diff --git a/chanbans/pull.py b/chanbans/pull.py
index b90f4f3..7253011 100644
--- a/chanbans/pull.py
+++ b/chanbans/pull.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
-from collections import defaultdict
 import json
 import logging
-from pathlib import Path
 import re
-from typing import Optional, Union
+from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
 import aiohttp
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from .db import get_db
 from .files import file_cache
 from .hist import generate_histogram_svg
 
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -22,10 +21,23 @@ BANS_URL = "https://4chan.org/bans"
 PREVIEW_RE = re.compile(r"var postPreviews = (.+)")
 
 
+def get_pull_config() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    path = Path("./config.json")
+    if not path.exists():
+        log.debug(f"no {path}, using empty config")
+        return {}
+
+    with open(path) as fp:
+        return json.load(fp)
+
+
 @file_cache(directory=config.CACHE_DIR, suffix=".html")
 async def get_bans_html() -> str:
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        async with session.get(BANS_URL) as resp:
+    config = get_pull_config()
+    headers: dict[str, str] = config.get("headers", {})
+    cookies: dict[str, str] = config.get("cookies", {})
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(cookies=cookies) as session:
+        async with session.get(BANS_URL, headers=headers) as resp:
             return await resp.text()
 
 
@@ -33,14 +45,18 @@ async def get_thumb(thumb_path: Union[str, Path], post: dict) -> Optional[bytes]
     if "thumb" not in post:
         return None
 
+    config = get_pull_config()
+    headers: dict[str, str] = config.get("headers", {})
+    cookies: dict[str, str] = config.get("cookies", {})
+
     thumb_path = Path(thumb_path)
     if thumb_path.exists():
         return thumb_path.read_bytes()
     else:
         url = f"https://i.4cdn.org/bans/thumb/{post['board']}/{post['thumb']}s.jpg"
         log.info("Downloading %s", url)
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-            async with session.get(url) as resp:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(cookies=cookies) as session:
+            async with session.get(url, headers=headers) as resp:
                 thumb_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                 content = await resp.read()
                 thumb_path.write_bytes(content)