diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4249809..da01a7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sanitize:
 	#
 	#
 
-build: submodules bin/resh-session-init bin/resh-collect bin/resh-postcollect bin/resh-daemon bin/resh-evaluate bin/resh-sanitize bin/resh-control 
+build: submodules bin/resh-session-init bin/resh-collect bin/resh-postcollect bin/resh-daemon bin/resh-evaluate bin/resh-sanitize bin/resh-control bin/resh-config
 
 test_go:
 	# Running tests
diff --git a/cmd/config/main.go b/cmd/config/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49fe9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/config/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/curusarn/resh/pkg/cfg"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	usr, _ := user.Current()
+	dir := usr.HomeDir
+	configPath := filepath.Join(dir, ".config/resh.toml")
+
+	var config cfg.Config
+	_, err := toml.DecodeFile(configPath, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error reading config", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	configKey := flag.String("key", "", "Key of the requested config entry")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *configKey == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Error: expected option --key!")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	switch *configKey {
+	case "BindArrowKeysBash":
+		fallthrough
+	case "bindArrowKeysBash":
+		printBoolNormalized(config.BindArrowKeysBash)
+	case "BindArrowKeysZsh":
+		fallthrough
+	case "bindArrowKeysZsh":
+		printBoolNormalized(config.BindArrowKeysZsh)
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("Error: illegal --key!")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// this might be unnecessary but I'm too lazy to look it up
+func printBoolNormalized(x bool) {
+	if x {
+		fmt.Println("true")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("false")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/conf/config.toml b/conf/config.toml
index 51c0d40..7dc647c 100644
--- a/conf/config.toml
+++ b/conf/config.toml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ port = 2627
 sesswatchPeriodSeconds = 120 
 sesshistInitHistorySize = 1000
 debug = true 
-bindArrowKeysBash = true
+bindArrowKeysBash = false
 bindArrowKeysZsh = true
diff --git a/scripts/shellrc.sh b/scripts/shellrc.sh
index e447fc7..a6b9ebc 100644
--- a/scripts/shellrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/shellrc.sh
@@ -86,5 +86,14 @@ if [ -z "${__RESH_INIT_DONE+x}" ]; then
 
     __resh_reset_variables
 
+    if [ "$__RESH_SHELL" = bash ] ; then
+        [ "$(resh-config --key BindArrowKeysBash)" = true ] && reshctl enable arrow_key_bindings
+    elif [ "$__RESH_SHELL" = zsh ] ; then
+        [ "$(resh-config --key BindArrowKeysZsh)" = true ] && reshctl enable arrow_key_bindings
+    else
+        echo "RESH error: unknown shell (init)"
+        echo "$__RESH_SHELL"
+    fi
+
     __RESH_INIT_DONE=1
 fi