diff --git a/src/command.c b/src/command.c
index 0f25305..405393b 100644
--- a/src/command.c
+++ b/src/command.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include "corvus.h"
 #include "socket.h"
 #include "logging.h"
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ const char *rep_server_err = "-ERR Proxy fail to get server\r\n";
 const char *rep_timeout_err = "-ERR Proxy timed out\r\n";
 const char *rep_slowlog_not_enabled = "-ERR Slowlog not enabled\r\n";
 
+const char *rep_config_err = "-ERR Config error\r\n";
+const char *rep_config_unsupported_err = "-ERR Config cmd not supported\r\n";
+const char *rep_config_parse_err = "-ERR Config fail to parse command\r\n";
+const char *rep_config_addr_err = "-ERR Config fail to parse address\r\n";
+
 const char *rep_get = "*2\r\n$3\r\nGET\r\n";
 const char *rep_set = "*3\r\n$3\r\nSET\r\n";
 const char *rep_del = "*2\r\n$3\r\nDEL\r\n";
@@ -55,7 +61,6 @@ struct cmd_item cmds[] = {CMD_DO(CMD_BUILD_MAP)};
 const size_t CMD_NUM = sizeof(cmds) / sizeof(struct cmd_item);
 static struct dict command_map;
 
-
 const char *cmd_extract_prefix(const char *prefix)
 {
     const char *get = "$3\r\nGET\r\n";
@@ -465,6 +470,82 @@ int cmd_proxy(struct command *cmd, struct redis_data *data)
     return CORVUS_OK;
 }
 
+int cmd_config(struct command *cmd, struct redis_data *data)
+{
+    ASSERT_TYPE(data, REP_ARRAY);
+    ASSERT_ELEMENTS(data->elements >= 2, data);
+
+    struct redis_data *op = &data->element[1];
+    struct redis_data *opt = &data->element[2];
+    ASSERT_TYPE(op, REP_STRING);
+    ASSERT_TYPE(opt, REP_STRING);
+
+    char type[op->pos.str_len + 1];
+    char option[opt->pos.str_len + 1];
+    if (pos_to_str(&op->pos, type) == CORVUS_ERR
+            || pos_to_str(&opt->pos, option) == CORVUS_ERR) {
+        LOG(ERROR, "cmd_config: parse error");
+        return CORVUS_ERR;
+    }
+    if (strcasecmp(type, "SET") == 0) {
+        //config set <item> <val>
+        ASSERT_ELEMENTS(data->elements >= 4, data);
+        if (strcasecmp(option, "NODE") == 0) {
+            // config set node host:port,host1:port1
+            if (data->elements != 4) {
+                cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_parse_err);
+            } else {
+                char value[data->element[3].pos.str_len + 1];
+                // the host-port pair is in form "1.1.1.1:1"(9 bytes) at least
+                if (data->element[3].pos.str_len < 9
+                        || pos_to_str(&data->element[3].pos, value) != CORVUS_OK) {
+                    cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_parse_err);
+                } else if (config_add("node", value) != CORVUS_OK) {
+                    cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_addr_err);
+                } else {
+                    slot_create_job(SLOT_UPDATE);
+                    conn_add_data(cmd->client, (uint8_t*) rep_ok, strlen(rep_ok),
+                            &cmd->rep_buf[0], &cmd->rep_buf[1]);
+                    CMD_INCREF(cmd);
+                    cmd_mark_done(cmd);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_unsupported_err);
+        }
+    } else if (strcasecmp(type, "GET") == 0) {
+        //config get <item>
+        ASSERT_ELEMENTS(data->elements >= 3, data);
+        if (strcasecmp(option, "NODE") == 0) {
+            struct node_conf *node = conf_node_inc_ref();
+            int n = 1024, pos = 0;
+            char content[n + ADDRESS_LEN];
+            char data[n + ADDRESS_LEN + 100]; //100 bytes for control data
+            for (int i = 0; i < node->len; i++) {
+                if (i > 0) {
+                    content[pos++] = ',';
+                }
+                pos += snprintf(content + pos, ADDRESS_LEN, "%s:%d",
+                        node->addr[i].ip, node->addr[i].port);
+                if (pos >= n) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            conf_node_dec_ref(node);
+            int data_len = snprintf(data, sizeof(data), "$%d\r\n%s\r\n", pos, content);
+            conn_add_data(cmd->client, (uint8_t*) data, data_len,
+                    &cmd->rep_buf[0], &cmd->rep_buf[1]);
+            CMD_INCREF(cmd);
+            cmd_mark_done(cmd);
+        } else {
+            cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_parse_err);
+        }
+    } else {
+        cmd_mark_fail(cmd, rep_config_err);
+    }
+    return CORVUS_OK;
+}
+
 int cmd_auth(struct command *cmd, struct redis_data *data)
 {
     ASSERT_TYPE(data, REP_ARRAY);
@@ -720,6 +801,8 @@ int cmd_extra(struct command *cmd, struct redis_data *data)
             return cmd_auth(cmd, data);
         case CMD_TIME:
             return cmd_time(cmd);
+        case CMD_CONFIG:
+            return cmd_config(cmd, data);
         case CMD_QUIT:
             return cmd_quit(cmd);
         case CMD_SLOWLOG:
diff --git a/src/command.h b/src/command.h
index f30d2eb..30c680d 100644
--- a/src/command.h
+++ b/src/command.h
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@
     HANDLER(SLOWLOG,           EXTRA,    UNKNOWN) \
     HANDLER(QUIT,              EXTRA,    UNKNOWN) \
     HANDLER(SELECT,            UNIMPL,   UNKNOWN) \
-    HANDLER(TIME,              EXTRA,    UNKNOWN)
+    HANDLER(TIME,              EXTRA,    UNKNOWN) \
+    HANDLER(CONFIG,            EXTRA,    UNKNOWN)
 
