diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -23,6 +23,52 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int remoteio_config(cfg_t *cfg, struct remoteio_opts *opts)
+{
+  size_t numservers;
+  size_t counter;
+  
+  struct remoteio_server *aserver;
+
+  opts->servers = malloc(sizeof(struct remoteio_server));
+  if(!opts->servers)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "@todo cleanup!\n");
+      abort();
+    }
+  
+  aserver = opts->servers;
+  
+  numservers = cfg_size(cfg, "server"); 
+  for(counter = 0; counter < numservers; counter ++)
+    {
+      cfg_t *cfg_aserver;
+      
+      cfg_aserver = cfg_getnsec(cfg, "server", counter);
+      
+      if(!aserver) /*< if the malloc in the previous loop failed */
+	abort();
+      
+      aserver->name = strdup(cfg_title(cfg_aserver));
+      aserver->hostname = strdup(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "hostname"));
+      aserver->username = strdup(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "username"));
+      if(strcmp(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "method"), "ssh") == 0)
+	aserver->method = REMOTEIO_METHOD_SSH;
+      else
+	abort();
+      
+      if(counter < numservers - 1)
+	{
+	  aserver->next = malloc(sizeof(struct remoteio_server));
+	  aserver = aserver->next;
+	}
+    }
+  aserver->next = NULL;
+  
+  return 0;
+}
 
 int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, struct remoteio_opts *opts, char *servername)
 {