diff --git a/bpm_utils/config.go b/bpm_utils/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d50e7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpm_utils/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package bpm_utils
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type BPMConfigStruct struct {
+	CompilationEnv    []string `yaml:"compilation_env"`
+	SilentCompilation bool     `yaml:"silent_compilation"`
+}
+
+var BPMConfig BPMConfigStruct = BPMConfigStruct{
+	CompilationEnv:    make([]string, 0),
+	SilentCompilation: false}
+
+func ReadConfig() {
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/bpm.conf"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return
+	}
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile("/etc/bpm.conf")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, &BPMConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bpm_utils/package_utils.go b/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
index 621afb1..d8cd3db 100644
--- a/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
+++ b/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
@@ -193,10 +193,13 @@ func ExecutePackageScripts(filename, rootDir string, operation Operation, postOp
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", temp.Name())
-		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
-		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		if !BPMConfig.SilentCompilation {
+			cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+			cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+			cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		}
 		cmd.Dir = rootDir
 		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_ROOT=%s", rootDir))
@@ -680,10 +683,6 @@ fi
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_PKG_VERSION=%s", pkgInfo.Version))
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_PKG_URL=%s", pkgInfo.Url))
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_PKG_ARCH=%s", pkgInfo.Arch))
-	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-
 	depends := make([]string, len(pkgInfo.Depends))
 	copy(depends, pkgInfo.Depends)
 	for i := 0; i < len(depends); i++ {
@@ -696,7 +695,16 @@ fi
 	}
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_PKG_DEPENDS=(%s)", strings.Join(depends, " ")))
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_PKG_MAKE_DEPENDS=(%s)", strings.Join(makeDepends, " ")))
+	for _, value := range BPMConfig.CompilationEnv {
+		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, value)
+	}
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "BPM_PKG_TYPE=source")
+
+	if !BPMConfig.SilentCompilation {
+		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	}
 	err = cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err, nil
@@ -810,9 +818,11 @@ fi
 		}
 		sed := fmt.Sprintf("s/%s/files/", strings.Replace(strings.TrimPrefix(path.Join(temp, "/output/"), "/"), "/", `\/`, -1))
 		cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/tar", "-czvf", compiledInfo.Name+"-"+compiledInfo.Version+".bpm", "pkg.info", path.Join(temp, "/output/"), "--transform", sed)
-		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
-		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		if !BPMConfig.SilentCompilation {
+			cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+			cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+			cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		}
 		cmd.Dir = compiledDir
 		fmt.Printf("running command: %s %s\n", cmd.Path, strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
 		err = cmd.Run()
@@ -1323,9 +1333,11 @@ func RemovePackage(pkg, rootDir string) error {
 	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path.Join(pkgDir, "post_remove.sh")); err == nil {
 		cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", path.Join(pkgDir, "post_remove.sh"))
-		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
-		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		if !BPMConfig.SilentCompilation {
+			cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+			cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+			cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		}
 		cmd.Dir = rootDir
 		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("BPM_ROOT=%s", rootDir))
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 06ab7d0..0000000
--- a/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package main
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5288e56..de36652 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module capcreepergr.me/bpm
 
 go 1.22
+
+require gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc0337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 562b3df..a55b612 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var pkgListNumbers = false
 var pkgListNames = false
 
 func main() {
+	bpm_utils.ReadConfig()
 	resolveFlags()
 	resolveCommand()
 }
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm
index 5f27e1c..26aa954 100644
Binary files a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm and b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm differ
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/etc/bpm.conf b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/etc/bpm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1151a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/etc/bpm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+compilation_env: []
+silent_compilation: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm
index b04fa79..2a20e4b 100755
Binary files a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm and b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm differ
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
index 3a8a6bc..c99f5dd 100644
--- a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
+++ b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ url: https://gitlab.com/bubble-package-manager/bpm/
 license: GPL3
 architecture: x86_64
 type: binary
+keep: etc/bpm.conf
\ No newline at end of file