diff --git a/src/openrct2/config.c b/src/openrct2/config.c
index b329f66bc8..3368fe5cb0 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/config.c
+++ b/src/openrct2/config.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ network_configuration gConfigNetwork;
 notification_configuration gConfigNotifications;
 font_configuration gConfigFonts;
 
-static bool config_open(const utf8string path);
+bool config_open(const utf8string path);
 static bool config_save(const utf8string path);
 static void config_read_properties(config_section_definition **currentSection, const_utf8string line);
 static void config_save_property_value(SDL_RWops *file, uint8 type, value_union *value);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ bool config_save_default()
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool config_open(const utf8string path)
+bool config_open_2(const utf8string path)
 {
 	SDL_RWops *file;
 	utf8string lineBuffer;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.cpp b/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..454abe3098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+#include "../common.h"
+#include "../core/FileStream.hpp"
+#include "../core/String.hpp"
+
+class ConfigEnum
+{
+
+};
+
+class IniReader
+{
+private:
+    std::vector<uint8>                      _buffer;
+    std::vector<std::tuple<size_t, size_t>> _lines;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, size_t> _sections;
+
+public:
+    IniReader(const std::string &path)
+    {
+        auto fs = FileStream(path, FILE_MODE_OPEN);
+        uint64 length = fs.GetLength();
+        _buffer.resize(length);
+        fs.Read(_buffer.data(), length);
+
+        RemoveBOM();
+
+        // Ensure there is a null terminator on the end, this is
+        // mainly for ParseLines's sake
+        if (_buffer[length - 1] != 0)
+        {
+            _buffer.push_back(0);
+        }
+
+        ParseLines();
+        ParseSections();
+    }
+
+    bool ReadSection(const std::string &name)
+    {
+        auto it = _sections.find(name);
+        if (it == _sections.end())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        size_t startLine = it->second;
+        UNUSED(startLine);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool GetBoolean(const std::string &name, bool defaultValue)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    sint32 GetSint32(const std::string &name, sint32 defaultValue, const ConfigEnum * configEnum = nullptr)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    std::string GetString(const std::string &name, const std::string &defaultValue)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+private:
+    void RemoveBOM()
+    {
+        utf8 * file = (utf8 *)_buffer.data();
+        utf8 * content = String::SkipBOM(file);
+        if (file != content)
+        {
+            size_t skipLength = content - file;
+            _buffer.erase(_buffer.begin(), _buffer.begin() + skipLength);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void ParseLines()
+    {
+        size_t lineBegin = 0;
+        bool onNewLineCh = false;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < _buffer.size(); i++)
+        {
+            char b = (char)_buffer[i];
+            if (b == 0 || b == '\n' || b == '\r')
+            {
+                if (!onNewLineCh)
+                {
+                    onNewLineCh = true;
+                    size_t lineEnd = i;
+                    _lines.emplace_back(lineBegin, lineEnd - lineBegin);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (onNewLineCh)
+            {
+                onNewLineCh = false;
+                lineBegin = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void ParseSections()
+    {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < _lines.size(); i++)
+        {
+            std::string line = GetLine(i);
+            line = String::Trim(line);
+            if (line.size() > 3 && line[0] == '[')
+            {
+                size_t endIndex = line.find_first_of(']');
+                std::string sectionName = line.substr(1, endIndex - 1);
+                _sections[sectionName] = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string GetLine(size_t index)
+    {
+        utf8 * szBuffer = (utf8 *)_buffer.data();
+        auto span = _lines[index];
+        auto line = std::string(szBuffer + std::get<0>(span), std::get<1>(span));
+        return line;
+    }
+};
+
+extern "C"
+{
+    bool config_open(const utf8 * path)
+    {
+        auto iniReader = IniReader(path);
+        bool b = iniReader.ReadSection("general");
+        UNUSED(b);
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.h b/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f70f09bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/IniReader.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#pragma once
diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
index 68c9ad85ba..bc8a0035a7 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
@@ -393,4 +393,44 @@ namespace String
     {
         return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, TrimStart(src));
     }
+
+    std::string Trim(const std::string &s)
+    {
+        const utf8 * firstNonWhitespace = nullptr;
+
+        codepoint_t codepoint;
+        const utf8 * ch = s.c_str();
+        const utf8 * nextCh;
+        while ((codepoint = GetNextCodepoint(ch, &nextCh)) != '\0')
+        {
+            bool isWhiteSpace = codepoint <= WCHAR_MAX && iswspace((wchar_t)codepoint);
+            if (isWhiteSpace)
+            {
+                if (firstNonWhitespace != nullptr)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (firstNonWhitespace == nullptr)
+                {
+                    firstNonWhitespace = ch;
+                }
+            }
+            ch = nextCh;
+        }
+
+        if (firstNonWhitespace != nullptr &&
+            firstNonWhitespace != s.c_str())
+        {
+            size_t newStringSize = ch - firstNonWhitespace;
+            return std::string(firstNonWhitespace, newStringSize);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            size_t newStringSize = ch - s.c_str();
+            return std::string(s.c_str(), newStringSize);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp b/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
index 287c1c3cd0..427374b2af 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ namespace String
     utf8 *          Trim(utf8 * str);
     const utf8 *    TrimStart(const utf8 * str);
     utf8 *          TrimStart(utf8 * buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8 * src);
+    std::string     Trim(const std::string &s);
 }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
index 601b403f64..c842c27096 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="audio\FileAudioSource.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="audio\MemoryAudioSource.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="audio\NullAudioSource.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="config\IniReader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileClassifier.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="network\ServerList.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ParkImporter.cpp" />
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="audio\AudioFormat.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="audio\AudioMixer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="audio\AudioSource.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="config\IniReader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileClassifier.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="network\ServerList.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="rct12.h" />