diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 66392ca..ed9e699 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Custom twitter client... mostly for learning Python
 
-import sys, twitter, Tkinter, Pmw
+import sys, twitter, Tkinter, Pmw, ConfigParser, os
 
 
 class TwitWindow:
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ class TwitWindow:
     """ Display Tweets, post to twitter """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.username = "gjalfr"
-        self.password = "fun4cabbage"
+        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        config.read(os.path.expanduser("~/.mytwitter"))
+        self.username = config.get('global', 'username')
+        self.password = config.get('global', 'password')
         self.num_entries = 10
 
         self.labels = []