diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d1836d5..46f8cc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -48,9 +48,46 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2109dbce0e72be3ec00bed26e6a7479ca384ad226efdd66db8fa2e3a38c83125"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a68f1f47cdf0ec8ee4b941b2eee2a80cb796db73118c0dd09ac63fbe405be22"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f34d93e62b03caf570cccc334cbc6c2fceca82f39211051345108adcba3eebdc"
+dependencies = [
+ "shlex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.21"
@@ -97,12 +134,38 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "erased-serde"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24e2389d65ab4fab27dc2a5de7b191e1f6617d1f1c8855c0dc569c94a4cbb18d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "typeid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.0"
@@ -115,6 +178,15 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -131,12 +203,130 @@ version = "1.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.167"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09d6582e104315a817dff97f75133544b2e094ee22447d2acf4a74e189ba06fc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07af8b9cdd281b7915f413fa73f29ebd5d55d0d3f0155584dade1ff18cea1b17"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lua-src"
+version = "547.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1edaf29e3517b49b8b746701e5648ccb5785cde1c119062cbabbc5d5cd115e42"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "luajit-src"
+version = "210.5.11+97813fb"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3015551c284515db7c30c559fc1080f9cb9ee990d1f6fca315451a107c7540bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "which",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mlua"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ea43c3ffac2d0798bd7128815212dd78c98316b299b7a902dabef13dc7b6b8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
+ "either",
+ "erased-serde",
+ "mlua-sys",
+ "num-traits",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde-value",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mlua-sys"
+version = "0.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63a11d485edf0f3f04a508615d36c7d50d299cf61a7ee6d3e2530651e0a31771"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "lua-src",
+ "luajit-src",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f19d67e5a2795c94e73e0bb1cc1a7edeb2e28efd39e2e1c9b7a40c1108b11c"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bf18183cf54e8d6059647fc3063646a1801cf30896933ec2311622cc4b9a27"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e401f977ab385c9e4e3ab30627d6f26d00e2c73eef317493c4ec6d468726cf8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "953ec861398dccce10c670dfeaf3ec4911ca479e9c02154b3a215178c5f566f2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.87"
@@ -155,6 +345,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b6dfecf2c74bce2466cabf93f6664d6998a69eb21e39f4207930065b27b771f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7fb8039b3032c191086b10f11f319a6e99e1e82889c5cc6046f515c9db1d497"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7f649912bc1495e167a6edee79151c84b1bad49748cb4f1f1167f459f6224f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.210"
@@ -164,6 +388,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-value"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ordered-float",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.210"
@@ -184,11 +418,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sqleibniz"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "mlua",
  "serde",
  "toml",
 ]
@@ -244,6 +491,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typeid"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e13db2e0ccd5e14a544e8a246ba2312cd25223f616442d7f2cb0e3db614236e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.13"
@@ -256,6 +509,27 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "6.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4ee928febd44d98f2f459a4a79bd4d928591333a494a10a868418ac1b39cf1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "home",
+ "rustix",
+ "winsafe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
@@ -337,3 +611,9 @@ checksum = "36c1fec1a2bb5866f07c25f68c26e565c4c200aebb96d7e55710c19d3e8ac49b"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winsafe"
+version = "0.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d135d17ab770252ad95e9a872d365cf3090e3be864a34ab46f48555993efc904"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cdb99b5..2b8117b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ trace_parser = []
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+mlua = {version = "0.10.2", features = ["lua54", "vendored", "serialize"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.8.19"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa1f8a2..1effa3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,33 +157,32 @@ Options:
 
 ### Configuration
 
-Sqleibniz can be configured via a `leibniz.toml` file, this file has to be
+Sqleibniz can be configured via a `leibniz.lua` file, this file has to be
 accessible to sqleibniz by existing at the path sqleibniz is invoked at.
