diff --git a/env.go b/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..606fa77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Bank-Vaults Maintainers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider"
+	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider/file"
+)
+
+func GetEnvironMap() map[string]string {
+	environ := make(map[string]string, len(os.Environ()))
+	for _, env := range os.Environ() {
+		split := strings.SplitN(env, "=", 2)
+		name := split[0]
+		value := split[1]
+		environ[name] = value
+	}
+
+	return environ
+}
+
+func ExtractPathsFromEnvs(envs map[string]string) []string {
+	var secretPaths []string
+
+	for _, path := range envs {
+		if p, path := getProviderPath(path); p != nil {
+			secretPaths = append(secretPaths, path)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return secretPaths
+}
+
+func CreateSecretEnvsFrom(envs map[string]string, secrets []provider.Secret) ([]string, error) {
+	// Reverse the map so we can match
+	// the environment variable key to the secret
+	// by using the secret path
+	reversedEnvs := make(map[string]string)
+	for envKey, path := range envs {
+		if p, path := getProviderPath(path); p != nil {
+			reversedEnvs[path] = envKey
+		}
+	}
+
+	var secretsEnv []string
+	for _, secret := range secrets {
+		path := secret.Path
+		value := secret.Value
+		key, ok := reversedEnvs[path]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find environment variable key for secret path: %s", path)
+		}
+		secretsEnv = append(secretsEnv, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, value))
+	}
+
+	return secretsEnv, nil
+}
+
+// Returns the detected provider name and path with removed prefix
+func getProviderPath(path string) (*string, string) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "file:") {
+		var fileProviderName = file.ProviderName
+		return &fileProviderName, strings.TrimPrefix(path, "file:")
+	}
+
+	return nil, path
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6224cb..f302877 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.1
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.38.1 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 38c3e2a..8e6c1e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4 h1:g2rn0vABPOOXmZUj+vbmUp0lPoXEMuhTpIluN0XL9UY=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
@@ -6,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/samber/lo v1.38.1 h1:j2XEAqXKb09Am4ebOg31SpvzUTTs6EN3VfgeLUhPdXM=
@@ -16,5 +20,11 @@ github.com/samber/slog-syslog v1.0.0 h1:4tf8sNv9+qTQ6Fj8+N6U1ZEtUbqbAIzd+q26/Neg
 github.com/samber/slog-syslog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jjupk+yHPVSuXuGhKleoClYc/HEaC+Ro5X4YYeBrt6g=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.1 h1:R+kOtfhWQE6TVQzY+4D7wJLBgkdVasCEFxSUBYBYIlA=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.1/go.mod h1:b9PdjNptOpzXr7Rq1q9gJML/2cdGQAo69NKzQ10KN48=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1 h1:k/i9J1pBpvlfR+9QsetwPyERsqu1GIbi967PQMq3Ivc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1/go.mod h1:V1LtkGg67GoY2N1AnLN78QLrzxkLyJw7RJb1gzOOz9w=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 216ebab..5c42d0d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,8 +32,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 
 	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider"
+	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider/file"
 )
 
+func NewProvider(providerName string) (provider.Provider, error) {
+	switch providerName {
+	case file.ProviderName:
+		provider, err := file.NewProvider(os.DirFS("/"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return provider, nil
+
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid provider specified")
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	var logger *slog.Logger
 	{
@@ -94,8 +110,12 @@ func main() {
 		slog.SetDefault(logger)
 	}
 
-	// TODO: enable providers
-	var provider provider.Provider
+	provider, err := NewProvider(os.Getenv("PROVIDER"))
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to create provider: %w", err).Error())
+
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	if len(os.Args) == 1 {
 		logger.Error("no command is given, vault-env can't determine the entrypoint (command), please specify it explicitly or let the webhook query it (see documentation)")
@@ -115,10 +135,19 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	environ := GetEnvironMap()
+	paths := ExtractPathsFromEnvs(environ)
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	envs, err := provider.LoadSecrets(ctx, os.Environ())
+	secrets, err := provider.LoadSecrets(ctx, paths)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to load secrets from provider: %w", err).Error())
+
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	secretsEnv, err := CreateSecretEnvsFrom(environ, secrets)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error("could not retrieve secrets from the provider.", err)
+		logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to create environment variables from loaded secrets: %w", err).Error())
 
