diff --git a/textfile/widget.go b/textfile/widget.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d2da305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textfile/widget.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package textfile
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/homedir"
+	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
+)
+
+var Config *config.Config
+
+type Widget struct {
+	wtf.TextWidget
+
+	FilePath string
+}
+
+func NewWidget() *Widget {
+	widget := Widget{
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("TextFile", "textfile"),
+		FilePath:   Config.UString("wtf.mods.textfile.filepath"),
+	}
+
+	widget.View.SetWrap(true)
+
+	return &widget
+}
+
+/* -------------------- Exported Functions -------------------- */
+
+func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
+	if widget.Disabled() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf(" %s ", widget.FilePath))
+	widget.RefreshedAt = time.Now()
+
+	widget.View.Clear()
+
+	fileData, err := widget.readFile()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(widget.View, "%s", err)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(widget.View, "%s", fileData)
+	}
+}
+
+/* -------------------- Uneported Functions -------------------- */
+
+func (widget *Widget) readFile() (string, error) {
+	absPath, _ := homedir.Expand(widget.FilePath)
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(absPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(bytes), nil
+}
diff --git a/wtf.go b/wtf.go
index e106ce24..ae0eb645 100644
--- a/wtf.go
+++ b/wtf.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/opsgenie"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/security"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/status"
+	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/textfile"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/weather"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
 )
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func main() {
 	opsgenie.Config = Config
 	security.Config = Config
 	status.Config = Config
+	textfile.Config = Config
 	weather.Config = Config
 
 	Modules = []wtf.TextViewer{
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ func main() {
 		opsgenie.NewWidget(),
 		security.NewWidget(),
 		status.NewWidget(),
+		textfile.NewWidget(),
 		weather.NewWidget(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/wtf/config_files.go b/wtf/config_files.go
index 040e0773..a71ebeb7 100644
--- a/wtf/config_files.go
+++ b/wtf/config_files.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func CreateConfigDir() bool {
 
 // LoadConfigFile loads the config.yml file to configure the app
 func LoadConfigFile() *config.Config {
-	configPath, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.wtf/config.yml")
+	absPath, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.wtf/config.yml")
 
-	cfg, err := config.ParseYamlFile(configPath)
+	cfg, err := config.ParseYamlFile(absPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("\n\n\033[1m ERROR:\033[0m Could not load '\033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m'.\n Please add a \033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m file to your \033[0;33m~/.wtf\033[0m directory.\n See \033[1;34mhttps://github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf\033[0m for details.\n\n")
 		os.Exit(1)