diff --git a/apps/launcher/main.cpp b/apps/launcher/main.cpp
index 7c4cb5f7e..3fef62bc6 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QAbstractButton>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QFileDialog>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QFile>
 
+#include <QDebug>
+
+#include <components/files/configurationmanager.hpp>
+
 #include "maindialog.hpp"
+#include "settings/gamesettings.hpp"
+#include "settings/graphicssettings.hpp"
+
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -30,14 +44,136 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     QDir::setCurrent(dir.absolutePath());
 
-    MainDialog mainWin;
+    // Create setting file handlers
+
+    Files::ConfigurationManager cfgMgr;
+    QString userPath = QString::fromStdString(cfgMgr.getUserPath().string());
+    QString globalPath = QString::fromStdString(cfgMgr.getGlobalPath().string());
+
+    GameSettings gameSettings(cfgMgr);
+    GraphicsSettings graphicsSettings;
+
+    QStringList paths;
+    paths.append(userPath + QString("openmw.cfg"));
+    paths.append(QString("openmw.cfg"));
+    paths.append(globalPath + QString("openmw.cfg"));
+
+    foreach (const QString &path, paths) {
+        qDebug() << "Loading: " << path;
+        QFile file(path);
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+                QMessageBox msgBox;
+                msgBox.setWindowTitle("Error opening OpenMW configuration file");
+                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+                msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                                  Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                                  and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
+                msgBox.exec();
+                return 0;
+            }
+            QTextStream stream(&file);
+            stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
+
+            gameSettings.readFile(stream);
+        }
+        file.close();
+    }
+
+    if (gameSettings.getDataDirs().isEmpty())
+    {
+        QMessageBox msgBox;
+        msgBox.setWindowTitle("Error detecting Morrowind installation");
+        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
+        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Cancel);
+        msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not find the Data Files location</b><br><br> \
+                          The directory containing the data files was not found.<br><br> \
+                          Press \"Browse...\" to specify the location manually.<br>"));
+
+        QAbstractButton *dirSelectButton =
+                msgBox.addButton(QObject::tr("B&rowse..."), QMessageBox::ActionRole);
+
+        msgBox.exec();
+
+        QString selectedFile;
+        if (msgBox.clickedButton() == dirSelectButton) {
+            selectedFile = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
+                        NULL,
+                        QObject::tr("Select master file"),
+                        QDir::currentPath(),
+                        QString("Morrowind master file (*.esm)"));
+        }
+
+        if (selectedFile.isEmpty())
+            return 0; // Cancel was clicked;
 
-    if (mainWin.setup()) {
+        qDebug() << selectedFile;
+        QFileInfo info(selectedFile);
 
-        mainWin.show();
-        return app.exec();
+        // Add the new dir to the settings file and to the data dir container
+        gameSettings.setValue(QString("data"), info.absolutePath());
+        gameSettings.addDataDir(info.absolutePath());
+
+    }
+
+    // On to the graphics settings
+    qDebug() << userPath;
+
+    QFile localDefault(QString("settings-default.cfg"));
+    QFile globalDefault(globalPath + QString("settings-default.cfg"));
+
+    if (!localDefault.exists() && !globalDefault.exists()) {
+        QMessageBox msgBox;
+        msgBox.setWindowTitle("Error reading OpenMW configuration file");
+        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+        msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not find settings-default.cfg</b><br><br> \
+                          The problem may be due to an incomplete installation of OpenMW.<br> \
+                          Reinstalling OpenMW may resolve the problem."));
+        msgBox.exec();
+        return 0;
     }
 
+    paths.clear();
+    paths.append(globalPath + QString("settings-default.cfg"));
+    paths.append(QString("settings-default.cfg"));
+
+    paths.append(userPath + QString("settings.cfg"));
+    paths.append(QString("settings.cfg"));
+
+    foreach (const QString &path, paths) {
+        qDebug() << "Loading: " << path;
+        QFile file(path);
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+                QMessageBox msgBox;
+                msgBox.setWindowTitle("Error opening OpenMW configuration file");
+                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+                msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                                  Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                                  and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
+                msgBox.exec();
+                return 0;
+            }
+            QTextStream stream(&file);
+            stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
+
+            graphicsSettings.readFile(stream);
+        }
+        file.close();
+    }
+
+
+    MainDialog mainWin;
+    mainWin.setup();
+
+    mainWin.show();
+    QCoreApplication::processEvents();
+    return app.exec();
+
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.cpp b/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.cpp
index 32f03ddbe..2420c1e6c 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QMap>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
+#include <components/files/configurationmanager.hpp>
+
 #include "gamesettings.hpp"
 
-GameSettings::GameSettings()
+GameSettings::GameSettings(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg)
+    : mCfgMgr(cfg)
 {
 }
 
