diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08f2a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Uses the system's CURL binary to do so.
+fetch_onion_instance_stats: true
+
+# TOR's Sock proxy address that CURL uses to connect to hidden services
+tor_sock_proxy_address: "127.0.0.1"
+tor_sock_proxy_port: 9050
+
+# Minutes before refreshing the instance stats
+minutes_between_refresh: 30
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/helpers/helpers.cr b/src/helpers/helpers.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8308c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/helpers.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "yaml"
+
+def load_config()
+  config = YAML.parse(File.read("config.yml"))
+  return config
+end
+
diff --git a/src/instances.cr b/src/instances.cr
index 71c4551..67a36a1 100644
--- a/src/instances.cr
+++ b/src/instances.cr
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ require "http/client"
 require "kemal"
 require "uri"
 
+require "./helpers/*"
+
+CONFIG = load_config()
+
 Kemal::CLI.new ARGV
 
 macro rendered(filename)
@@ -68,6 +72,23 @@ spawn do
 
       case type = host.split(".")[-1]
       when "onion"
+        type = "onion"
+
+        if CONFIG["fetch_onion_instance_stats"]?
+          begin
+            args = Process.parse_arguments("--socks5-hostname '#{CONFIG["tor_sock_proxy_address"]}:#{CONFIG["tor_sock_proxy_port"]}' 'http://#{uri.host}/api/v1/stats'")
+            response = nil
+            Process.run("curl", args: args) do |result|
+              data = result.output.read_line
+              response = JSON.parse(data)
+            end
+
+            stats = response
+
+          rescue ex
+            stats = nil
+          end
+        end
       when "i2p"
       else
         type = uri.scheme.not_nil!
@@ -88,7 +109,7 @@ spawn do
     INSTANCES.clear
     INSTANCES.merge! instances
 
-    sleep 5.minutes
+    sleep CONFIG["minutes_between_refresh"].as_i.minutes
   end
 end