diff --git a/common/simpcfg.hpp b/common/simpcfg.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+/**
+ * Provide a simple config file logic
+ * It can consist of multiple config groups.
+ * * the group name needs to start at the begining of the line.
+ * Each group can inturn contain multiple config fields wrt that group.
+ * * the group fields need to have 1 or more space at the begining of line.
+ * 
+ */
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "log.h"
+
+
+std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> mapStrings = {};
+std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, bool>> mapBools = {};
+
+void sc_set_string(std::string &group, std::string &key, std::string &value) {
+    auto gm = mapStrings[group];
+    gm[key] = value;
+}
+
+void sc_set_bool(std::string &group, std::string &key, bool value) {
+    auto gm = mapBools[group];
+    gm[key] = value;
+}
+
+std::string sc_get_string(std::string &group, std::string &key) {
+    auto gm = mapStrings[group];
+    return gm[key];
+}
+
+bool sc_get_bool(std::string &group, std::string &key) {
+    auto gm = mapBools[group];
+    return gm[key];
+}
+
+std::string str_trim(std::string &sin) {
+    std::string sout = sin;
+    sout.erase(sout.find_last);
+}
+
+bool sc_load(std::string &fname) {
+    std::ifstream f {fname};
+    if (!f) {
+        LOG_TEELN("ERRR:%s:%s:failed to load...", __func__, fname);
+        exit(2);
+    }
+    while(!f.eof()) {
+        std::string curl;
+        getline(f, curl);
+        if (curl.empty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+    }
+}