diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/config.py b/qutebrowser/utils/config.py
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+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/config.py
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+import os.path
+import os
+import logging
+
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+
+default_config = {
+    'keybind': {
+        'o': 'open',
+        'O': 'tabopen',
+        'd': 'tabclose',
+        'J': 'tabnext',
+        'K': 'tabprev',
+        'r': 'reload',
+        'H': 'back',
+        'L': 'forward',
+        'h': 'scroll -50 0',
+        'j': 'scroll 0 50',
+        'k': 'scroll 0 -50',
+        'l': 'scroll 50 0',
+        'u': 'undo',
+        'gg': 'scrollpercenty 0',
+        'G': 'scrollpercenty',
+    }
+}
+
+class Config(ConfigParser):
+    """Our own ConfigParser"""
+    configdir = None
+    FNAME = 'config'
+
+    def __init__(self, configdir):
+        """configdir: directory to store the config in"""
+        super().__init__()
+        self.optionxform = lambda opt: opt # be case-insensitive
+        self.read_dict(default_config)
+        self.configdir = configdir
+        self.configfile = os.path.join(self.configdir, self.FNAME)
+        logging.debug("Reading config from {}".format(self.configfile))
+        self.read(self.configfile)
+
+    def save(self):
+        if not os.path.exists(self.configdir):
+            os.makedirs(self.configdir, 0o755)
+            logging.debug("Config directory does not exist, created.")
+        logging.debug("Saving config to {}".format(self.configfile))
+        with open(self.configfile, 'w') as f:
+            self.write(f)