 #define CMD_DEFINE(cmd, type, access) CMD_##cmd,
 
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index 94bcb4e..3e22efc 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -303,11 +303,13 @@ struct connection *conn_get_raw_server(struct context *ctx)
     int i;
     struct connection *server = NULL;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < config.node.len; i++) {
-        server = conn_get_server_from_pool(ctx, &config.node.addr[i], false);
+    struct node_conf *node = conf_node_inc_ref();
+    for (i = 0; i < node->len; i++) {
+        server = conn_get_server_from_pool(ctx, &node->addr[i], false);
         if (server == NULL) continue;
         break;
     }
+    conf_node_dec_ref(node);
     if (server == NULL) {
         LOG(ERROR, "conn_get_raw_server: cannot connect to redis server.");
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/corvus.c b/src/corvus.c
index 94ab607..8507fbc 100644
--- a/src/corvus.c
+++ b/src/corvus.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include "corvus.h"
 #include "mbuf.h"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 #define MIN_BUFSIZE 64
 
 static struct context *contexts;
+static pthread_mutex_t lock_conf_node = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 void config_init()
 {
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ void config_init()
     strncpy(config.cluster, "default", CLUSTER_NAME_SIZE);
 
     config.bind = 12345;
-    memset(&config.node, 0, sizeof(struct node_conf));
+    config.node = cv_calloc(1, sizeof(struct node_conf));
+    config.node->refcount = 1;
     config.thread = 4;
     config.loglevel = INFO;
     config.syslog = 0;
@@ -135,22 +138,30 @@ int config_add(char *name, char *value)
             memcpy(config.requirepass, value, strlen(value));
         }
     } else if (strcmp(name, "node") == 0) {
-        cv_free(config.node.addr);
-        memset(&config.node, 0, sizeof(config.node));
-
+    	struct address *addr = NULL;
+    	int addr_cnt = 0;
         char *p = strtok(value, ",");
         while (p) {
-            config.node.addr = cv_realloc(config.node.addr,
-                    sizeof(struct address) * (config.node.len + 1));
-
-            if (socket_parse_ip(p, &config.node.addr[config.node.len]) == -1) {
-                cv_free(config.node.addr);
-                return -1;
+            addr = cv_realloc(addr, sizeof(struct address) * (addr_cnt + 1));
+            if (socket_parse_ip(p, &addr[addr_cnt]) == -1) {
+                cv_free(addr);
+                return CORVUS_ERR;
             }
-
-            config.node.len++;
+            addr_cnt++;
             p = strtok(NULL, ",");
         }
+        {
+            struct node_conf *newnode = cv_calloc(1, sizeof(struct node_conf));
+            memset(newnode, 0, sizeof(struct node_conf));
+            newnode->addr = addr;
+            newnode->len = addr_cnt;
+            newnode->refcount = 1;
+            pthread_mutex_lock(&lock_conf_node);
+            struct node_conf *oldnode = config.node;
+            config.node = newnode;
+            pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock_conf_node);
+            conf_node_dec_ref(oldnode);
+        }
     } else if (strcmp(name, "slowlog-log-slower-than") == 0) {
         config.slowlog_log_slower_than = atoi(value);
     } else if (strcmp(name, "slowlog-max-len") == 0) {
@@ -158,7 +169,27 @@ int config_add(char *name, char *value)
     } else if (strcmp(name, "slowlog-statsd-enabled") == 0) {
         config.slowlog_statsd_enabled = atoi(value);
     }
-    return 0;
+    return CORVUS_OK;
+}
+
+struct node_conf *conf_node_inc_ref()
+{
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&lock_conf_node);
+    struct node_conf *node = config.node;
+    int refcount = ATOMIC_INC(node->refcount, 1);
+    assert(refcount >= 0);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock_conf_node);
+    return node;
+}
+
+void conf_node_dec_ref(struct node_conf *node)
+{
+    int refcount = ATOMIC_DEC(node->refcount, 1);
+    assert(refcount >= 0);
+    if (refcount == 0) {
+        cv_free(node->addr);
+        cv_free(node);
+    }
 }
 
