diff --git a/variable_grabbler.cfg b/variable_grabbler.cfg
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/variable_grabbler.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/variable_grabbler.py b/variable_grabbler.py
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+++ b/variable_grabbler.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+
+print """
+Variable Grabbler - version 1.0
+-------------------------------"""
+
+# definitions
+
+
+print "Opening config file..."
+config = open("variable_grabbler.conf","r")
+
+print next_variable(config)
+
+config.close()