diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00268614..583259c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ _cgo_export.*
 _testmain.go
 
 *.exe
+node_exporter
diff --git a/node_exporter.conf b/node_exporter.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6800bac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_exporter.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+   "attributes" : {
+      "web-server" : "1",
+      "zone" : "a",
+      "default" : "1"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/node_exporter.go b/node_exporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38194a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/metrics"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	proto    = "tcp"
+	procLoad = "/proc/loadavg"
+)
+
+var (
+	verbose          = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "Verbose output.")
+	listeningAddress = flag.String("listeningAddress", ":8080", "Address on which to expose JSON metrics.")
+	metricsEndpoint  = flag.String("metricsEndpoint", "/metrics.json", "Path under which to expose JSON metrics.")
+	configFile       = flag.String("config", "node_exporter.conf", "Config file.")
+	scrapeInterval   = flag.Int("interval", 60, "Scrape interval.")
+
+	loadAvg          = metrics.NewGauge()
+	attributes       = metrics.NewGauge()
+	lastSeen         = metrics.NewGauge()
+)
+
+type config struct {
+	Attributes map[string]string `json:"attributes"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't get hostname: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	registry.DefaultRegistry.Register(
+		"node_load",
+		"node_exporter: system load.",
+		map[string]string{"hostname": hostname},
+		loadAvg,
+	)
+
+	registry.DefaultRegistry.Register(
+		"node_last_login_seconds",
+		"node_exporter: seconds since last login.",
+		map[string]string{"hostname": hostname},
+		lastSeen,
+	)
+
+	registry.DefaultRegistry.Register(
+		"node_attributes",
+		"node_exporter: system attributes.",
+		map[string]string{"hostname": hostname},
+		attributes,
+	)
+}
+
+func debug(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	if *verbose {
+		log.Printf(format, a...)
+	}
+}
+
+func newConfig(filename string) (conf config, err error) {
+	log.Printf("Reading config %s", filename)
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &conf)
+	return
+}
+
+func serveStatus() {
+	exporter := registry.DefaultRegistry.Handler()
+
+	http.Handle(*metricsEndpoint, exporter)
+	http.ListenAndServe(*listeningAddress, nil)
+}
+
+// Takes a string, splits it, converts each element to int and returns them as new list.
+// It will return an error in case any element isn't an int.
+func splitToInts(str string, sep string) (ints []int, err error) {
+	for _, part := range strings.Split(str, sep) {
+		i, err := strconv.Atoi(part)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not split '%s' because %s is no int: %s", str, part, err)
+		}
+		ints = append(ints, i)
+	}
+	return ints, nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGHUP)
+	configChan := make(chan config)
+	go func() {
+		for _ = range sig {
+			config, err := newConfig(*configFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Couldn't reload config: %s", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			configChan <- config
+		}
+	}()
+
+	conf, err := newConfig(*configFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't read config: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	go serveStatus()
+
+	tick := time.Tick(time.Duration(*scrapeInterval) * time.Second)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case conf = <-configChan:
+			log.Printf("Got new config")
+		case <-tick:
+			log.Printf("Starting new scrape interval")
+
+			last, err := getSecondsSinceLastLogin()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Couldn't get last seen: %s", err)
+			} else {
+				debug("last: %f", last)
+				lastSeen.Set(nil, last)
+			}
+
+			load, err := getLoad()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Couldn't get load: %s", err)
+			} else {
+				debug("load: %f", load)
+				loadAvg.Set(nil, load)
+			}
+
+			debug("attributes: %s", conf.Attributes)
+			attributes.Set(conf.Attributes, 1)
+
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getLoad() (float64, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(procLoad)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	parts := strings.Fields(string(data))
+	load, err := strconv.ParseFloat(parts[0], 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Could not parse load '%s': %s", parts[0], err)
+	}
+	return load, nil
+}
+
+func getSecondsSinceLastLogin() (float64, error) {
+	who := exec.Command("who", "/var/log/wtmp", "-l", "-u", "-s")
+
+	output, err := who.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	err = who.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(output)
+	var last time.Time
+	for {
+		line, isPrefix, err := reader.ReadLine()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if isPrefix {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("line to long: %s(...)", line)
+		}
+
+		fields := strings.Fields(string(line))
+		lastDate := fields[2]
+		lastTime := fields[3]
+
+		dateParts, err := splitToInts(lastDate, "-") // 2013-04-16
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		timeParts, err := splitToInts(lastTime, ":") // 11:33
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		last_t := time.Date(dateParts[0], time.Month(dateParts[1]), dateParts[2], timeParts[0], timeParts[1], 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		last = last_t
+	}
+	err = who.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return float64(time.Now().Sub(last).Seconds()), nil
+}