diff --git a/client/d4.c b/client/d4.c
index a467b73..fed46c1 100644
--- a/client/d4.c
+++ b/client/d4.c
@@ -3,17 +3,30 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "d4.h"
 //Returns -1 on error, 0 otherwise
 int d4_load_config(d4_t* d4)
 {
     int i;
+    int fd;
     char *buf;
     buf=calloc(1,2*FILENAME_MAX);
     if (buf) {
         for (i=0; i < ND4PARAMS; i++) {
             snprintf(buf,2*FILENAME_MAX, "%s/%s",d4->confdir, d4params[i]);
+            fd = open(buf,O_RDONLY);
+            if (fd) {
+                //FIXME error handling
+                read(fd, d4->conf[i], SZCONFVALUE);
+            } else {
+                d4->errno_copy = errno;
+            }
         }
     }
     return -1;