diff --git a/lnwallet/config.go b/lnwallet/config.go
index 9f9c99f0a..1cacad318 100644
--- a/lnwallet/config.go
+++ b/lnwallet/config.go
@@ -1 +1,55 @@
 package lnwallet
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
+)
+
+var (
+	// TODO(roasbeef): lnwallet config file
+	lnwalletHomeDir = btcutil.AppDataDir("lnwallet", false)
+	defaultDataDir  = lnwalletHomeDir
+
+	defaultLogFilename = "lnwallet.log"
+	defaultLogDirname  = "logs"
+	defaultLogDir      = filepath.Join(lnwalletHomeDir, defaultLogDirname)
+
+	btcdHomeDir        = btcutil.AppDataDir("btcd", false)
+	btcdHomedirCAFile  = filepath.Join(btcdHomeDir, "rpc.cert")
+	defaultRPCKeyFile  = filepath.Join(lnwalletHomeDir, "rpc.key")
+	defaultRPCCertFile = filepath.Join(lnwalletHomeDir, "rpc.cert")
+
+	// defaultPubPassphrase is the default public wallet passphrase which is
+	// used when the user indicates they do not want additional protection
+	// provided by having all public data in the wallet encrypted by a
+	// passphrase only known to them.
+	defaultPubPassphrase = []byte("public")
+
+	walletDbName = "lnwallet.db"
+)
+
+// Config...
+type Config struct {
+	DataDir string
+	LogDir  string
+
+	DebugLevel string
+
+	RpcHost string // localhost:18334
+	RpcUser string
+	RpcPass string
+
+	RPCCert string
+	RPCKey  string
+
+	CACert []byte
+
+	PrivatePass []byte
+	PublicPass  []byte
+	HdSeed      []byte
+}
+
+// setDefaults...
+func setDefaults(confg *Config) {
+}