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -135,7 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 	if daemonMode {
 		logger.Info("in daemon mode...")
 		cmd := exec.Command(binary, entrypointCmd[1:]...)
-		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), envs...)
+		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), secretsEnv...)
 		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -184,7 +213,7 @@ func main() {
 
 		os.Exit(cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode())
 	}
-	err = syscall.Exec(binary, entrypointCmd, envs)
+	err = syscall.Exec(binary, entrypointCmd, secretsEnv)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to exec process: %w", err).Error(), slog.String("entrypoint", fmt.Sprint(entrypointCmd)))
 
diff --git a/provider/file/file.go b/provider/file/file.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6a080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/file/file.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Bank-Vaults Maintainers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package file
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider"
+)
+
+const ProviderName = "file"
+
+type Provider struct {
+	fs fs.FS
+}
+
+func NewProvider(fs fs.FS) (provider.Provider, error) {
+	if fs == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("file system is nil")
+	}
+
+	return &Provider{fs: fs}, nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) LoadSecrets(_ context.Context, paths []string) ([]provider.Secret, error) {
+	var secrets []provider.Secret
+
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		secret, err := p.getSecretFromFile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get secret from file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		secrets = append(secrets, provider.Secret{
+			Path:  path,
+			Value: secret,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return secrets, nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provider) getSecretFromFile(filepath string) (string, error) {
+	filepath = strings.TrimLeft(filepath, "/")
+	content, err := fs.ReadFile(p.fs, filepath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(content), nil
+}
diff --git a/provider/file/file_test.go b/provider/file/file_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ddddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/file/file_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Bank-Vaults Maintainers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package file
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io/fs"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/bank-vaults/secret-init/provider"
+)
+
+func TestNewProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		fs       fs.FS
+		wantErr  bool
+		wantType bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Valid file system",
+			fs: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test/secrets/sqlpass.txt":   &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("3xtr3ms3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsaccess.txt": &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("s3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsid.txt":     &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("secretId")},
+			},
+			wantErr:  false,
+			wantType: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Nil file system",
+			fs:       nil,
+			wantErr:  true,
+			wantType: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		ttp := tt
+		t.Run(ttp.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			prov, err := NewProvider(ttp.fs)
+			if (err != nil) != ttp.wantErr {
+				t.Fatalf("NewProvider() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, ttp.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			// Use type assertion to check if the provider is of the correct type
+			_, ok := prov.(*Provider)
+			if ok != ttp.wantType {
+				t.Fatalf("NewProvider() = %v, wantType %v", ok, ttp.wantType)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		fs       fs.FS
+		paths    []string
+		wantErr  bool
+		wantData []provider.Secret
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Load secrets successfully",
+			fs: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test/secrets/sqlpass.txt":   &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("3xtr3ms3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsaccess.txt": &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("s3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsid.txt":     &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("secretId")},
+			},
+			paths: []string{
+				"test/secrets/sqlpass.txt",
+				"test/secrets/awsaccess.txt",
+				"test/secrets/awsid.txt",
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+			wantData: []provider.Secret{
+				{Path: "test/secrets/sqlpass.txt", Value: "3xtr3ms3cr3t"},
+				{Path: "test/secrets/awsaccess.txt", Value: "s3cr3t"},
+				{Path: "test/secrets/awsid.txt", Value: "secretId"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Fail to load secrets due to invalid path",
+			fs: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test/secrets/sqlpass.txt":   &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("3xtr3ms3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsaccess.txt": &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("s3cr3t")},
+				"test/secrets/awsid.txt":     &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("secretId")},
+			},
+			paths: []string{
+				"test/secrets/mistake/sqlpass.txt",
+				"test/secrets/mistake/awsaccess.txt",
+				"test/secrets/mistake/awsid.txt",
+			},
+			wantErr:  true,
+			wantData: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		ttp := tt
+		t.Run(ttp.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			provider, err := NewProvider(ttp.fs)
+			if assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error") {
+				secrets, err := provider.LoadSecrets(context.Background(), ttp.paths)
+				assert.Equal(t, ttp.wantErr, err != nil, "Unexpected error status")
+				assert.ElementsMatch(t, ttp.wantData, secrets, "Unexpected secrets loaded")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/provider/provider.go b/provider/provider.go
index c690a0c..14e07fc 100644
--- a/provider/provider.go
+++ b/provider/provider.go
@@ -18,5 +18,11 @@ import "context"
 
 // Provider is an interface for securely loading secrets based on environment variables.
 type Provider interface {
-	LoadSecrets(ctx context.Context, paths []string) ([]string, error)
+	LoadSecrets(ctx context.Context, paths []string) ([]Secret, error)
+}
+
+// Secret holds Provider-specific secret data.
+type Secret struct {
+	Path  string
+	Value string
 }