 int read_line(char **line, size_t *bytes, FILE *fp)
@@ -595,7 +626,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         usage(argv[0]);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
-    if (config.node.len <= 0) {
+    if (config.node->len <= 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid upstream list, `node` should be set to a valid nodes list.\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
@@ -668,7 +699,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     destroy_contexts();
     cmd_map_destroy();
     cv_free(config.requirepass);
-    cv_free(config.node.addr);
+    conf_node_dec_ref(config.node);
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&lock_conf_node);
     if (config.syslog) closelog();
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/corvus.h b/src/corvus.h
index 0e68a48..520ac96 100644
--- a/src/corvus.h
+++ b/src/corvus.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum {
 struct node_conf {
     struct address *addr;
     int len;
+    int refcount;
 };
 
 struct context {
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ struct context {
 struct {
     char cluster[CLUSTER_NAME_SIZE + 1];
     uint16_t bind;
-    struct node_conf node;
+    struct node_conf *node;
     int thread;
     int loglevel;
     bool syslog;
@@ -114,7 +115,10 @@ struct {
 } config;
 
 int64_t get_time();
+struct node_conf *conf_node_inc_ref();
+void conf_node_dec_ref(struct node_conf *node);
 struct context *get_contexts();
 int thread_spawn(struct context *ctx, void *(*start_routine) (void *));
+int config_add(char *name, char *value);
 
 #endif /* end of include guard: CORVUS_H */
diff --git a/src/slot.c b/src/slot.c
index dff5e37..9a89500 100644
--- a/src/slot.c
+++ b/src/slot.c
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ static struct {
 
 static inline void node_list_init()
 {
+    struct node_conf *node = conf_node_inc_ref();
     pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&node_list.lock);
     node_list.len = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < MIN(config.node.len, MAX_NODE_LIST); i++) {
-        memcpy(&node_list.nodes[i], &config.node.addr[i], sizeof(struct address));
+    for (int i = 0; i < MIN(node->len, MAX_NODE_LIST); i++) {
+        memcpy(&node_list.nodes[i], &node->addr[i], sizeof(struct address));
         node_list.len++;
     }
     pthread_rwlock_unlock(&node_list.lock);
+    conf_node_dec_ref(node);
 }
 
 static inline void node_list_add(struct node_info *node)
diff --git a/tests/corvus_test.c b/tests/corvus_test.c
index 38733fa..9edc40c 100644
--- a/tests/corvus_test.c
+++ b/tests/corvus_test.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "test.h"
 #include "corvus.h"
 #include "slot.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 
 static void usage(const char *name)
 {
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     build_contexts();
     struct context *contexts = get_contexts();
 
-    memcpy(&config.node, &conf, sizeof(config.node));
+    config.node = cv_malloc(sizeof(struct node_conf));
+    memset(config.node, 0, sizeof(struct node_conf));
+    config.node->refcount = 1;
     slot_start_manager(&contexts[config.thread]);
 
     RUN_CASE(test_slot);
diff --git a/tests/test_config.c b/tests/test_config.c
index ea2c5ba..03f2a03 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.c
+++ b/tests/test_config.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "test.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 
-extern int config_add(char *name, char *value);
-
 TEST(test_config_bind) {
     char n[] = "bind";