diff --git a/tsplotv b/tsplotv
index f87fd7f..6f28d1a 100755
--- a/tsplotv
+++ b/tsplotv
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ tsplotv
 [--output-format format ]
 [--stacked]
 [--style style]
+[--time_t]
+[--colors rgb-list]
+[--configfile yaml]
 [file ...]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ use strict;
 use TimeSeries;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Pod::Usage;
+use YAML qw(LoadFile);
 
 my $help;
 my $legend_position = 'top right';
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ my $log_y = 0;
 my $finalresolution;
 my $time_t = 0;
 my $colors;
+my $configfile;
 
 GetOptions('help|?' => \$help,
 	   'legend_position|legend-position=s'	=> \$legend_position,
@@ -60,33 +65,46 @@ GetOptions('help|?' => \$help,
 	   'finalresolution'		        => \$finalresolution,
 	   'time_t'			        => \$time_t,
            'colors=s'                           => \$colors,
+           'configfile=s'                       => \$configfile,
 	  ) or pod2usage(2);
 pod2usage(1) if $help;
 
+my $config = LoadFile($configfile) if $configfile;
 
 binmode STDOUT, ':raw';
 
-my %series;
-my $ns;
+my $ns = 0;
 my %data;
 
-my $ts = TimeSeries->new(output_format => $output_format);
+$config->{timeseries} //= {};
+for (keys $config->{timeseries}) {
+    $ns = $config->{timeseries}{$_}{order} if ($config->{timeseries}{$_}{order} // 0) > $ns;
+}
+
 while (<>) {
     chomp;
     my ($timestamp, $series, $value) = split(/\t/);
-    $series{$series} = ++$ns unless ($series{$series});
+    $config->{timeseries}{$series}{order} = ++$ns unless ($config->{timeseries}{$series}{order});
     $data{$timestamp}{$series} = $value;
 }
-my @series = sort { $series{$a} <=> $series{$b} } keys %series;
+my @series = sort { $config->{timeseries}{$a}{order} <=> $config->{timeseries}{$b}{order} }
+                  keys $config->{timeseries};
+if ($colors) {
+    my @colors = split(/,/, $colors);
+    while (my ($i, $c) = each(@colors)) {
+	$config->{timeseries}{$series[$i]}{color} = $c;
+    }
+}
+
+
+my $ts = TimeSeries->new(output_format => $output_format);
 $ts->legend(@series);
 $ts->legend_position($legend_position);
 $ts->stacked($stacked);
 $ts->style($style);
 $ts->log_y($log_y);
 $ts->finalresolution($finalresolution) if $finalresolution;
-if ($colors) {
-    $ts->colors(split(/,/, $colors));
-}
+$ts->colors(map $config->{timeseries}{$_}{color}, @series);
 
 for my $timestamp (sort keys %data) {
     my %d = %{$data{$timestamp}};