diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ab247f..26ff689 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 /tmp/
 /data
 Gemfile.lock
+.config
 
 # rspec failure tracking
 .rspec_status
diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index fa30917..15a5cf9 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
+require 'sidekiq'
+require 'sidekiq/api'
+require 'pry'
+
+
 require '../lib/pastebinner'
 require '../lib/elastic_search_helper'
+require '../lib/paste_to_es'
 
-# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
-# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
-
-# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
 require 'pry'
+
 # set restclient logging and setup a pb object
 RestClient.log ='stdout'
 pb = Pastebinner.new(ENV['pastebin_api_key'], ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pastebin_password'])
+es = ElasticSearchHelper.new(ENV['elastic_search_url'], 'pastes')
+
 binding.pry
diff --git a/config/configuration.rb b/config/configuration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b2c72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# ideally i want to have a configuration block like this loaded
+Pastebinner.configure do |config|
+  config.pastebin_username = pastebin_username
+  config.pastebin_password = pastebin_password
+  config.pastebin_api_key = pastebin_api_key
+  config.elastic_search_url = elastic_search_url
+  config.redis_url = redis_url
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d0e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# server config
+Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  config.redis = { url: ENV["REDIS_SERVER_URL"] }
+end
+
+# client config
+Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
+    config.redis = { url: ENV["REDIS_SERVER_URL"] }
+end
diff --git a/lib/configuration.rb b/lib/configuration.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f7f1bb0..0000000
--- a/lib/configuration.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-class Configuration
-# this is going to be where i store config options like
-# - database or directory. directory is built in, we just need to fine tune it a bit more
-# - we will start doing just a standard sqlite file for raw pastes as a test
-
-  # we can use systemd service/timer files to generate a way to automate downloading raw pastes.
-  def generate_service_file(user=, working_directory=, exec_start=)
-	# this should maybe be a HERE document that will create the file with the 
-	# or just open the base template file that we have and replace these specific lines. 
-  end
-
-  def build_cron
-  # need to lookup what we have to put in PATH in the cron to inherit the environment variables for the api key,username,password
-  end
-end