diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e53fce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+echo 'Cleaning workspace'
+rm -f ./packagr-bumper-linux-amd64
+echo 'Setting up prereqs'
+go mod vendor
+mkdir -p vendor/gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v25/vendor/libgit2/build/
+cp /usr/local/linux/lib/pkgconfig/libgit2.pc vendor/gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v25/vendor/libgit2/build/libgit2.pc
+echo 'Testing'
+go test -mod vendor -v -tags "static" $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
+# build linux binary
+echo 'Build binary'
+. /scripts/toolchains/linux/linux-build-env.sh && go build -mod vendor -ldflags "-X main.goos=linux -X main.goarch=amd64" -o packagr-bumpr-linux-amd64 -tags "static" cmd/bumpr/bumpr.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 296a819..b9a1a5c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	stderrors "errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/analogj/go-util/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 )
 
 // When initializing this class the following methods must be called:
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ func (c *configuration) Init() error {
 	c.SetDefault(PACKAGR_PACKAGE_TYPE, "generic")
 	c.SetDefault(PACKAGR_SCM, "default")
 	c.SetDefault(PACKAGR_VERSION_BUMP_TYPE, "patch")
+	c.SetDefault(PACKAGR_ENGINE_REPO_CONFIG_PATH, "packagr.yml")
 
 	//set the default system config file search path.
 	//if you want to load a non-standard location system config file (~/capsule.yml), use ReadConfig
@@ -41,3 +47,29 @@ func (c *configuration) Init() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *configuration) ReadConfig(configFilePath string) error {
+
+	if !utils.FileExists(configFilePath) {
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("The configuration file (%s) could not be found. Skipping", configFilePath)
+		log.Printf(message)
+		return stderrors.New(message)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Loading configuration file: %s", configFilePath)
+
+	config_data, err := os.Open(configFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error reading configuration file: %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	err = c.MergeConfig(config_data)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error merging config file: %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Println("[new] package type:", c.GetString(PACKAGR_PACKAGE_TYPE))
+	log.Println("[new] scm:", c.GetString(PACKAGR_SCM))
+	log.Println("[new] bump type:", c.GetString(PACKAGR_VERSION_BUMP_TYPE))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/interface.go b/pkg/config/interface.go
index ae8c3c9..1795144 100644
--- a/pkg/config/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/config/interface.go
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ type Interface interface {
 	GetString(key string) string
 	GetStringSlice(key string) []string
 	UnmarshalKey(key string, rawVal interface{}, decoder ...viper.DecoderConfigOption) error
+	ReadConfig(configFilePath string) error
 }
 
 const PACKAGR_PACKAGE_TYPE = "package_type"
 const PACKAGR_SCM = "scm"
 const PACKAGR_VERSION_BUMP_TYPE = "version_bump_type"
 const PACKAGR_VERSION_METADATA_PATH = "version_metadata_path"
+const PACKAGR_ENGINE_REPO_CONFIG_PATH = "engine_repo_config_path"
 const PACKAGR_GENERIC_VERSION_TEMPLATE = "generic_version_template"
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline.go b/pkg/pipeline.go
index 68f71da..49d979f 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline.go
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package pkg
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/analogj/go-util/utils"
 	"github.com/packagrio/bumpr/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/packagrio/bumpr/pkg/engine"
 	"github.com/packagrio/go-common/pipeline"
 	"github.com/packagrio/go-common/scm"
+	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
@@ -22,6 +26,11 @@ func (p *Pipeline) Start(configData config.Interface) error {
 	p.Config = configData
 	p.Data = new(pipeline.Data)
 
+	//Parse Repo config if present.
+	if err := p.ParseRepoConfig(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	//by default the current working directory is the local directory to execute in
 	cwdPath, _ := os.Getwd()
 	p.Data.GitLocalPath = cwdPath
@@ -67,3 +76,19 @@ func (p *Pipeline) Start(configData config.Interface) error {
 	fmt.Printf("version bumped to %s", p.Data.ReleaseVersion)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (p *Pipeline) ParseRepoConfig() error {
+	log.Println("parse_repo_config")
+	// update the config with repo config file options
+	repoConfig := path.Join(p.Data.GitLocalPath, p.Config.GetString(config.PACKAGR_ENGINE_REPO_CONFIG_PATH))
+	if utils.FileExists(repoConfig) {
+		log.Println("Found config file in working dir!")
+		if err := p.Config.ReadConfig(repoConfig); err != nil {
+			return errors.New("An error occured while parsing repository packagr.yml file")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Println("No repo packagr.yml file found, using existing config.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}