diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf41dea..9a2e4a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ __pycache__/
 __pycache__
 .mypy_cache
 config
-.hypothesis/
diff --git a/agenda/__init__.py b/agenda/__init__.py
index 95dccd4..6ca9505 100644
--- a/agenda/__init__.py
+++ b/agenda/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from typing import List
 
 import dateutil
 import dateutil.parser
-import dateutil.tz
 import exchange_calendars
 import holidays
 import lxml
@@ -305,20 +304,16 @@ def next_birthday(from_date: date, birth_date: date) -> tuple[date, int]:
 
 def get_birthdays(from_date: date, config: configparser.ConfigParser) -> list[Event]:
     """Get birthdays from config."""
-    filename = config["data"]["entities"]
-
+    if "birthdays" not in config:
+        return []
     events = []
-    with open(filename) as f:
-        entities = yaml.safe_load(f)
-
-    for entity in entities:
-        birthday = date(**entity["birthday"])
-        bday, age = next_birthday(from_date, birthday)
+    for name, date_str in config["birthdays"].items():
+        bday = next_birthday(from_date, datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").date())
         events.append(
             Event(
-                date=bday,
+                date=bday[0],
                 name="birthday",
-                title=f'{entity["label"]} (aged {age})',
+                title=f"{name.title()} (aged {bday[1]})",
             )
         )