diff --git a/scripts/parse_config.py b/scripts/parse_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4181451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/parse_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import configparser
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict
+
+# We read a configuration file for university setup that is located
+# in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/university-setup/config.cfg
+# We follow standard configparser procedure
+
+
+def get_config_file():
+    if 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' in os.environ.keys():
+        xdg_config_home = Path(os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME']).resolve()
+    else:
+        xdg_config_home = Path('~/.config').resolve()
+    return xdg_config_home / 'university-setup' / 'config.cfg'
+
+
+def get_config(section_name: str = 'Subprocess') -> Dict:
+    parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+    parser.read(get_config_file())
+    if section_name in parser:
+        return dict(parser[section_name])
+    else:
+        return {}
+
+
+def terminal() -> str:
+    d = get_config('Subprocess')
+    if 'terminal' in d.keys():
+        return d['terminal']
+    else:
+        return 'i3-sensible-terminal'
diff --git a/scripts/window_subprocess.py b/scripts/window_subprocess.py
index 299569d..89fb84f 100644
--- a/scripts/window_subprocess.py
+++ b/scripts/window_subprocess.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
+from parse_config import terminal
+
 
 def edit(filepath: Path, rootpath: Path = None, env=os.environ, servername='tex lecture'):
     if not rootpath:
         rootpath = filepath.root
     subprocess.Popen([
-        "i3-sensible-terminal",
+        terminal(),
         "-e",
         f"vim --servername {servername} --remote-silent {str(filepath)}"
     ], env=env, cwd=str(rootpath))