diff --git a/src/config/config.js b/src/config/config.js
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+(function () {
+    'use strict';
+  
+    const argv = require('yargs').argv;
+    const path = require('path');
+    const YamlConfig = require('node-yaml-config');
+    const logger = require('../config/logger.js');
+  
+    // if a config file is specified in as a CLI arguments use that one
+    const cfgFile = argv.config || 'config.yml';
+  
+    let config;
+    try {
+        logger.log('debug', `Loading ${path.join(__dirname, cfgFile)}`);
+        config = YamlConfig.load(path.join(__dirname, cfgFile));
+        logger.log('debug', `Parsed config: ${JSON.stringify(config)}`);
+    }
+    catch(e) {
+        logger.log('debug', `No ${cfgFile} found, using default params`);
+    }
+  
+    module.exports = {
+        service: {
+            port: (config && config.service) ? config.service.port : 3000
+        }
+    };
+})();
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diff --git a/src/config/config.yml b/src/config/config.yml
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+# Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+default:
+  service:
+    port: 3030
diff --git a/src/config/logger.js b/src/config/logger.js
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+(function () {
+    'use strict';
+    
+    const winston = require('winston');
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const path = require('path');
+    const level = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'debug';
+    winston.level = level;
+  
+    const logFile = path.join(__dirname, '../../logs/cord-workflow-control-service');
+  
+    // clear old logs
+    ['error', 'debug'].forEach(l => {
+        try {
+            fs.statSync(`${logFile}.${l}.log`)
+            fs.unlinkSync(`${logFile}.${l}.log`);
+        }
+        catch(e) {
+            // log does not exist
+        }
+    });
+  
+    // create a custom logger with colorized console and persistance to file
+    const logger = winston.createLogger({
+        transports: [
+            new (winston.transports.Console)({level: level, colorize: true}),
+            new (winston.transports.File)({name: 'error-log', level: 'error', filename: `${logFile}.error.log`}),
+            new (winston.transports.File)({name: 'debug-log', level: 'debug', filename: `${logFile}.debug.log`})
+        ]
+    });
+  
+    module.exports = logger;  
+})();
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