ReadLine ();
-			settings.Port = 993;
-			settings.Folder = "INBOX";
+			//.Create and start an email plugin instance
+			var emailPlugin = new ImapInput(emailSettings);
+			emailPlugin.Execute(null,null);
 
-			var rule = new ParseRule ();
-			rule.Name = "Nagios";
-			rule.Enabled = true;
-			rule.From = "gwyrox@gmail.com";
-			rule.Source = "Nagios";
-			rule.System = "(?<=Host: ).*";
-			rule.Service = "(?<=Service: ).*";
-			rule.Data = "(?<=Additional Info:[\\n]*).*";
-			rule.Severity = "P3";
-			rule.Runbook = "http://google.com";
-
-			settings.ParseRules = new List<ParseRule> { rule };
-
-			var email = new ImapInput (settings);
-			email.Execute (null,null);
+			Console.ReadKey ();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/NOCQ/NOCQ.csproj b/src/NOCQ/NOCQ.csproj
index 9663b03..75b1b6a 100644
--- a/src/NOCQ/NOCQ.csproj
+++ b/src/NOCQ/NOCQ.csproj
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
-      <Package>monodevelop</Package>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
     <Compile Include="Plugins\Email\IEmailSetting.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\Alert.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DB\RedisQueues.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings\SettingsFIle.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings\RedisSettings.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings\SettingsParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings\PluginSettings.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -85,5 +89,6 @@
     <Folder Include="Plugins\" />
     <Folder Include="Plugins\Email\" />
     <Folder Include="Model\" />
+    <Folder Include="Settings\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs b/src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs
index 70f5344..bc4a43d 100644
--- a/src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs
+++ b/src/NOCQ/Plugins/Email/ImapInput.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using AE.Net.Mail;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace NOCQ.Plugins.Email
 {
@@ -22,25 +23,49 @@ namespace NOCQ.Plugins.Email
 
 		public ImapInput (dynamic settings)
 		{
-			var sets = settings as EmailSettings;
-
-			if (sets.GetType().GetProperty("Username") == null
-                || sets.GetType().GetProperty("Password") == null
-                || sets.GetType().GetProperty("Host") == null
-                || sets.GetType().GetProperty("Folder") == null)
+			// Load settings from the dynamic object
+			// TODO get it to be a EmailSettings now
+			if (settings["Username"] == null
+                || settings["Password"] == null
+                || settings["Host"] == null
+                || settings["Folder"] == null)
 				throw new ArgumentException ("You are missing a required setting.");
 
-			if (sets.ParseRules != null) {
-				parseRules = sets.ParseRules.Where (x => x.Enabled).ToList ();
+			if (settings["ParseRules"] != null) {
+				var rules = new List<ParseRule> ();
+				foreach (JObject rule in settings["ParseRules"]) {
+
+				//var r = rule.Children().Value<ParseRule>();
+
+					var r = new ParseRule () {
+						Name = rule["Name"].ToString(),
+						From = rule["From"].ToString(),
+						Enabled = rule["Enabled"].ToString().Equals("true") ? true:false,
+						Source = rule["Source"].ToString(),
+						System = rule["System"].ToString(),
+						Service = rule["Service"].ToString(),
+						Severity = rule["Severity"].ToString(),
+						Data = rule["Data"].ToString()
+					};
+
+					if (r.Enabled)
+						rules.Add (r);
+				}
+
+				//var rules = settings ["ParseRules"] as List<ParseRule>;
+
+				parseRules = (IEnumerable<ParseRule>)rules.Where (x => x.Enabled).ToList ();
 			}
 
-			loginName = sets.Username;
-			password = sets.Password;
-			server = sets.Host;
-			folderPath = sets.Folder;
-			port = sets.Port;
+			loginName = settings["Username"];
+			password = settings["Password"];
+			server = settings["Host"];
+			folderPath = settings["Folder"];
+			port = settings["Port"];
+			var period = (string) settings ["Frequency"];
 
-			timer = new Timer (sets.Frequency);
+			// Set up the timer
+			timer = new Timer (Double.Parse(period));
 			timer.Elapsed += Execute;
 		}
 
@@ -49,23 +74,25 @@ namespace NOCQ.Plugins.Email
 			var alerts = new List<Alert> ();
 
 			using(var imap = new ImapClient(server, loginName, password, ImapClient.AuthMethods.Login, 993, true)) {
+				// Find all undeleted messages from today
+				// TODO We probably want to check either all and delete or since last run
 				var msgs = imap.SearchMessages(
 					SearchCondition.Undeleted().And( 
-				                                SearchCondition.SentSince(new DateTime(2014, 5, 7))
-				                                ));
+                        SearchCondition.SentSince(new DateTime(2014, 5, 7))
+                ));
 
 				foreach (var msg in msgs) 
 				{
 					var realMsg = msg.Value;
 
+					// Figure out if any enabled parse rules apply
 					var rule = parseRules.Where (x => x.From.Equals (realMsg.From.Address, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
-					//"fuc".Com
 					if (rule.Any ()) 
 					{
 						var thisRule = rule.First ();
 
+						// Email + ParseRule = Alert
 						var source = thisRule.Source;
-
 						var sysRegex = new Regex(thisRule.System);
 						var servRegex = new Regex(thisRule.Service);
 
@@ -90,17 +117,25 @@ namespace NOCQ.Plugins.Email
 			return alerts;
 		}
 
+		// Gather alerts from recent emails and throw them at redis
 		public void Execute(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs args)
 		{
 			var alerts = getAlerts ();
+
+			foreach (var alert in alerts) {
+				RedisDataase.SaveAlert (alert, "output");
+			}
 		}
 
+		// Start the timer
 		public void Run()
 		{
 			Console.WriteLine ("Start");
+			timer.Enabled = true;
 			timer.Start ();
 		}
 
+		// Stop the timer
 		public void Stop()
 		{
 			Console.WriteLine ("Stop");