diff --git a/Notes.org b/Notes.org
index 0d77595..010c06b 100644
--- a/Notes.org
+++ b/Notes.org
@@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ Chip-8 has a stack that is an array of 16 16-bit values, used to store the
 addresses that the Chip8 should return to when returning from a subroutine,
 meaning there can be 16 levels of nested subroutines.
 
+*** The Character Set
+
+The Chip8 contains some sprites, called /character set/ which are a group of
+sprites representing the hexadecimal digits from 0 to F. They are 5 bytes long
+(8x5 pixels). They are stored in the area reserved for Chip8 (0x00-0x1FF).
+
+The following are some examples:
+
+#+begin_src artist
+  +----+--------+----+  +----+--------+----+
+  |"0" |Binary  |Hex |  |"1" |Binary  |Hex |
+  +----+--------+----|  +----+--------+----+ 
+  |****|11110000|0xF0|  |  1 |00100000|0x20|
+  |*  *|10010000|0x90|  | 11 |01100000|0x60|
+  |*  *|10010000|0x90|  |  1 |00100000|0x20|
+  |*  *|10010000|0x90|  |  1 |00100000|0x20|
+  |****|11110000|0xF0|  | 111|01110000|0x70|
+  +----+--------+----+  +----+--------+----+
+#+end_src
+
+
 ** Registers
 
 Chip8 has 16 8-bit data registers, each can hold 1 byte of information.
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 39a2e1a..602532d 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
 #define CHIP8_TOTAL_STACK_DEPTH 16
 #define CHIP8_TOTAL_KEYS 16
 
+#define CHIP8_CHARACTER_SET_LOAD_ADDRESS 0x00
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/chip8.c b/src/chip8.c
index 5cd565f..102e932 100644
--- a/src/chip8.c
+++ b/src/chip8.c
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 #include "chip8.h"
 #include <memory.h>
 
+const char chip8_default_character_set[] = {
+	0xf0, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90, 0xf0, // 1
+	0x20, 0x60, 0x20, 0x20, 0x70, // 2
+	0xf0, 0x10, 0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, // 3
+	0xf0, 0x10, 0xf0, 0x10, 0xf0, // 4
+	0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, 0x10, 0xf0, // 5
+	0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, 0x90, 0xf0, // 6
+	0xf0, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x40, // 7
+	0xf0, 0x90, 0xf0, 0x90, 0xf0, // 8
+	0xf0, 0x90, 0xf0, 0x10, 0xf0, // 9
+	0xf0, 0x90, 0xf0, 0x90, 0x90, // A
+	0xe0, 0x90, 0xe0, 0x90, 0xe0, // B
+	0xf0, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0xf0, // C
+	0xe0, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90, 0xe0, // D
+	0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, // E
+	0xf0, 0x80, 0xf0, 0x80, 0x80	// F
+};
+
 void
 chip8_init (struct chip8 *chip8)
 {
 	memset (chip8, 0, sizeof (struct chip8));
+	memcpy (&chip8->memory.memory, chip8_default_character_set,
+					sizeof (chip8_default_character_set));
 }