diff --git a/confection_test.go b/confection_test.go
index e4b269d..3ff61a9 100644
--- a/confection_test.go
+++ b/confection_test.go
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 type testConf struct {
-	Foo string `json:"foo"`
-	Bar int    `json:"bar"`
+	AppName  string           `json:"app_name"`
+	Version  float32          `json:"version"`
+	Database testDatabaseConf `json:"database"`
+}
+type testDatabaseConf struct {
+	Adapter  string `json:"adapter"`
+	Host     string `json:"host"`
+	Port     int    `json:"port"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Password string `json:"password"`
 }
 
 const (
-	goodJSON = `{"foo": "baz", "bar": 1}`
-	badJSON  = `{"foo": "noooo...`
+	goodJSON = `{"app_name": "Confection", "version": 1}`
+	badJSON  = `{"app_name": "noooo...`
 )
 
 func TestIsStructPtr(t *testing.T) {
@@ -38,11 +46,11 @@ func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(goodJSON), i); err != nil {
 		t.Error("Unexpected error")
 	}
-	if conf.Foo != "baz" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected Foo to equal %q, got %q", "baz", conf.Foo)
+	if conf.AppName != "Confection" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Foo to equal %q, got %q", "Confection", conf.AppName)
 	}
-	if conf.Bar != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected Bar to equal %q, got %q", 1, conf.Bar)
+	if conf.Version != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Bar to equal %q, got %q", 1, conf.Version)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/field.go b/field.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff0fe4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/field.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package confection2
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+type field struct {
+	Kind string      `json:"kind"`
+	Val  interface{} `json:"val"`
+}
+
+func extractFields(st interface{}, path string) map[string]field {
+	res := make(map[string]field)
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(st)
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(st)
+	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+		ftyp := typ.Field(i)
+		fval := val.Field(i)
+
+		switch kind := fval.Kind(); kind {
+		case reflect.Struct:
+			sub := extractFields(fval.Interface(), ftyp.Name+".")
+			for k, v := range sub {
+				res[k] = v
+			}
+		case reflect.Bool,
+			reflect.Int,
+			reflect.Int8,
+			reflect.Int16,
+			reflect.Int32,
+			reflect.Int64,
+			reflect.Uint,
+			reflect.Uint8,
+			reflect.Uint16,
+			reflect.Uint32,
+			reflect.Uint64,
+			reflect.Float32,
+			reflect.Float64,
+			reflect.String:
+			res[path+ftyp.Name] = field{
+				Kind: kind.String(),
+				Val:  fval.Interface(),
+			}
+		default:
+			log.Printf("Field type %q not supported for field %q\n", kind, path+ftyp.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..916d0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package confection2
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExtractFields(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConf{
+		AppName: "Confection",
+		Version: 1.1,
+		Database: testDatabaseConf{
+			Adapter: "mysql",
+			Host:    "localhost",
+			Port:    3306,
+		},
+	}
+
+	fields := extractFields(c, "")
+	testField := func(fieldName, kind string, val interface{}) {
+		if f, ok := fields[fieldName]; ok {
+			if f.Kind != kind {
+				t.Errorf("%s expected to be of kind %q, got %q", fieldName, kind, f.Kind)
+			}
+			if f.Val != val {
+				t.Errorf("%s expected to have value %q, got %q", fieldName, val, f.Val)
+			}
+		} else {
+			t.Errorf("Missing %s field", fieldName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	testField("AppName", "string", c.AppName)
+	testField("Version", "float32", c.Version)
+	testField("Database.Adapter", "string", c.Database.Adapter)
+	testField("Database.Host", "string", c.Database.Host)
+	testField("Database.Port", "int", c.Database.Port)
+}