diff --git a/bitelab/__init__.py b/bitelab/__init__.py
index 9a33ff7..8285e51 100644
--- a/bitelab/__init__.py
+++ b/bitelab/__init__.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import sqlite3
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import ucl
 import unittest
 import urllib
 
@@ -127,26 +128,36 @@ class BITEError(Exception):
 	status_code: int
 
 class BoardManager(object):
-	board_class_info = {
-		'cora-z7s': {
-			'clsname': 'cora-z7s',
-			'arch': 'arm-armv7',
-		},
-	}
-
-	# Naming scheme:
-	#  <abbreviated class>-<num>
-	#
-	board_gen = [
-		dict(name='cora-1', brdclass='cora-z7s', options=[
-			SNMPPower(host='poe', port=2),
-		]),
-	]
-
-	def __init__(self, settings):
-		self._settings = settings
+	_option_map = dict(
+		snmppower=SNMPPower,
+	)
+
+	def __init__(self, cls_info, boards):
+		# add the name to the classes
+		classes = { k: dict(clsname=k, **cls_info[k]) for k in cls_info }
+		self.board_class_info = classes
+
 		self.boards = dict(**{ x.name: x for x in
-		    (BoardImpl(**y) for y in self.board_gen)})
+		    (BoardImpl(**y) for y in boards)})
+
+	@classmethod
+	def from_settings(cls, settings):
+		return cls.from_ucl(settings.board_conf)
+
+	@classmethod
+	def from_ucl(cls, fname):
+		with open(fname) as fp:
+			conf = ucl.load(fp.read())
+
+		classes = conf['classes']
+
+		brds = conf['boards']
+		makeopt = lambda x: cls._option_map[x['cls']](**{ k: v for k, v in x.items() if k != 'cls' })
+		for i in brds:
+			opt = i['options']
+			opt[:] = [ makeopt(x) for x in opt ]
+
+		return cls(classes, brds)
 
 	def classes(self):
 		return self.board_class_info
@@ -202,7 +213,7 @@ def get_data(settings: config.Settings = Depends(get_settings)):
 	return d
 
 async def real_get_boardmanager(settings, data):
-	brdmgr = BoardManager(settings)
+	brdmgr = BoardManager.from_settings(settings)
 
 	# Clean up the database
 	# XXX - This isn't a complete fix, we need a better solution.
@@ -496,9 +507,10 @@ class TestBiteLab(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 		# setup settings
 		self.settings = config.Settings(db_file=self.dbtempfile.name,
 		    setup_script='somesetupscript',
+		    board_conf = os.path.join('fixtures', 'board_conf.ucl')
 		)
 
-		self.brdmgr = BoardManager(self.settings)
+		self.brdmgr = BoardManager.from_settings(self.settings)
 
 		self.app.dependency_overrides[get_settings] = \
 		    self.get_settings_override
diff --git a/bitelab/config.py b/bitelab/config.py
index 1b04602..d890211 100644
--- a/bitelab/config.py
+++ b/bitelab/config.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ __all__ = [ 'Settings' ]
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
 	db_file: str = Field(description='path to SQLite3 database file')
 	setup_script: str = Field(description='script that will initalize an environment')
+	board_conf: str = Field(description='UCL configuration for the boards')
 
 	class Config:
 		env_file = ".env"
diff --git a/fixtures/board_conf.ucl b/fixtures/board_conf.ucl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24dd356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/board_conf.ucl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+classes {
+        cora-z7s = {
+                arch = arm-armv7;
+        }
+}
+
+boards [
+        {
+                name = cora-1;
+                brdclass = cora-z7s;
+                options = [
+                        { cls = snmppower, host = poe, port = 2 },
+                ]
+        },
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c7710c..b8f270f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ setup(
         'pydantic[dotenv]',
 	'aiokq @ git+https://www.funkthat.com/gitea/jmg/aiokq.git',
 	'orm',
+	'ucl',
 	'databases[sqlite]',
     ],
     extras_require = {