diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9ef2bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from gunicorn import util
+
+class Config(object):
+    
+    DEFAULTS = dict(
+        bind='127.0.0.1:8000',
+        daemon=False,
+        debug=False,
+        logfile='-',
+        loglevel='info',
+        pidfile=None,
+        workers=1,
+        umask=0,
+        user=None,
+        group=None,
+        
+        after_fork= lambda server, worker: server.logger.info(
+                        "worker=%s spawned pid=%s}" % (worker.id, worker.pid)),
+        
+        before_fork= lambda server, worker: server.logger.info(
+                        "worker=%s spawning" % worker.id)
+    )
+    
+    def __init__(self, cmdopts, path=None):
+        if not path:
+            self.config_file = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'gunicorn.conf.py')
+        else:
+            self.config_file =  os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(path))
+        self.cmdopts = cmdopts    
+        self.conf = {}
+        self.load()
+            
+    def _load_file(self):
+        """
+        Returns a dict of stuff found in the config file.
+        Defaults to $PWD/guniconf.py.
+        """
+        if not os.path.exists(self.config_file):
+            return {}
+
+        config = {}
+        try:
+            execfile(self.config_file, config)
+        except:
+            sys.exit("Could not read config file %r" % (self.config_file,))
+
+        config.pop("__builtins__", None)
+        return config
+        
+    def load(self):
+        self.conf = self.DEFAULTS.copy()
+        self.conf.update(self._load_file())
+        for key, value in list(self.cmdopts.items()):
+            
+            if value and value is not None:
+                print "%s = %s" % (key, value)
+                self.conf[key] = value
+           
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        try:
+            return getattr(self, key)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        return self.conf[key]
+        
+    def __getattr__(self, key):
+        try:
+            getattr(super(Config, self), key)
+        except AttributeError:
+            if key in self.conf:
+                return self.conf[key]
+            raise
+            
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return (key in self.conf)
+        
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self.conf.iteritems()
+     
+    @property   
+    def workers(self):
+        if not self.conf.get('workers'):
+            raise RuntimeError("invalid workers number")
+        workers = int(self.conf["workers"])
+        if not workers:
+            raise RuntimeError("number of workers < 1")
+        if self.conf['debug'] == True:
+            workers = 1
+        return workers
+        
+    @property
+    def address(self):
+        if not self.conf['bind']:
+            raise RuntimeError("Listener address is not set")   
+        return util.parse_address(self.conf['bind'])
+        
+    def after_fork(self, *args):
+        if not callable(self.conf['after_fork']):
+            raise RuntimeError("after_fork hook isn't a callable")
+        return self.conf['after_fork'](*args)
+        
+    def before_fork(self, *args):
+        if not callable(self.conf['before_fork']):
+            raise RuntimeError("before_fork hook isn't a callable")
+        return self.conf['after_fork'](*args)
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+            
+    
+        
+        
+    
+        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gunicorn/main.py b/gunicorn/main.py
index f7eb09a1..51da1399 100644
--- a/gunicorn/main.py
+++ b/gunicorn/main.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 
 from gunicorn.arbiter import Arbiter
+from gunicorn.config import Config
 from gunicorn import util, __version__
 
 LOG_LEVELS = {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def options():
             help='Config file. [%default]'),
         op.make_option('-b', '--bind', dest='bind',
             help='Adress to listen on. Ex. 127.0.0.1:8000 or unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock'),
-        op.make_option('-w', '--workers', dest='workers', type='int',
+        op.make_option('-w', '--workers', dest='workers',
             help='Number of workers to spawn. [%default]'),
         op.make_option('-p','--pid', dest='pidfile',
             help='set the background PID FILE'),
@@ -67,27 +68,6 @@ def configure_logging(opts):
         h.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s %(message)s"))
         logger.addHandler(h)
 
-def get_config(path):
-    """
-    Returns a dict of stuff found in the config file.
-    Defaults to $PWD/guniconf.py.
-    """
-    filename = path or os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'guniconf.py')
-    if not os.path.exists(filename):
-        if not path:
-            return None
-        else:
-            sys.exit('Could not find config file %r' % (filename,))
-    
-    config = {}
-    try:
-        execfile(filename, config)
-    except:
-        sys.exit("Could not read config file %r" % (filename,))
-    
-    config.pop("__builtins__", None)
-    return config
-
 def daemonize(umask):
     if not 'GUNICORN_FD' in os.environ:
         if os.fork() == 0: 
@@ -127,67 +107,30 @@ def set_owner_process(user,group):
         os.setuid(uid)
         
 def main(usage, get_app):
-    default_options = dict(
-        bind='127.0.0.1:8000',
-        daemon=False,
-        debug=False,
-        logfile='-',
-        loglevel='info',
-        pidfile=None,
-        workers=1,
-    )
-    
     parser = op.OptionParser(usage=usage, option_list=options(),
                     version="%prog " + __version__)
-    parser.set_defaults(**default_options)
     opts, args = parser.parse_args()
     
-    
-    if opts.config:
-        conf_file = opts.config
-    else:
-        conf_file = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "gunicorn.conf.py")
-    
-    if os.path.isfile(conf_file):
-        fileopts = get_config(conf_file) or {}
-    else:
-        fileopts = {}
-        
-    # optparse returns object, we want a dict
-    opts = opts.__dict__
-    
-    # compare default with opts to see what is actually set
-    changes = dict(set(opts.items()).difference(set(default_options.items())))
-    
-    # default_config < config file < config arguments
-    config = default_options.copy()
-    config.update(fileopts.items())
-    config.update(changes.items())
-    
+    conf = Config(opts.__dict__)
     app = get_app(parser, opts, args)
     
-    workers = config['workers']
-    if config['debug']:
-        workers = 1
-        
-    bind = config['bind'] or '127.0.0.1'
-    addr = util.parse_address(bind)
+    workers = conf['workers']
+    addr = conf['address']
     
-    umask = int(config['umask'] or UMASK)
-
     kwargs = dict(
-        debug=config['debug'],
-        pidfile=config['pidfile']
+        config=conf,
+        debug=conf['debug'],
+        pidfile=conf['pidfile']
     )
     
     arbiter = Arbiter(addr, workers, app, **kwargs)
-    if config['daemon']:
-        daemonize(umask)
+    if conf['daemon']:
+        daemonize(conf['umask'])
     else:
         os.setpgrp()
 
-    set_owner_process(config['user'], config['group']) 
-    configure_logging(config)
+    set_owner_process(conf['user'], conf['group']) 
+    configure_logging(conf)
     arbiter.run()
     
 def paste_server(app, global_conf=None, host="127.0.0.1", port=None, 
diff --git a/gunicorn/sock.py b/gunicorn/sock.py
index 90c218ce..5592b9bf 100644
--- a/gunicorn/sock.py
+++ b/gunicorn/sock.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class UnixSocket(BaseSocket):
         super(UnixSocket, self).__init__(addr, fd=fd)
     
     def __str__(self):
-        return "unix://%s" % self.address
+        return "unix:%s" % self.address
 
 def create_socket(addr):
     """\