diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 24a8a42..5942bb5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,24 +1,69 @@
 package main
 
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
 type WeatherAPI struct {
-	Coord      Coord   `json:"coord"`
-	Weather    Weather `json:"weather`
-	Base       string  `json:"base"`
-	Main       Main    `json:"main"`
-	Visability string  `json:"visibility"`
-	Wind       Wind    `json:"wind"`
-	Rain       Rain    `json:"rain"`
-	Clouds     Cloud   `json:"cloud"`
-	dt         DT      `json:"dt"`
-	Sys        Sys     `json:"sys"`
-	TimeZone   int     `json:"timezone"`
-	ID         int     `json:"id"`
-	Name       string  `json:"name"`
-	COD        int     `json:"cod"`
+	Coord      Coord     `json:"coord"`
+	Weather    []Weather `json:"weather"`
+	Base       string    `json:"base"`
+	Main       Main      `json:"main"`
+	Visability int64     `json:"visibility"`
+	Wind       Wind      `json:"wind"`
+	Rain       Rain      `json:"rain"`
+	Clouds     Cloud     `json:"cloud"`
+	DT         int64     `json:"dt"`
+	Sys        Sys       `json:"sys"`
+	TimeZone   int       `json:"timezone"`
+	ID         int       `json:"id"`
+	Name       string    `json:"name"`
+	COD        int       `json:"cod"`
 }
 
 type Coord struct {
-	//etc
+	Lon float64 `json:"lon"`
+	Lat float64 `json:"lat"`
+}
+
+type Weather struct {
+	ID          int    `json:"id"`
+	Main        string `json:"main"`
+	Description string `json:"description"`
+	Icon        string `json:"icon"`
+}
+
+type Main struct {
+	Temp       float64 `json:"temp"`
+	Feels_like float64 `json:"feels_like"`
+	Temp_min   float64 `json:"temp_min"`
+	Temp_max   float64 `json:"temp_max"`
+	Pressure   float64 `json:"pressure"`
+	Humidity   float64 `json:"humidity"`
+}
+
+type Wind struct {
+	Speed float64 `json:"speed"`
+	Deg   float64 `json:"deg"`
+	gust  float64 `json:"gust"`
+}
+
+type Rain struct {
+	T1h float64 `json:"1h"`
+}
+
+type Cloud struct {
+	All int `json:"all"`
+}
+
+type Sys struct {
+	Types   int    `json:"type"`
+	Id      int64  `json:"id"`
+	Country string `json:"country"`
+	Sunrise int64  `json:"sunrise"`
+	Sunset  int64  `json:"sunset"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -26,7 +71,7 @@ func main() {
 		//setting up openweathermap api
 		lat := "56.122970"
 		lon := "-3.932390"
-		city := "Stirling, uk"
+		//city := "Stirling, uk"
 		api_key := "29e5139b86638988d333a28ba360bfd9"
 		full := "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=" + lat + "&lon=" + lon + "&appid=" + api_key + ""
 		fmt.Printf("\n------\nWeather url: %+s\n---------\n", full)
@@ -39,19 +84,41 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-	*/
-	//print the html
-	//fmt.Printf("%s\n", html)
-	/*
-		out, _ := json.Marshal(html)
-		fmt.Printf("%s\n", out)
+		//print the html
+		//fmt.Printf("%s\n", html)
+
 	*/
 	/*
-		byteArray, error := json.MarshalIndent(html, "", "  ")
-		if error != nil {
+		jsonFile, err := os.Open("stirling.json")
+		// if we os.Open returns an error then handle it
+		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 		}
+		fmt.Println("Successfully Opened stirling.json")
+		defer jsonFile.Close()
+		byteValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
 
-		fmt.Println(string(byteArray))
+		var data WeatherAPI
+
+		error := json.Unmarshal([]byte(byteValue), &data)
+		if error != nil {
+			fmt.Println(error)
+			return
+		}
+		//json.Unmarshal(byteValue, &data)
+
+		fmt.Println(data)
 	*/
+	data, _ := LoadConfiguration("./stirling.json")
+	fmt.Println(data)
+}
+func LoadConfiguration(file string) (WeatherAPI, error) {
+	var config WeatherAPI
+	configFile, err := os.Open(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+	}
+	jsonParser := json.NewDecoder(configFile)
+	jsonParser.Decode(&config)
+	return config, err
 }