diff --git a/src/game.c b/src/game.c
index 444a00e..aad59fa 100644
--- a/src/game.c
+++ b/src/game.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "config_vars.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
+#include "variant.h"
 
 #define UNUSED(a) (void)a
 #define MIN(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
@@ -214,14 +215,23 @@ void scene_setup(void)
 	/* struct Light* sun_light = entity_component_add(sun, C_LIGHT, LT_DIR); */
 	/* sun_light->intensity = 0.8f; */
 
-	struct Hashmap* cvars = config_vars_get();
-	hashmap_int_set(cvars, "My_Int", 20);
-	hashmap_str_set(cvars, "My_String", "This is my string");
-	hashmap_float_set(cvars, "Some_FLOAT", 42.222f);
-	hashmap_double_set(cvars, "Some_Double", 99.999);
-	hashmap_bool_set(cvars, "The_Truth", 0);
-
-	hashmap_debug_print(cvars);
+/* 	struct Hashmap* cvars = config_vars_get(); */
+/* 	hashmap_int_set(cvars, "My_Int", 20); */
+/* 	hashmap_str_set(cvars, "My_String", "This is my string"); */
+/* 	hashmap_float_set(cvars, "Some_FLOAT", 42.222f); */
+/* 	hashmap_double_set(cvars, "Some_Double", 99.999); */
+/* 	hashmap_bool_set(cvars, "The_Truth", 0); */
+
+/* 	hashmap_float_set(cvars, "Some_FLOAT", 99.3f); */
+/* 	hashmap_debug_print(cvars); */
+/* 	log_message("The value of Some_FLOAT is : %f", hashmap_float_get(cvars, "Some_FLOAT")); */
+/* } */
+
+	struct Variant variant;
+	variant_from_str(&variant, "3.333333333333333333333", VT_DOUBLE);
+	log_message("Variant val : %lf", variant.val_double);
+	log_message("Variant type : %s", variant.type == VT_DOUBLE ? "expected" : "not what's expected");
+	
 }
 
 void debug(float dt)
diff --git a/src/hashmap.c b/src/hashmap.c
index ef40482..b5c5a55 100644
--- a/src/hashmap.c
+++ b/src/hashmap.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 struct Hashmap_Entry
 {
-	char* key;
+	char*          key;
 	struct Variant value;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/variant.c b/src/variant.c
index d05de67..c4c7676 100644
--- a/src/variant.c
+++ b/src/variant.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#define MAX_VARIANT_STR_LEN 1024
 
 void variant_init_empty(struct Variant* variant)
 {
@@ -159,3 +163,85 @@ void variant_to_str(const struct Variant* variant, char* str, int len)
 	default:        snprintf(str, len, "Unsupported Variant type"); break;
 	}
 }
+
+void variant_from_str(struct Variant* variant, const char* str, int variant_type)
+{
+	assert(variant_type > -1 && variant_type < VT_NUM_TYPES);
+	static char str_val[MAX_VARIANT_STR_LEN] = {'\0'};
+    switch(variant_type)
+	{
+	case VT_BOOL:
+	{
+		int boolean = -1;
+		memset(str_val, '\0', MAX_VARIANT_STR_LEN);
+		if(sscanf(str, "%1024s", str_val) == 1)
+		{
+			if(strncmp("true", str_val, 5) == 0)
+				boolean = 1;
+			else if(strncmp("false", str_val, 5) == 0)
+				boolean = 0;
+
+			if(boolean != -1)
+				variant_assign_bool(variant, boolean);
+		}
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_INT:
+	{
+		int int_val = -1;
+		if(sscanf(str, "%d", &int_val) == 1)
+			variant_assign_int(variant, int_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_FLOAT:
+	{
+		float float_val = -1;
+		if(sscanf(str, "%f", &float_val) == 1)
+			variant_assign_float(variant, float_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_DOUBLE:
+	{
+		double double_val = -1;
+		if(sscanf(str, "%lf", &double_val) == 1)
+			variant_assign_double(variant, double_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_STR:
+	{
+		memset(str_val, '\0', MAX_VARIANT_STR_LEN);
+		if(sscanf(str, "%1024s", str_val) == 1)
+			variant_assign_str(variant, str_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_VEC2:
+	{
+		vec2 vec2_val = {.x = 0.f, .y = 0.f};
+		if(sscanf(str, "%f %f", &vec2_val.x, &vec2_val.y) == 2)
+			variant_assign_vec2(variant, &vec2_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_VEC3:
+	{
+		vec3 vec3_val = {.x = 0.f, .y = 0.f, .z = 0.f};
+		if(sscanf(str, "%f %f %f", &vec3_val.x, &vec3_val.y, &vec3_val.z) == 3)
+			variant_assign_vec3(variant, &vec3_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_VEC4:
+	{
+		vec4 vec4_val = {.x = 0.f, .y = 0.f, .z = 0.f, .w = 0.f};
+		if(sscanf(str, "%f %f %f %f", &vec4_val.x, &vec4_val.y, &vec4_val.z, &vec4_val.w) == 4)
+			variant_assign_vec4(variant, &vec4_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	case VT_QUAT:
+	{
+		quat quat_val = {.x = 0.f, .y = 0.f, .z = 0.f, .w = 0.f};
+		if(sscanf(str, "%f %f %f %f", &quat_val.x, &quat_val.y, &quat_val.z, &quat_val.w) == 4)
+			variant_assign_quat(variant, &quat_val);
+	}
+	break;
+	default: /* Other types not supported, quietly return */ break;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/variant.h b/src/variant.h
index 7ceb3be..72d2058 100644
--- a/src/variant.h
+++ b/src/variant.h
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 enum Variant_Type
 {
 	VT_NONE = 0,
+	VT_BOOL,
 	VT_INT,
 	VT_FLOAT,
 	VT_DOUBLE,
-	VT_BOOL,
 	VT_STR,
 	VT_VEC2,
 	VT_VEC3,
@@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ void variant_assign_ptr(struct Variant* variant, void* source);
 void variant_copy(struct Variant* to, const struct Variant* from);
 void variant_free(struct Variant* variant);
 void variant_to_str(const struct Variant* variant, char* str, int len);
+void variant_from_str(struct Variant* variant, const char* str, int variant_type);
 
 #endif