diff --git a/notes.md b/notes.md
index 0629c09..854a2d9 100644
--- a/notes.md
+++ b/notes.md
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ imap routine
 - at this point, tls should be figured out, so moving on to auth
 - check if the auth type that the user specified is in the list of auth types (prob support plain and oauth2?)
 
+
+list of shit to do
+---
+
+- [x] starttls impl
+- [ ] auth impl
+  - [ ] auth plain impl
+- [ ] fetch impl
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 88fafe7..2395966 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -45,14 +45,25 @@ pub struct ImapConfig {
     /// Port of the IMAP server
     pub port: u16,
 
-    /// Username for authenticating to IMAP
-    pub username: String,
-
-    /// Password for authenticating to IMAP
-    pub password: String,
-
     /// TLS
     pub tls: TlsMethod,
+
+    /// Auth
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub auth: ImapAuth,
+}
+
+/// Method of authentication for the IMAP server
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+#[serde(tag = "auth")]
+pub enum ImapAuth {
+    /// Use plain username/password authentication
+    #[serde(rename = "plain")]
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    Plain {
+        username: String,
+        password: String,
+    }
 }
 
 /// Describes when to perform the TLS handshake
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a3b660f..a03a18a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ struct Opt {
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // use panorama::config::*;
+    // let c = ImapConfig{
+    //     server:String::from("ouais"),
+    //     port: 1,
+    //     tls: TlsMethod::Starttls,
+    //     auth: ImapAuth::Plain{username:String::from("osu"), password:String::from("game")},
+    // };
+    // let s = toml::to_string(&c)?;
+    // println!("{}", s);
+    // panic!();
+
     // parse command line arguments into options struct
     let _opt = Opt::from_args();