@@ -15,11 +19,124 @@ GameSettings::~GameSettings()
 {
 }
 
-bool GameSettings::writeFile(QTextStream &stream)
+void GameSettings::validatePaths()
 {
-    QMap<QString, QString> settings = SettingsBase::getSettings();
+    qDebug() << "validate paths!";
+
+    if (mSettings.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    QStringList paths = mSettings.values(QString("data"));
+    Files::PathContainer dataDirs;
+
+    foreach (const QString &path, paths) {
+        dataDirs.push_back(Files::PathContainer::value_type(path.toStdString()));
+    }
+
+    // Parse the data dirs to convert the tokenized paths
+    mCfgMgr.processPaths(dataDirs);
+
+//    // Replace the existing data paths with valid untokenized ones
+//    mSettings.remove(QString("data"));
+    mDataDirs.clear();
+
+    for (Files::PathContainer::iterator it = dataDirs.begin(); it != dataDirs.end(); ++it) {
+        QString path = QString::fromStdString(it->string());
+        path.remove(QChar('\"'));
+
+        QDir dir(path);
+        if (dir.exists())
+            mDataDirs.append(path);
+    }
+
+    // Do the same for data-local
+    QString local = mSettings.value(QString("data-local"));
 
-    QMapIterator<QString, QString> i(settings);
+    if (local.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    dataDirs.clear();
+    dataDirs.push_back(Files::PathContainer::value_type(local.toStdString()));
+
+    mCfgMgr.processPaths(dataDirs);
+//    mSettings.remove(QString("data-local"));
+
+    if (!dataDirs.empty()) {
+        QString path = QString::fromStdString(dataDirs.front().string());
+        path.remove(QChar('\"'));
+
+        QDir dir(path);
+        if (dir.exists())
+            mDataLocal = path;
+    }
+    qDebug() << mSettings;
+
+
+}
+
+QStringList GameSettings::values(const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues)
+{
+    if (!mSettings.values(key).isEmpty())
+        return mSettings.values(key);
+    return defaultValues;
+}
+
+bool GameSettings::readFile(QTextStream &stream)
+{
+    QMap<QString, QString> cache;
+    QRegExp keyRe("^([^=]+)\\s*=\\s*(.+)$");
+
+    while (!stream.atEnd()) {
+        QString line = stream.readLine().simplified();
+
+        if (line.isEmpty() || line.startsWith("#"))
+            continue;
+
+        qDebug() << "line: " << line;
+        if (keyRe.indexIn(line) != -1) {
+
+            QString key = keyRe.cap(1).simplified();
+            QString value = keyRe.cap(2).simplified();
+
+            qDebug() << "key: " << key;
+            // There can be multiple data keys
+            if (key == QLatin1String("data")) {
+                cache.insertMulti(key, value);
+            } else {
+                cache.insert(key, value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (mSettings.isEmpty()) {
+        mSettings = cache; // This is the first time we read a file
+        validatePaths();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Replace values from previous settings
+    QMapIterator<QString, QString> i(cache);
+    while (i.hasNext()) {
+        i.next();
+
+        // Don't remove existing data entries
+        if (i.key() == QLatin1String("data"))
+            continue;
+
+        if (mSettings.contains(i.key()))
+            mSettings.remove(i.key());
+    }
+
+    // Merge the changed keys with those which didn't
+    mSettings.unite(cache);
+    validatePaths();
+    qDebug() << mSettings;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool GameSettings::writeFile(QTextStream &stream)
+{
+    QMapIterator<QString, QString> i(mSettings);
     while (i.hasNext()) {
         i.next();
 
diff --git a/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.hpp b/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.hpp
index c81c67d97..717ce6e87 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.hpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/settings/gamesettings.hpp
@@ -1,15 +1,50 @@
 #ifndef GAMESETTINGS_HPP
 #define GAMESETTINGS_HPP
 
-#include "settingsbase.hpp"
+#include <QMap>
 
-class GameSettings : public SettingsBase<QMultiMap<QString, QString>>
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+
+class QTextStream;
+class QStringList;
+class QString;
+
+namespace Files { typedef std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> PathContainer;
+                  struct ConfigurationManager;}
+
+class GameSettings
 {
 public:
-    GameSettings();
+    GameSettings(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg);
     ~GameSettings();
 
-     bool writeFile(QTextStream &stream);
+    inline QString value(const QString &key, const QString &defaultValue = QString())
+    {
+        return mSettings.value(key).isEmpty() ? defaultValue : mSettings.value(key);
+    }
+
+
+    inline void setValue(const QString &key, const QString &value)
+    {
+        mSettings.insert(key, value);
+    }
+
+    inline QStringList getDataDirs() { return mDataDirs; }
+    inline void addDataDir(const QString &dir) { if(!dir.isEmpty()) mDataDirs.append(dir); }
+    inline QString getDataLocal() {return mDataLocal; }
+
+    QStringList values(const QString &key, const QStringList &defaultValues = QStringList());
+    bool readFile(QTextStream &stream);
+    bool writeFile(QTextStream &stream);
+
+private:
+    Files::ConfigurationManager &mCfgMgr;
+
+    void validatePaths();
+    QMap<QString, QString> mSettings;
+
+    QStringList mDataDirs;
+    QString mDataLocal;
 };
 
 #endif // GAMESETTINGS_HPP