diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
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+/*
+* Copyright 2022-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.
+ */
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"flag"
+)
+
+type BBFAdapterConfig struct {
+	PrintVersion          bool
+	PrintBanner           bool
+	LogLevel              string
+	ProbeAddress          string
+	TraceEnabled          bool
+	TraceAgentAddress     string
+	LogCorrelationEnabled bool
+}
+
+// LoadConfig loads the BBF adapter configuration through
+// default values and CLI arguments
+func LoadConfig(ctx context.Context) *BBFAdapterConfig {
+	conf := getDefaultConfig()
+
+	flag.StringVar(&conf.LogLevel, "log_level", conf.LogLevel, "Log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR)")
+	flag.BoolVar(&conf.PrintVersion, "version", conf.PrintVersion, "Print the version and exit")
+	flag.BoolVar(&conf.PrintBanner, "banner", conf.PrintBanner, "Print the banner at startup")
+	flag.StringVar(&conf.ProbeAddress, "probe_address", conf.ProbeAddress, "The address on which to listen to answer liveness and readiness probe queries over HTTP")
+	flag.BoolVar(&conf.TraceEnabled, "trace_enabled", conf.TraceEnabled, "Whether to send logs to tracing agent")
+	flag.StringVar(&conf.TraceAgentAddress, "trace_agent_address", conf.TraceAgentAddress, "The address of tracing agent to which span info should be sent")
+	flag.BoolVar(&conf.LogCorrelationEnabled, "log_correlation_enabled", conf.LogCorrelationEnabled, "Whether to enrich log statements with fields denoting operation being executed for achieving correlation")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	return conf
+}
+
+// getDefaultConfig returns a BBF Adapter configuration with default values
+func getDefaultConfig() *BBFAdapterConfig {
+	return &BBFAdapterConfig{
+		LogLevel:              "ERROR",
+		PrintVersion:          false,
+		PrintBanner:           false,
+		ProbeAddress:          ":8080",
+		TraceEnabled:          false,
+		TraceAgentAddress:     "127.0.0.1:6831",
+		LogCorrelationEnabled: true,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
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+/*
+* Copyright 2022-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.
+ */
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGetDefaultOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := getDefaultConfig()
+	assert.NotNil(t, conf, "Default configuration is nil")
+}
+
+func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	conf := LoadConfig(ctx)
+	assert.NotNil(t, conf, "Configuration is nil")
+
+	def := getDefaultConfig()
+	assert.Equal(t, conf, def)
+}