diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/ConfigServiceLoader.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/ConfigServiceLoader.java
index 495bb28d..0bc2caaa 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/ConfigServiceLoader.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/ConfigServiceLoader.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
 /**
- * Load all the avaje-config extensions via ServiceLoader using the single
- * common ConfigExtension interface.
+ * Load all the avaje-config extensions via ServiceLoader using the single common ConfigExtension
+ * interface.
  */
 final class ConfigServiceLoader {
 
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ static ConfigServiceLoader get() {
   private final ModificationEventRunner eventRunner;
   private final List<ConfigurationSource> sources = new ArrayList<>();
   private final List<ConfigurationPlugin> plugins = new ArrayList<>();
+  private final List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders;
   private final Parsers parsers;
 
   ConfigServiceLoader() {
-    ModificationEventRunner _eventRunner = null;
-    ConfigurationLog _log = null;
-    ResourceLoader _resourceLoader = null;
+    ModificationEventRunner spiEventRunner = null;
+    ConfigurationLog spiLog = null;
+    ResourceLoader spiResourceLoader = null;
     List<ConfigParser> otherParsers = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<URIConfigLoader> loaders = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (var spi : ServiceLoader.load(ConfigExtension.class)) {
       if (spi instanceof ConfigurationSource) {
@@ -36,25 +38,33 @@ static ConfigServiceLoader get() {
         plugins.add((ConfigurationPlugin) spi);
       } else if (spi instanceof ConfigParser) {
         otherParsers.add((ConfigParser) spi);
+      } else if (spi instanceof URIConfigLoader) {
+        loaders.add((URIConfigLoader) spi);
       } else if (spi instanceof ConfigurationLog) {
-        _log = (ConfigurationLog) spi;
+        spiLog = (ConfigurationLog) spi;
       } else if (spi instanceof ResourceLoader) {
-        _resourceLoader = (ResourceLoader) spi;
+        spiResourceLoader = (ResourceLoader) spi;
       } else if (spi instanceof ModificationEventRunner) {
-        _eventRunner = (ModificationEventRunner) spi;
+        spiEventRunner = (ModificationEventRunner) spi;
       }
     }
 
-    this.log = _log == null ? new DefaultConfigurationLog() : _log;
-    this.resourceLoader = _resourceLoader == null ? new DefaultResourceLoader() : _resourceLoader;
-    this.eventRunner = _eventRunner == null ? new CoreConfiguration.ForegroundEventRunner() : _eventRunner;
+    this.log = spiLog == null ? new DefaultConfigurationLog() : spiLog;
+    this.resourceLoader = spiResourceLoader == null ? new DefaultResourceLoader() : spiResourceLoader;
+    this.eventRunner =
+        spiEventRunner == null ? new CoreConfiguration.ForegroundEventRunner() : spiEventRunner;
     this.parsers = new Parsers(otherParsers);
+    this.uriLoaders = loaders;
   }
 
   Parsers parsers() {
     return parsers;
   }
 
+  public List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders() {
+    return uriLoaders;
+  }
+
   ConfigurationLog log() {
     return log;
   }
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreComponents.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreComponents.java
index 586106b5..8e9532ec 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreComponents.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreComponents.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.avaje.config;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 final class CoreComponents {
@@ -8,13 +7,21 @@ final class CoreComponents {
   private final ModificationEventRunner runner;
   private final ConfigurationLog log;
   private final Parsers parsers;
+  private final List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders;
   private final List<ConfigurationSource> sources;
   private final List<ConfigurationPlugin> plugins;
 
-  CoreComponents(ModificationEventRunner runner, ConfigurationLog log, Parsers parsers, List<ConfigurationSource> sources, List<ConfigurationPlugin> plugins) {
+  CoreComponents(
+      ModificationEventRunner runner,
+      ConfigurationLog log,
+      Parsers parsers,
+      List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders,
+      List<ConfigurationSource> sources,
+      List<ConfigurationPlugin> plugins) {
     this.runner = runner;
     this.log = log;
     this.parsers = parsers;
+    this.uriLoaders = uriLoaders;
     this.sources = sources;
     this.plugins = plugins;
   }
@@ -23,15 +30,20 @@ final class CoreComponents {
   CoreComponents() {
     this.runner = new CoreConfiguration.ForegroundEventRunner();
     this.log = new DefaultConfigurationLog();
-    this.parsers = new Parsers(Collections.emptyList());
-    this.sources = Collections.emptyList();
-    this.plugins = Collections.emptyList();
+    this.parsers = ConfigServiceLoader.get().parsers();
+    this.uriLoaders = ConfigServiceLoader.get().uriLoaders();
+    this.sources = List.of();
+    this.plugins = List.of();
   }
 
