diff --git a/flickrscripts.py b/flickrscripts.py
index 1bbb7a9..9761511 100644
--- a/flickrscripts.py
+++ b/flickrscripts.py
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+import json
+from os.path import expanduser
+
 import flickrapi
 
 
-def setup_flickr(self, api_key, api_secret):
-    self.flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key, api_secret)
+def setup_flickr(api_key, api_secret):
+    flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key, api_secret)
 
-    token, frob = self.flickr.get_token_part_one(perms='write')
+    token, frob = flickr.get_token_part_one(perms='write')
     if not token:
         raw_input("Press ENTER after you authorized this program")
 
-    self.flickr.get_token_part_two((token, frob))
+    flickr.get_token_part_two((token, frob))
+    return flickr
+
+
+def get_flickr_from_rc_file(rc_file=expanduser('~/.flickrscripts.json')):
+    rc_conf = json.load(open(rc_file))
+    return setup_flickr(rc_conf['APIKEY'], rc_conf['APISECRET'])
diff --git a/timewarp.py b/timewarp.py
index 8ebc7cf..4edb832 100644
--- a/timewarp.py
+++ b/timewarp.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TimeWarper(object):
     _base_query_args = dict(user_id='me', page=1)
 
     def __init__(self, api_key, api_secret):
-        setup_flickr(self, api_key, api_secret)
+        self.flickr = setup_flickr(api_key, api_secret)
         self.log = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.log.level = logging.INFO