diff --git a/example/hcl/echo.go b/example/hcl/echo.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/hcl/echo.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/paked/configure"
+)
+
+var (
+	// set up a configure instance with no default stack
+	conf = configure.New()
+	// declare flags / things to configure
+	amount   = conf.Int("amount", 0, "how many times you want the string repeated!")
+	message  = conf.String("message", "Echo!", "a selected string")
+	newlines = conf.Bool("newlines", true, "whether or not you want new lines")
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// add configuration middlewears to the stack
+	conf.Use(configure.NewHCLFromFile("echo.hcl"))
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// populate the pointers
+	conf.Parse()
+	for i := 0; i < *amount; i++ {
+		fmt.Print(*message)
+
+		if *newlines {
+			fmt.Print("\n")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func usage() string {
+	return "Echo is the best message echo-er available in your terminal!\nUse the amount flag to set how many times you to echo\nmessage for what you want to echo\nand newlines for whether you want breaks in between messages\n"
+}
diff --git a/example/hcl/echo.hcl b/example/hcl/echo.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36f2cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/hcl/echo.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+amount = 10
+message = "hello "
+newlines = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hcl.go b/hcl.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcl.go
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+package configure
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl"
+)
+
+// NewHCL returns an instance of the HCL checker. It takes a function
+// which returns an io.Reader which will be called when the first value
+// is recalled. The contents of the io.Reader MUST be decodable into HCL or JSON.
+func NewHCL(gen func() (io.Reader, error)) *HCL {
+	return &HCL{
+		gen: gen,
+	}
+}
+
+// NewHCLFromFile returns an instance of the HCL checker. It reads its
+// data from a file (file content can be HCL or JSON) which its location has been specified through the path
+// parameter
+func NewHCLFromFile(path string) *HCL {
+	return NewHCL(func() (io.Reader, error) {
+		return os.Open(path)
+	})
+}
+
+// HCL represents the HCL Checker. It reads an io.Reader and then pulls a value out of a map[string]interface{}.
+type HCL struct {
+	values map[string]interface{}
+	gen    func() (io.Reader, error)
+}
+
+func (h *HCL) Setup() error {
+	r, err := h.gen()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.ReadFrom(r)
+	s := buf.String()
+	//first parse the hcl file
+	obj, err := hcl.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	h.values = make(map[string]interface{})
+	//then decode the object
+	if err = hcl.DecodeObject(&h.values, obj); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+
+}
+
+func (h *HCL) value(name string) (interface{}, error) {
+	val, ok := h.values[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("variable does not exist")
+	}
+	return val, nil
+}
+
+//Int returns an int if it exists within the HCL io.Reader
+func (h *HCL) Int(name string) (int, error) {
+	v, err := h.value(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	f, ok := v.(float64)
+	if !ok {
+		i, ok := v.(int)
+		if !ok {
+			return v.(int), errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%T unable", v))
+		}
+		return i, nil
+	}
+	return int(f), nil
+}
+
+// Bool returns a bool if it exists within the HCL io.Reader.
+func (h *HCL) Bool(name string) (bool, error) {
+	v, err := h.value(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return v.(bool), nil
+}
+
+// String returns a string if it exists within the HCL io.Reader.
+func (h *HCL) String(name string) (string, error) {
+	v, err := h.value(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return v.(string), nil
+}