 Consult [src/rules.rs](./src/rules.rs) for configuration documentation and
-[leibniz.toml](./leibniz.toml) for said example:
-
-```toml
-# this is an example file, consult: https://toml.io/en/ for syntax help and
-# src/rules.rs::Config for all available options
-[disabled]
-    # see sqleibniz --help for all available rules
-    rules = [
-        # by default, sqleibniz specific errors are disabled:
-        "NoContent", # source file is empty
-        "NoStatements", # source file contains no statements
-        "Unimplemented", # construct is not implemented yet
-        "BadSqleibnizInstruction", # source file contains a bad sqleibniz instruction
-
-        # ignoring sqlite specific diagnostics:
-        # "UnknownKeyword", # an unknown keyword was encountered
-        # "UnterminatedString", # a not closed string was found
-        # "UnknownCharacter", # an unknown character was found
-        # "InvalidNumericLiteral", # an invalid numeric literal was found
-        # "InvalidBlob", # an invalid blob literal was found (either bad hex data or incorrect syntax)
-        # "Syntax", # a structure with incorrect syntax was found
-        # "Semicolon", # a semicolon is missing
-    ]
-
+[leibniz.lua](./leibniz.lua) for said example:
+
+```lua
+-- this is an example configuration, consult: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/
+-- or https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/lua/ for syntax help and
+-- src/rules.rs::Config for all available options
+leibniz.disabled_rules = {
+    -- by default, sqleibniz specific errors are disabled:
+    "NoContent",               -- source file is empty
+    "NoStatements",            -- source file contains no statements
+    "Unimplemented",           -- construct is not implemented yet
+    "BadSqleibnizInstruction", -- source file contains a bad sqleibniz instruction
+
+    -- ignoring sqlite specific diagnostics:
+
+    -- "UnknownKeyword", -- an unknown keyword was encountered
+    -- "UnterminatedString", -- a not closed string was found
+    -- "UnknownCharacter", -- an unknown character was found
+    -- "InvalidNumericLiteral", -- an invalid numeric literal was found
+    -- "InvalidBlob", -- an invalid blob literal was found (either bad hex data or incorrect syntax)
+    -- "Syntax", -- a structure with incorrect syntax was found
+    -- "Semicolon", -- a semicolon is missing
+}
 ```
 
 ### sqleibniz instructions
diff --git a/leibniz.lua b/leibniz.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab64f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leibniz.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- this is an example configuration, consult: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/
+-- or https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/lua/ for syntax help and
+-- src/rules.rs::Config for all available options
+leibniz.disabled_rules = {
+    -- by default, sqleibniz specific errors are disabled:
+    "NoContent",               -- source file is empty
+    "NoStatements",            -- source file contains no statements
+    "Unimplemented",           -- construct is not implemented yet
+    "BadSqleibnizInstruction", -- source file contains a bad sqleibniz instruction
+
+    -- ignoring sqlite specific diagnostics:
+
+    -- "UnknownKeyword", -- an unknown keyword was encountered
+    -- "UnterminatedString", -- a not closed string was found
+    -- "UnknownCharacter", -- an unknown character was found
+    -- "InvalidNumericLiteral", -- an invalid numeric literal was found
+    -- "InvalidBlob", -- an invalid blob literal was found (either bad hex data or incorrect syntax)
+    -- "Syntax", -- a structure with incorrect syntax was found
+    -- "Semicolon", -- a semicolon is missing
+}
diff --git a/leibniz.toml b/leibniz.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf382c..0000000
--- a/leibniz.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# this is an example file, consult: https://toml.io/en/ for syntax help and
-# src/rules.rs::Config for all available options 
-[disabled] 
-    # see sqleibniz --help for all available rules
-    rules = [ 
-        # by default, sqleibniz specific errors are disabled:
-        "NoContent", # source file is empty
-        "NoStatements", # source file contains no statements
-        "Unimplemented", # construct is not implemented yet
-        "BadSqleibnizInstruction", # source file contains a bad sqleibniz instruction
-
-        # ignoring sqlite specific diagnostics:
-        # "UnknownKeyword", # an unknown keyword was encountered
-        # "UnterminatedString", # a not closed string was found
-        # "UnknownCharacter", # an unknown character was found
-        # "InvalidNumericLiteral", # an invalid numeric literal was found
-        # "InvalidBlob", # an invalid blob literal was found (either bad hex data or incorrect syntax)
-        # "Syntax", # a structure with incorrect syntax was found
