diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cd9e00b..31362db 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "napi-derive",
  "pyo3",
  "pyo3-build-config 0.19.2",
+ "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -388,6 +389,16 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "erased-serde"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24e2389d65ab4fab27dc2a5de7b191e1f6617d1f1c8855c0dc569c94a4cbb18d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "typeid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -862,11 +873,14 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a52f529509c236114a5cf5bb3c0c06ff0695ad45d718256930ec2416edf3817"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
+ "erased-serde",
  "mlua-sys",
  "mlua_derive",
  "num-traits",
  "parking_lot",
  "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde-value",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1020,6 +1034,15 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f19d67e5a2795c94e73e0bb1cc1a7edeb2e28efd39e2e1c9b7a40c1108b11c"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1521,18 +1544,28 @@ checksum = "61697e0a1c7e512e84a621326239844a24d8207b4669b41bc18b32ea5cbf988b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.205"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e33aedb1a7135da52b7c21791455563facbbcc43d0f0f66165b42c21b3dfb150"
+checksum = "c8e3592472072e6e22e0a54d5904d9febf8508f65fb8552499a1abc7d1078c3a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.205"
+name = "serde-value"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "692d6f5ac90220161d6774db30c662202721e64aed9058d2c394f451261420c1"
+checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ordered-float",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.210"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "243902eda00fad750862fc144cea25caca5e20d615af0a81bee94ca738f1df1f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1939,6 +1972,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typeid"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e13db2e0ccd5e14a544e8a246ba2312cd25223f616442d7f2cb0e3db614236e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -1970,6 +2009,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "81dfa00651efa65069b0b6b651f4aaa31ba9e3c3ce0137aaad053604ee7e0314"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/dist/py/src/codemp/codemp.pyi b/dist/py/src/codemp/codemp.pyi
index dc9a974..6e064e8 100644
--- a/dist/py/src/codemp/codemp.pyi
+++ b/dist/py/src/codemp/codemp.pyi
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ class Driver:
 	"""
 	def stop(self) -> None: ...
 
+class Config:
+	"""
+	Configuration data structure for codemp clients
+	"""
+	username: str
+	password: str
+	host: Optional[str]
+	port: Optional[int]
+	tls: Optional[bool]
 
 def init() -> Driver: ...
 def set_logger(logger_cb: Callable[[str], None], debug: bool) -> bool: ...
-def connect(host: str, username: str, password: str) -> Promise[Client]: ...
+def connect(config: Config) -> Promise[Client]: ...
 
 class Promise[T]:
 	"""
diff --git a/src/ffi/js/client.rs b/src/ffi/js/client.rs
index d82e8f3..8f5efab 100644
--- a/src/ffi/js/client.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/js/client.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ use crate::{Client, Workspace};
 
 #[napi]
 /// connect to codemp servers and return a client session
-pub async fn connect(addr: Option<String>, username: String, password: String) -> napi::Result<crate::Client>{
-	let client = crate::Client::connect(addr.as_deref().unwrap_or("http://code.mp:50053"), username, password)
-		.await?;
-
-	Ok(client)
+pub async fn connect(config: crate::api::Config) -> napi::Result<crate::Client>{
+	Ok(crate::Client::connect(config).await?)
 }
 
 #[napi]
diff --git a/src/ffi/python/client.rs b/src/ffi/python/client.rs
index 93afba7..f1ca3b5 100644
--- a/src/ffi/python/client.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/python/client.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl Client {
-	#[new]
-	fn __new__(
-		host: String,
-		username: String,
-		password: String,
-	) -> crate::errors::ConnectionResult<Self> {
-		super::tokio().block_on(Client::connect(host, username, password))
-	}
+	// #[new]
+	// fn __new__(
+	// 	host: String,
+	// 	username: String,
+	// 	password: String,
+	// ) -> crate::errors::ConnectionResult<Self> {
+	// 	super::tokio().block_on(Client::connect(host, username, password))
+	// }
 
 	// #[pyo3(name = "join_workspace")]
 	// async fn pyjoin_workspace(&self, workspace: String) -> JoinHandle<crate::Result<Workspace>> {
diff --git a/src/ffi/python/mod.rs b/src/ffi/python/mod.rs
index 8268d93..b545afd 100644
--- a/src/ffi/python/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/python/mod.rs
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ fn init() -> PyResult<Driver> {
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
-fn connect(host: String, username: String, password: String) -> PyResult<Promise> {
-	a_sync!(Client::connect(host, username, password).await)
+fn connect(config: crate::api::Config) -> PyResult<Promise> {
+	a_sync!(Client::connect(config).await)
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]