diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c41772e..e2fbccb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
+ "void",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2365,6 +2366,12 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5a972e5669d67ba988ce3dc826706fb0a8b01471c088cb0b6110b805cc36aed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "void"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7fe7e51..eb687c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0"
 systemd = "0.8"
 thiserror = "1.0"
+void = "1"
 
 [dependencies.matrix-sdk]
 git = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk"
diff --git a/src/bot.rs b/src/bot.rs
index b2a6387..aa97d32 100644
--- a/src/bot.rs
+++ b/src/bot.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl BadNewsBot {
         const KEY_MESSAGE: &str = "MESSAGE";
 
         if let Some(unit) = record.get(KEY_UNIT) {
-            if !self.config.units.contains(unit) {
+            if !self.config.units.iter().map(|u| &u.name).any(|name| name == unit) {
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9d99a37..0a06c3a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 use matrix_sdk::identifiers::RoomId;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use serde::de::{self, MapAccess, Visitor};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use url::Url;
+use void::Void;
 
 /// Holds the configuration for the bot.
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -19,5 +23,71 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// invitations to this room.
     pub room_id: RoomId,
     /// Units to watch for logs
-    pub units: HashSet<String>,
+    pub units: Vec<Unit>,
+}
+
+/// Holds a single unit's configuration.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(from = "SerializedUnit")]
+pub struct Unit {
+    /// Can be serialized from a string only instead of a map.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Regex to filter each line read from the unit's logs.
+    pub filter: Option<String>, // FIXME: regex
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(transparent)]
+struct SerializedUnit(#[serde(deserialize_with = "unit_name_or_struct")] Unit);
+
+impl From<SerializedUnit> for Unit {
+    fn from(s: SerializedUnit) -> Self {
+        s.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Unit {
+    type Err = Void;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Unit {
+            name: s.to_string(),
+            filter: None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn unit_name_or_struct<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<T, D::Error>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de> + FromStr<Err = Void>,
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    struct StringOrStruct<T>(PhantomData<fn() -> T>);
+
+    impl<'de, T> Visitor<'de> for StringOrStruct<T>
+    where
+        T: Deserialize<'de> + FromStr<Err = Void>,
+    {
+        type Value = T;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("string or map")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<T, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            Ok(FromStr::from_str(value).unwrap())
+        }
+
+        fn visit_map<M>(self, map: M) -> Result<T, M::Error>
+        where
+            M: MapAccess<'de>,
+        {
+            Deserialize::deserialize(de::value::MapAccessDeserializer::new(map))
+        }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_any(StringOrStruct(PhantomData))
 }