diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigRuntime.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigRuntime.cs
index 05b596c3..1050d216 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigRuntime.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigRuntime.cs
@@ -5,20 +5,119 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Threading;
+using IPA.Utilities;
+using IPA.Utilities.Async;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 namespace IPA.Config
 {
     internal static class ConfigRuntime
     {
+        private class DirInfoEqComparer : IEqualityComparer<DirectoryInfo>
+        {
+            public bool Equals(DirectoryInfo x, DirectoryInfo y)
+                => x?.FullName == y?.FullName;
+
+            public int GetHashCode(DirectoryInfo obj)
+                => obj?.GetHashCode() ?? 0;
+        }
+
         private static readonly ConcurrentBag<Config> configs = new ConcurrentBag<Config>();
-        private static readonly AutoResetEvent memoryChangedWatcher = new AutoResetEvent(false);
+        private static readonly AutoResetEvent configsChangedWatcher = new AutoResetEvent(false);
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<DirectoryInfo, FileSystemWatcher> watchers 
+            = new ConcurrentDictionary<DirectoryInfo, FileSystemWatcher>(new DirInfoEqComparer());
+        private static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<FileSystemWatcher, ConcurrentBag<Config>> watcherTrackConfigs
+            = new ConditionalWeakTable<FileSystemWatcher, ConcurrentBag<Config>>();
+        private static SingleThreadTaskScheduler writeScheduler = null;
+        private static TaskFactory writeFactory = null;
+        private static Thread readThread = null;
+
+        private static void TryStartRuntime()
+        {
+            if (writeScheduler == null || !writeScheduler.IsRunning)
+            {
+                writeFactory = null;
+                writeScheduler = new SingleThreadTaskScheduler();
+                writeScheduler.Start();
+            }
+            if (writeFactory == null)
+                writeFactory = new TaskFactory(writeScheduler);
+            if (readThread == null || !readThread.IsAlive)
+            {
+                readThread = new Thread(ReadThread);
+                readThread.Start();
+            }
+        }
 
         public static void RegisterConfig(Config cfg)
         {
-            configs.Add(cfg);
-            
-            // TODO: register file watcher, reset changed watcher
+            lock (configs)
+            { // we only lock this segment, so that this only waits on other calls to this
+                if (configs.ToArray().Contains(cfg))
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Config already registered to runtime!");
+
+                configs.Add(cfg);
+            }
+
+            TryStartRuntime();
+
+            AddConfigToWatchers(cfg);
+        }
+
+        private static void AddConfigToWatchers(Config config)
+        {
+            var dir = config.File.Directory;
+            if (!watchers.TryGetValue(dir, out var watcher))
+            { // create the watcher
+                watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(dir.FullName, "");
+                var newWatcher = watchers.GetOrAdd(dir, watcher);
+                if (watcher != newWatcher)
+                { // if someone else beat us to adding, delete ours and switch to that new one
+                    watcher.Dispose();
+                    watcher = newWatcher;
+                }
+
+                watcher.NotifyFilter =
+                    NotifyFilters.FileName
+                    | NotifyFilters.LastWrite;
+
+                watcher.Changed += FileChangedEvent;
+                watcher.Created += FileChangedEvent;
+                watcher.Renamed += FileChangedEvent;
+                watcher.Deleted += FileChangedEvent;
+            }
+
+            TryStartRuntime();
+
+            watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false; // disable while we do shit
+
+            var bag = watcherTrackConfigs.GetOrCreateValue(watcher);
+            // we don't need to check containment because this function will only be called once per config ever
+            bag.Add(config);
+
+            watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
+
+        }
+
+        private static void FileChangedEvent(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
+        {
+            var watcher = sender as FileSystemWatcher;
+            if (!watcherTrackConfigs.TryGetValue(watcher, out var bag)) return;
+
+            var config = bag.FirstOrDefault(c => c.File.FullName == e.FullPath);
+            if (config != null)
+                writeFactory.StartNew(() => WriteTask(config).Wait());
         }
 
+        private static async Task WriteTask(Config config)
+        {
+
+        } 
+
+        private static void ReadThread()
+        {
+
+        }
     }
 }