diff --git a/common/chaton.hpp b/common/chaton.hpp
index cd3679409a..a9af7a565e 100644
--- a/common/chaton.hpp
+++ b/common/chaton.hpp
@@ -19,4 +19,34 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <json.hpp>
 
+#include "log.h"
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+json conMeta;
+
+inline bool chaton_meta_load(std::string &fname) {
+    std::ifstream f(fname);
+    conMeta = json::parse(f);
+    return true;
+}
+
+inline bool chaton_meta_ok() {
+    if (conMeta == nullptr) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+inline void chaton_meta_dump() {
+    if (!chaton_meta_ok()) {
+        LOG_TEELN("ERRR:%s:ChatOn Meta: Not loaded yet...", __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+    LOG_TEELN("\n\nINFO:%s:ChatOn Meta\n%s", __func__, conMeta.dump(4).c_str());
+}
diff --git a/examples/chaton_meta.json b/examples/chaton_meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77e4595d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/chaton_meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+{
+	"llama2": {
+		"global": {
+			"prefix": "[INST] ",
+			"suffix": " [/INST]",
+		},
+		"system": {
+			"prefix": " <<SYS>>\n",
+			"suffix": "\n<</SYS>>\n\n",
+		},
+		"user": {
+			"prefix": "",
+			"suffix": "",
+		},
+		"assistant": {
+			"prefix": "",
+			"suffix": "",
+		},
+		"reverse-prompt": "</s>",
+	},
+	"llama3": {
+		"global": {
+			"prefix": "",
+			"suffix": "",
+		},
+		"system": {
+			"prefix": "<|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|>\n\n",
+			"suffix": "<|eot_id|>\n\n",
+		},
+		"user": {
+			"prefix": "<|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\n",
+			"suffix": "<|eot_id|>\n\n",
+		},
+		"assistant": {
+			"prefix": "<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n",
+			"suffix": "",
+		},
+		"reverse-prompt": "<|eot_id|>",
+	},
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index eabbc2db38..3432cb9f1f 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "common.h"
+#include "chaton.hpp"
 
 #include "console.h"
 #include "llama.h"
@@ -141,6 +142,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     console::init(params.simple_io, params.use_color);
     atexit([]() { console::cleanup(); });
 
+    if (params.chaton) {
+        chaton_meta_load(params.chaton_json);
+        chaton_meta_dump();
+    }
+
     if (params.logits_all) {
         printf("\n************\n");
         printf("%s: please use the 'perplexity' tool for perplexity calculations\n", __func__);