diff --git a/src/zinolib/config/models.py b/src/zinolib/config/models.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+@dataclass
+class UserConfig:
+    username: str
+    password: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ServerV1Config:
+    server: str
+    port: int = 8001
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Options:
+    autoremove: bool = False
+    timeout: int = 30
diff --git a/src/zinolib/config/zino1.py b/src/zinolib/config/zino1.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from . import tcl
+from .models import UserConfig, ServerV1Config, Options
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ZinoV1Config(UserConfig, ServerV1Config, Options):
+    """
+    How to use::
+
+    Make a config-class from the tcl-config stored on disk::
+
+        > config = ZinoV1Config.from_tcl()
+
+    Get the actual user and Zino1 password and update the config-object::
+
+        > config.set_userauth(actual_username, actual_password)
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_tcl(config_dict, section):
+        fixed_dict = tcl.normalize(config_dict)
+        connection = fixed_dict["connections"][section]
+        options = fixed_dict["globals"]
+        connection['password'] = connection.pop("secret")
+        return connection, options
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_tcl(cls, section="default"):
+        config_dict = tcl.parse_tcl_config()
+        connection, options = cls._parse_tcl(config_dict, section)
+        return cls(**connection, **options)
+
+    def set_userauth(self, username, password):
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+
+    def update_from_args(self, args):
+        """
+        Assumes argparse-style args namespace object
+
+        arg-names not found in the config-object are ignored.
+        """
+        for arg in vars(args):
+            value = getattr(args, arg, None)
+            if arg in vars(self):
+                setattr(self, arg, value)