diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 5cfa291c..0363a8e7 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -27,7 +30,13 @@ func NewConfig(filename string) (*Config, error) {
 	var c Config
 	if len(filename) > 0 {
 		var err error
-		c, err = loadConfig(filename)
+
+		if isValidURL(filename) {
+			c, err = loadRemoteConfig(filename)
+		} else {
+			c, err = loadConfig(filename)
+		}
+
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -117,13 +126,42 @@ func (c *Config) RemoveRule(i int) {
 
 func loadConfig(filename string) (c Config, err error) {
 	yamlFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	log.Debug().Str("filename", filename).Msg("Adding custom ruleset from")
 	if err != nil {
 		return c, err
 	}
-
 	return c, yaml.Unmarshal(yamlFile, &c)
 }
 
+// gets the remote config from the url provided and returns config
+func loadRemoteConfig(url string) (c Config, err error) {
+	log.Debug().Str("url", url).Msg("Downloading file from")
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	// only parse response body if it is in the response is in the 2xx range
+	statusOK := resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode <= 299
+	if !statusOK {
+		return c, fmt.Errorf("unable to download remote config from url. Response code: %v. Response body: %c", resp.StatusCode, body)
+	}
+
+	log.Debug().Int("HTTP Response Status:", resp.StatusCode).Msg("Valid URL Response")
+	return c, yaml.Unmarshal(body, &c)
+}
+
 func relative(filename string) string {
 	// viper provides an absolute path to the config file, but we want the relative
 	// path to the config file from the current directory to make it easy for woke to ignore it
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 6711d4d3..8d5d6415 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			enabledRules[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", c.Rules[i].Name)
 		}
 
+		loadedRemoteConfigMsg := `{"level":"debug","filename":"testdata/good.yaml","message":"Adding custom ruleset from"}`
+		loadedRemoteConfig := `{"level":"debug","filename":"testdata/good.yaml","message":"Adding custom ruleset from"}`
 		loadedConfigMsg := `{"level":"debug","config":"testdata/good.yaml","message":"loaded config file"}`
 		configRulesMsg := fmt.Sprintf(`{"level":"debug","rules":[%s],"message":"config rules"}`, strings.Join(configRules, ","))
 		defaultRulesMsg := fmt.Sprintf(`{"level":"debug","rules":[%s],"message":"default rules"}`, strings.Join(defaultRules, ","))
 		allRulesMsg := fmt.Sprintf(`{"level":"debug","rules":[%s],"message":"all enabled rules"}`, strings.Join(enabledRules, ","))
 		assert.Equal(t,
-			loadedConfigMsg+"\n"+configRulesMsg+"\n"+defaultRulesMsg+"\n"+allRulesMsg+"\n",
+			loadedRemoteConfigMsg+"\n"+loadedRemoteConfig+"\n"+loadedConfigMsg+"\n"+configRulesMsg+"\n"+defaultRulesMsg+"\n"+allRulesMsg+"\n",
 			out.String())
 	})
 
@@ -206,8 +208,29 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, expected.Rules, c.Rules)
 		assert.Equal(t, "No findings found.", c.GetSuccessExitMessage())
 	})
-}
 
+	t.Run("load-config-with-bad-url", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := NewConfig("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-woke/woke/main/example")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("load-config-with-url", func(t *testing.T) {
+		c, err := NewConfig("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-woke/woke/main/example.yaml")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, c)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("load-remote-config-valid-url", func(t *testing.T) {
+		c, err := loadRemoteConfig("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-woke/woke/main/example.yaml")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, c)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("load-remote-config-invalid-url", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := loadRemoteConfig("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-woke/woke/main/example")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+}
 func Test_relative(t *testing.T) {
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/config/remote.go b/pkg/config/remote.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b048bbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/config/remote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+// isValidUrl tests a string to determine if it is a valid URL or not
+func isValidURL(toTest string) bool {
+	_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(toTest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	u, err := url.Parse(toTest)
+	if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	log.Debug().Str("remoteConfig", toTest).Msg("Valid URL for remote config.")
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/remote_test.go b/pkg/config/remote_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc101277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/config/remote_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_isValidURL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid-url-test1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		boolResponse := isValidURL("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/get-woke/woke/main/example.yaml")
+		assert.True(t, boolResponse)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid-url-test1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		boolResponse := isValidURL("Users/Document/test.yaml")
+		assert.False(t, boolResponse)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid-url-test2", func(t *testing.T) {
+		boolResponse := isValidURL("/Users/Document/test.yaml")
+		assert.False(t, boolResponse)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid-url-test3", func(t *testing.T) {
+		boolResponse := isValidURL("C:User\testpath\test.yaml")
+		assert.False(t, boolResponse)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid-url-test4", func(t *testing.T) {
+		boolResponse := isValidURL("C:\\directory.com\test.yaml")
+		assert.False(t, boolResponse)
+	})
+}