   Parsers parsers() {
     return parsers;
   }
 
+  public List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders() {
+    return uriLoaders;
+  }
+
   ConfigurationLog log() {
     return log;
   }
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreConfigurationBuilder.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreConfigurationBuilder.java
index 45dd8284..b0840d6e 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/CoreConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ final class CoreConfigurationBuilder implements Configuration.Builder {
   private final CoreEntry.CoreMap sourceMap = CoreEntry.newMap();
   private final ConfigServiceLoader serviceLoader = ConfigServiceLoader.get();
   private final Parsers parsers = serviceLoader.parsers();
+  private final List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders = serviceLoader.uriLoaders();
   private ConfigurationLog log = serviceLoader.log();
   private ResourceLoader resourceLoader = serviceLoader.resourceLoader();
   private ModificationEventRunner eventRunner = serviceLoader.eventRunner();
@@ -130,7 +132,14 @@ public Configuration.Builder includeResourceLoading() {
 
   @Override
   public Configuration build() {
-    var components = new CoreComponents(eventRunner, log, parsers, serviceLoader.sources(), serviceLoader.plugins());
+    var components =
+        new CoreComponents(
+            eventRunner,
+            log,
+            parsers,
+            uriLoaders,
+            serviceLoader.sources(),
+            serviceLoader.plugins());
     if (includeResourceLoading) {
       log.preInitialisation();
       initialLoader = new InitialLoader(components, resourceLoader);
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoadContext.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoadContext.java
index 5c0fbd90..7ee4ebce 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoadContext.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoadContext.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ private InputStream resourceStream(String resourcePath) {
     return resourceLoader.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath);
   }
 
+  /** Get a property */
+  Optional<String> get(String key) {
+
+    return Optional.ofNullable(map.get(key))
+        .map(e -> e.needsEvaluation() ? eval(e.value()) : e.value());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add a property entry.
    */
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoader.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoader.java
index dbfa651d..c5dab275 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoader.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/InitialLoader.java
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 import static io.avaje.config.InitialLoader.Source.FILE;
 import static io.avaje.config.InitialLoader.Source.RESOURCE;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.WARNING;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -40,13 +43,17 @@ enum Source {
 
   private final ConfigurationLog log;
   private final InitialLoadContext loadContext;
+  private final DURILoadContext uriContext;
   private final Set<String> profileResourceLoaded = new HashSet<>();
   private final Parsers parsers;
+  private final List<URIConfigLoader> uriLoaders;
 
   InitialLoader(CoreComponents components, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
     this.parsers = components.parsers();
+    this.uriLoaders = components.uriLoaders();
     this.log = components.log();
     this.loadContext = new InitialLoadContext(log, resourceLoader);
+    this.uriContext = new DURILoadContext(log, parsers, loadContext::get);
   }
 
   Set<String> loadedFrom() {
@@ -113,12 +120,12 @@ void loadLocalFiles() {
     loadViaProfiles(RESOURCE);
     loadViaProfiles(FILE);
     loadViaSystemProperty();
-    loadViaIndirection();
     // test configuration (if found) overrides main configuration
     // we should only find these resources when running tests
     if (!loadTest()) {
       loadLocalDev();
     }
+    loadViaIndirection();
     loadViaCommandLineArgs();
   }
 
@@ -252,23 +259,67 @@ private void loadViaSystemProperty() {
   }
 
   boolean loadWithExtensionCheck(String fileName) {
+
+    if (loadURI(fileName)) return true;
+
     var extension = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
     if ("properties".equals(extension)) {
+
       return loadProperties(fileName, RESOURCE) | loadProperties(fileName, FILE);
     } else {
       var parser = parsers.get(extension);
       if (parser == null) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          "Expecting only properties or "
-            + parsers.supportedExtensions()
-            + " file extensions but got ["
-            + fileName
-            + "]");
+            "Expecting only properties or "
+                + parsers.supportedExtensions()
+                + " file extensions or "
+                + uriLoaders.stream().map(s -> s.getClass().getSimpleName()).collect(joining(","))
+                + " compatible uri schemes but got ["
+                + fileName
+                + "]");
       }
 
