diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2bef43d..6f59155 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /.bundle
 /bin
+/config/local.rb
 /vendor/cache
diff --git a/config/basic.rb b/config/basic.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30e3ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/basic.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Set up the execution environment. Load this file before trying to do
+# anything else. This file assumes that the repo's been bootstrapped.
+
+require "pathname"
+
+# Make sure we're in the repo's root directory.
+
+Dir.chdir Pathname.new(__FILE__).realpath + "../.."
+
+# Load local config if it exists.
+
+local = File.expand_path "../local.rb", __FILE__
+load local if File.file? local
+
+# Add local deps to the load path.
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler/setup"
+
+# Add local lib to the front of the load path if it exists.
+
+lib = File.expand_path "../../lib", __FILE__
+$:.unshift lib if File.directory? lib
diff --git a/script/boxen b/script/boxen
index d773fdc..b2bd16a 100755
--- a/script/boxen
+++ b/script/boxen
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ end
 
 strap = %w(script/bootstrap --deployment --local --without development:test)
 abort "Can't bootstrap, dependencies are outdated." unless system *strap
+
+# Set up our local configuration, deps, and load path.
+
+load "config/basic.rb"