diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3a185ff..da38e5e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.15.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "header-config"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "534f791edc58252667d692bb3b4b6dead797024ac02ec9cdb5733da81089b21d"
+dependencies = [
+ "header-parsing",
+ "indexmap",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "header-parsing"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -50,6 +73,16 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cea70ddb795996207ad57735b50c5982d8844f38ba9ee5f1aedcfb708a2aa11e"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -136,6 +169,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "data-stream",
  "dialogi",
+ "header-config",
  "maud",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pukram2html",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 095d7ad..1fc703b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ data-stream = "0.3.0"
 dialogi = "0.3.1"
 vn-settings = "0.1.0"
 threadpool = "1.8.1"
+header-config = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/src/dialog.rs b/src/dialog.rs
index 0fb45f8..55da24d 100644
--- a/src/dialog.rs
+++ b/src/dialog.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use dialogi::DialogSequence;
 use vn_settings::{Change, Parameter, SettingsContext};
 
 pub fn parse_map(
     story_path: &Path,
+    settings_context: &mut SettingsContext,
 ) -> Result<Vec<DialogSequence<Change, Parameter>>, dialogi::ParsingError> {
-    let mut layers = HashMap::new();
-    layers.insert("Background".into(), 0);
-    layers.insert("Character".into(), 1);
-
-    let mut settings_context = SettingsContext {
-        object_cache: HashMap::new(),
-        layers,
-    };
-
-    DialogSequence::map_from_path(story_path, &mut settings_context)
+    DialogSequence::map_from_path(story_path, settings_context)
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 87336c1..cd01850 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use data_stream::{
     from_stream, to_stream,
 };
 use dialog::parse_map;
+use header_config::parse_config;
 use maud::html;
 use percent_encoding::percent_decode_str;
 use pukram2html::{Settings, convert, convert_extended, convert_subheader};
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ mod request;
 use request::Request;
 use vn_settings::{
     ColorSettings, ImageSettings, LayoutSettings, Names, ObjectSettings, PlayerSettings,
-    TimingSettings,
+    SettingsContext, TimingSettings,
 };
 
 mod dialog;
@@ -597,12 +598,38 @@ fn handle_relative_connection(
     }
 
     let check_path: &Path = relative_path.as_ref();
-    let interactive = check_path.parent().is_some_and(|parent| {
-        std::fs::metadata(parent.with_extension("vng")).is_ok_and(|file| file.is_file())
-    });
+    let config_map = check_path
+        .parent()
+        .map(|parent| parse_config(&parent.with_extension("vng")).ok())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
 
-    if interactive {
-        let Ok(dialogs) = parse_map(file_paths.pk) else {
+    if let Some(mut config_map) = config_map {
+        let mut layers = HashMap::new();
+
+        let keys: Vec<_> = config_map.keys().cloned().collect();
+        for key in keys {
+            let Some(("Layer", name)) = key.split_once(':') else {
+                continue;
+            };
+
+            let value = config_map.shift_remove(&key).expect("Invalid layer");
+            if !value.is_empty() {
+                eprintln!("Layers don't accept arguments!");
+            }
+            layers.insert(name.into(), layers.len());
+        }
+
+        if layers.is_empty() {
+            layers.insert("Background".into(), 0);
+            layers.insert("Character".into(), 1);
+        }
+
+        let mut settings_context = SettingsContext {
+            object_cache: HashMap::new(),
+            layers,
+        };
+
+        let Ok(dialogs) = parse_map(file_paths.pk, &mut settings_context) else {
             fail(stream);
             return;
         };