diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 4a1e0fe..e1d5dd2 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:rimworld_modman/modloader.dart';
 
 void main() {
+  ModList(path: modsRoot).load();
   ConfigFile(path: configPath).load();
   // runApp(const RimWorldModManager());
 }
diff --git a/lib/modloader.dart b/lib/modloader.dart
index 18b4fda..71afa24 100644
--- a/lib/modloader.dart
+++ b/lib/modloader.dart
@@ -30,17 +30,94 @@ class Mod {
     required this.incompatabilities,
     required this.enabled,
   });
+
+  static Mod fromDirectory(String path) {
+    final directory = Directory(path);
+    final aboutFile = File('$path/About/About.xml');
+    final aboutXml = XmlDocument.parse(aboutFile.readAsStringSync());
+    final metadata = aboutXml.findElements('ModMetaData').first;
+    final name = metadata.findElements('name').first.innerText;
+    final id = metadata.findElements('packageId').first.innerText.toLowerCase();
+    final versions =
+        metadata
+            .findElements('supportedVersions')
+            .first
+            .findElements('li')
+            .map((e) => e.innerText)
+            .toList();
+    final description = metadata.findElements('description').first.innerText;
+    final hardDependencies =
+        metadata
+            .findElements('modDependenciesByVersion')
+            .last
+            .findElements('li')
+            .map((e) => e.findElements('packageId').first.innerText.toLowerCase())
+            .toList();
+    final softDependencies =
+        metadata
+            .findElements('loadAfter')
+            .first
+            .findElements('li')
+            .map((e) => e.innerText.toLowerCase())
+            .toList();
+    final incompatabilities =
+        metadata
+            .findElements('incompatibleWith')
+            .first
+            .findElements('li')
+            .map((e) => e.innerText.toLowerCase())
+            .toList();
+
+    return Mod(
+      name: name,
+      id: id,
+      path: path,
+      versions: versions,
+      description: description,
+      hardDependencies: hardDependencies,
+      softDependencies: softDependencies,
+      incompatabilities: incompatabilities,
+      enabled: false,
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 class ModList {
   final String path;
-  final List<Mod> mods;
+  List<Mod> mods = [];
 
-  ModList({required this.path, this.mods = const []});
+  ModList({required this.path});
 
   void load() {
-    final file = File(path);
+    final directory = Directory(path);
     print('Loading configuration from: $path');
+
+    if (directory.existsSync()) {
+      final List<FileSystemEntity> entities = directory.listSync();
+      final List<String> modDirectories =
+          entities.whereType<Directory>().map((dir) => dir.path).toList();
+
+      print('Found ${modDirectories.length} mod directories:');
+      for (final modDir in modDirectories) {
+        try {
+          final mod = Mod.fromDirectory(modDir);
+          mods.add(mod);
+          print(
+            'Loaded mod: ${mod.name} (ID: ${mod.id}) from directory: $modDir. '
+            'Description: ${mod.description}, '
+            'Hard Dependencies: ${mod.hardDependencies.join(', ')}, '
+            'Soft Dependencies: ${mod.softDependencies.join(', ')}, '
+            'Incompatibilities: ${mod.incompatabilities.join(', ')}',
+          );
+          print('Current total mods loaded: ${mods.length}');
+        } catch (e) {
+          print('Error loading mod from directory: $modDir');
+          print('Error: $e');
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      print('Mods root directory does not exist: $modsRoot');
+    }
   }
 }