diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index 3927562..7acba01 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #include "ConfigManager.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp"
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <glob.h>
+#include <cstring>
+
+static Hyprlang::CParseResult handleSource(const char* c, const char* v) {
+    const std::string      VALUE   = v;
+    const std::string      COMMAND = c;
+
+    const auto             RESULT = g_pConfigManager->handleSource(COMMAND, VALUE);
+
+    Hyprlang::CParseResult result;
+    if (RESULT.has_value())
+        result.setError(RESULT.value().c_str());
+    return result;
+}
 
 static std::string getConfigDir() {
     static const char* xdgConfigHome = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
@@ -15,7 +30,7 @@ static std::string getMainConfigPath() {
 }
 
 CConfigManager::CConfigManager() : m_config(getMainConfigPath().c_str(), Hyprlang::SConfigOptions{.throwAllErrors = true, .allowMissingConfig = true}) {
-    ;
+    configCurrentPath = getMainConfigPath();
 }
 
 void CConfigManager::init() {
@@ -62,6 +77,8 @@ void CConfigManager::init() {
     m_config.addSpecialConfigValue("label", "halign", Hyprlang::STRING{"none"});
     m_config.addSpecialConfigValue("label", "valign", Hyprlang::STRING{"none"});
 
+    m_config.registerHandler(&::handleSource, "source", {false});
+
     m_config.commence();
 
     auto result = m_config.parse();
@@ -149,3 +166,48 @@ std::vector<CConfigManager::SWidgetConfig> CConfigManager::getWidgetConfigs() {
 
     return result;
 }
+
+std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleSource(const std::string& command, const std::string& rawpath) {
+    if (rawpath.length() < 2) {
+        Debug::log(ERR, "source= path garbage");
+        return "source path " + rawpath + " bogus!";
+    }
+    std::unique_ptr<glob_t, void (*)(glob_t*)> glob_buf{new glob_t, [](glob_t* g) { globfree(g); }};
+    memset(glob_buf.get(), 0, sizeof(glob_t));
+
+    if (auto r = glob(absolutePath(rawpath, configCurrentPath)->c_str(), GLOB_TILDE, nullptr, glob_buf.get()); r != 0) {
+        std::string err = std::format("source= globbing error: {}", r == GLOB_NOMATCH ? "found no match" : GLOB_ABORTED ? "read error" : "out of memory");
+        Debug::log(ERR, "{}", err);
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < glob_buf->gl_pathc; i++) {
+        auto pathValueOpt = absolutePath(glob_buf->gl_pathv[i], configCurrentPath);
+        if (pathValueOpt->empty()) {
+            Debug::log(WARN, "source= skipping invalid path");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        auto pathValue = pathValueOpt.value();
+
+        if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(pathValue)) {
+            if (std::filesystem::exists(pathValue)) {
+                Debug::log(WARN, "source= skipping non-file {}", pathValue);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Debug::log(ERR, "source= file doesnt exist");
+            return "source file " + pathValue + " doesn't exist!";
+        }
+
+        // allow for nested config parsing
+        auto backupConfigPath = configCurrentPath;
+        configCurrentPath     = pathValue;
+
+        m_config.parseFile(pathValue.c_str());
+
+        configCurrentPath = backupConfigPath;
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
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diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.hpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.hpp
index c0ab72b..d1b5d87 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.hpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class CConfigManager {
     };
 
     std::vector<SWidgetConfig> getWidgetConfigs();
+    std::optional<std::string> handleSource(const std::string&, const std::string&);
+
+    std::string                configCurrentPath;
 
   private:
     Hyprlang::CConfig m_config;
diff --git a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25455f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <filesystem>
+#include "MiscFunctions.hpp"
+
+std::optional<std::string> absolutePath(const std::string& rawpath, const std::string& rawcurrentpath) {
+    std::filesystem::path path(rawpath);
+
+    // Handling where rawpath starts with '~'
+    if (!rawpath.empty() && rawpath[0] == '~') {
+        static const char* const ENVHOME = getenv("HOME");
+        return std::filesystem::path(ENVHOME) / path.relative_path().string().substr(2);
+    }
+    // Handling e.g. ./, ../
+    else if (path.is_relative()) {
+        const std::filesystem::path currentDir = std::filesystem::path(rawcurrentpath).parent_path();
+
+        auto                        finalPath = currentDir / path;
+        if (exists(finalPath))
+            return std::filesystem::canonical(currentDir / path);
+        return {};
+    } else {
+        return std::filesystem::canonical(path);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc56855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <optional>
+
+std::optional<std::string> absolutePath(const std::string&, const std::string&);