diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70a82c4..1a94ae3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ Run:
  * absolute path with trailing slash to serve files from given directory.
 
 Example:
-
-	subdomain1.example.com: 127.0.0.1:8080
-	subdomain2.example.com: /var/run/http.socket
-	subdomain3.example.com: @abstractUnixSocket
-	uploads.example.com: https://uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
-	static.example.com: /var/www/
+```yaml
+subdomain1.example.com: 127.0.0.1:8080
+subdomain2.example.com: /var/run/http.socket
+subdomain3.example.com: "@abstractUnixSocket" # double quote needed! see: https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2774058
+uploads.example.com: https://uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com
+static.example.com: /var/www/
+```
 
 Note that when `@name` backend is specified, connection to abstract unix socket
 is made in a manner compatible with some other implementations like uWSGI, that
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4c70810..a30b175 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/artyom/leproxy
 require (
 	github.com/artyom/autoflags v1.1.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
 go 1.13
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 27b419a..5361dd0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 548aac9..005e6bc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/artyom/autoflags"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func setProxy(mapping map[string]string) (http.Handler, error) {
 			// append \0 to address so addrlen for connect(2) is
 			// calculated in a way compatible with some other
 			// implementations (i.e. uwsgi)
-			network, backendAddr = "unix", backendAddr+string(0)
+			network, backendAddr = "unix", backendAddr+"0"
 		} else if filepath.IsAbs(backendAddr) {
 			network = "unix"
 			if strings.HasSuffix(backendAddr, string(os.PathSeparator)) {
@@ -178,18 +178,15 @@ func readMapping(file string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	m := make(map[string]string)
-	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	for sc.Scan() {
-		if b := sc.Bytes(); len(b) == 0 || b[0] == '#' {
-			continue
-		}
-		s := strings.SplitN(sc.Text(), ":", 2)
-		if len(s) != 2 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid line: %q", sc.Text())
-		}
-		m[strings.TrimSpace(s[0])] = strings.TrimSpace(s[1])
+	raw, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return m, sc.Err()
+	return m, nil
 }
 
 func keys(m map[string]string) []string {