       return loadCustomExtension(fileName, parser, RESOURCE)
-        | loadCustomExtension(fileName, parser, FILE);
+          | loadCustomExtension(fileName, parser, FILE);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean loadURI(String fileName) {
+    URI uri;
+    try {
+      uri = new URI(fileName);
+    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    var scheme = uri.getScheme();
+
+    if (scheme == null || "classpath".equals(scheme) || "file".equals(scheme)) {
+
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    var loader = getLoader(uri);
+
+    if (loader != null) {
+      final var source = loader.redact(uri);
+      loader.load(uri, uriContext).forEach((k, v) -> loadContext.put(k, v, source));
+      return true;
     }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  private URIConfigLoader getLoader(URI uri) {
+
+    for (var loader : uriLoaders) {
+
+      if (loader.supports(uri)) {
+        return loader;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/Parsers.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/Parsers.java
index d86f7a02..0b2b50e6 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/Parsers.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/Parsers.java
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-/**
- * Holds the non-properties ConfigParsers.
- */
 final class Parsers {
 
   private final Map<String, ConfigParser> parserMap = new HashMap<>();
@@ -42,31 +39,19 @@ private void initParsers(List<ConfigParser> otherParsers) {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the extension ConfigParser pairs.
-   */
-  Set<Map.Entry<String, ConfigParser>> entrySet() {
+  public Set<Map.Entry<String, ConfigParser>> entrySet() {
     return parserMap.entrySet();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the ConfigParser for the given extension.
-   */
-  ConfigParser get(String extension) {
+  public ConfigParser get(String extension) {
     return parserMap.get(extension.toLowerCase());
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return true if the extension has a matching parser.
-   */
-  boolean supportsExtension(String extension) {
+  public boolean supportsExtension(String extension) {
     return parserMap.containsKey(extension.toLowerCase());
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the set of supported extensions.
-   */
-  Set<String> supportedExtensions() {
+  public Set<String> supportedExtensions() {
     return parserMap.keySet();
   }
 }
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URIConfigLoader.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URIConfigLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f72f0a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URIConfigLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package io.avaje.config;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/** Custom URI configuration parser for reading load.properties properties that use a URI. */
+public interface URIConfigLoader extends ConfigExtension {
+
+  /** redact any sensitive information in the URI when displayed by logging */
+  default String redact(URI uri) {
+
+    return uri.toString();
+  }
+
+  /** Whether the URI is supported by this loader */
+  boolean supports(URI uri);
+
+  /**
+   * @param uri uri from which to load data
+   * @param parsers map of {@link ConfigParser} available to assist in parsing data, keyed by {@link
+   *     ConfigParser#supportedExtensions()}
+   * @return key/value map of loaded properties
+   */
+  Map<String, String> load(URI uri, URILoadContext ctx);
+}
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URILoadContext.java b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URILoadContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1af974b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avaje-config/src/main/java/io/avaje/config/URILoadContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package io.avaje.config;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public interface URILoadContext {
+
+  ConfigParser configParser(String extension);
+
+  ConfigurationLog logger();
+
+  Optional<String> getProperty(String key);
+
+  default Map<String, List<String>> splitQueryParams(URI uri) {
+    final Map<String, List<String>> queryPairs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    final String[] pairs = uri.getQuery().split("&");
+    for (String pair : pairs) {
+      final int idx = pair.indexOf("=");
+      final String key =
+          idx > 0 ? URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(0, idx), StandardCharsets.UTF_8) : pair;
+
+      final String value =
+          idx > 0 && pair.length() > idx + 1
+              ? URLDecoder.decode(pair.substring(idx + 1), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+              : null;
+      queryPairs.computeIfAbsent(key, k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(value);
+    }
+    return queryPairs;
+  }
+}
+
+class DURILoadContext implements URILoadContext {
+  ConfigurationLog logger;
+  Parsers parsers;
+
+  Function<String, Optional<String>> getProperty;
+
+  DURILoadContext(
+      ConfigurationLog logger,
+      Parsers parsers,
+      Function<String, Optional<String>> getPropertyFunction) {
+    this.parsers = parsers;
+    this.getProperty = getPropertyFunction;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigurationLog logger() {
+    return logger;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigParser configParser(String extension) {
+    var parser = parsers.get(extension);
+    if (parser == null) {
+
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No ConfigParser found for file extension" + extension);
+    }
+
+    return parser;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<String> getProperty(String key) {
+
+    return getProperty.apply(key);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/avaje-config/src/test/java/io/avaje/config/FileWatchTest.java b/avaje-config/src/test/java/io/avaje/config/FileWatchTest.java
index 1eeb5d0d..55100450 100644
--- a/avaje-config/src/test/java/io/avaje/config/FileWatchTest.java
+++ b/avaje-config/src/test/java/io/avaje/config/FileWatchTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ void test_check_whenFileWritten() throws Exception {
   }
 
   private static FileWatch fileWatch(CoreConfiguration config, List<File> files) {
-    return new FileWatch(config, files, new Parsers(Collections.emptyList()));
+    return new FileWatch(config, files, ConfigServiceLoader.get().parsers());
   }
 
   private void writeContent(String content) throws IOException {