-        # "Semicolon", # a semicolon is missing
-    ]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b5965d3..9c07df1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use std::{fs, process::exit, vec};
 use clap::Parser;
 use error::{print_str_colored, warn};
 use lexer::Lexer;
-use rules::{Config, Disabled, Rule};
+use mlua::{Lua, LuaSerdeExt};
+use rules::{Config, Rule};
 
 /// error does formatting and highlighting for errors
 mod error;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ mod types;
 #[derive(clap::Parser)]
 #[command(about, long_about=None)]
 struct Cli {
-    /// instruct sqleibniz to ignore the configuration, if found
+    /// instruct sqleibniz to ignore the configuration, if specified
     #[arg(short, long)]
     ignore_config: bool,
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ struct Cli {
     paths: Vec<String>,
 
     /// path to the configuration
-    #[arg(short = 'c', long, default_value = "leibniz.toml")]
+    #[arg(short = 'c', long, default_value = "leibniz.lua")]
     config: String,
 
     /// disable stdout/stderr output
@@ -64,20 +65,36 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     let mut config = Config {
-        disabled: Disabled { rules: vec![] },
+        disabled_rules: vec![],
     };
 
     if !args.ignore_config {
         match fs::read_to_string(&args.config) {
-            Ok(config_str) => match toml::from_str(&config_str) {
-                Ok(conf) => config = conf,
-                Err(err) => warn(&format!(
-                    "Failed to parse configuration file '{}': {}",
-                    args.config, err
-                )),
-            },
+            Ok(config_str) => {
+                let lua = Lua::new();
+                let globals = lua.globals();
+                let leibniz = lua
+                    .to_value(&Config {
+                        disabled_rules: vec![],
+                    })
+                    .expect("failed to serialize default configuration");
+                globals
+                    .set("leibniz", leibniz)
+                    .expect("failed to serialize default configuration");
+                match lua.load(config_str).set_name(&args.config).exec() {
+                    Ok(()) => {
+                        if let Ok(raw_conf) = globals.get::<mlua::Value>("leibniz") {
+                            match lua.from_value::<Config>(raw_conf) {
+                                Ok(conf) => config.disabled_rules = conf.disabled_rules,
+                                Err(err) => println!("{err}"),
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => println!("{err}"),
+                }
+            }
             Err(err) => warn(&format!(
-                "Failed to read configuration file '{}': {}",
+                "Failed to execute configuration file '{}': {}",
                 args.config, err
             )),
         }
@@ -85,12 +102,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     if let Some(rules) = args.disable {
         let mut p = rules.clone();
-        config.disabled.rules.append(&mut p);
+        config.disabled_rules.append(&mut p);
     }
 
-    if !config.disabled.rules.is_empty() && !args.silent {
+    if !config.disabled_rules.is_empty() && !args.silent {
         warn("Ignoring the following diagnostics, as specified:");
-        for rule in &config.disabled.rules {
+        for rule in &config.disabled_rules {
             print_str_colored(" -> ", error::Color::Blue);
             println!("{}", rule.name())
         }
@@ -132,7 +149,7 @@ fn main() {
             .iter()
             .flatten()
             .filter(|e| {
-                if config.disabled.rules.contains(&e.rule) {
+                if config.disabled_rules.contains(&e.rule) {
                     ignored_errors += 1;
                     false
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/rules.rs b/src/rules.rs
index 6443641..342cb1d 100644
--- a/src/rules.rs
+++ b/src/rules.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use mlua::UserData;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 /// Rule is attached to each error and can be supplied to sqleibniz via the Config structure serialized in ./leibniz.toml
 #[derive(clap::ValueEnum)]
 pub enum Rule {
@@ -30,19 +31,16 @@ pub enum Rule {
     Semicolon,
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-/// Allows for disabling diagnostics and turning off behaviours
-pub struct Disabled {
-    pub rules: Vec<Rule>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 /// Configuration is expected to be at ./leibniz.toml - its existence is not necessary for the program invocation
 pub struct Config {
     /// holds the rules that the user wants to not see errors for.
-    pub disabled: Disabled,
+    pub disabled_rules: Vec<Rule>,
 }
 
+impl UserData for Config {}
+impl UserData for Rule {}
+
 impl Rule {
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         match self {