diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28afe11f..1041fabb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -826,6 +826,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "confy"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45b1f4c00870f07dc34adcac82bb6a72cc5aabca8536ba1797e01df51d2ce9a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "directories",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console"
 version = "0.15.10"
@@ -2138,6 +2150,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap-verbosity-flag",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_mangen",
+ "confy",
  "crossbeam",
  "crossterm",
  "date_time_parser",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae763751..5697b07f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ crossbeam = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["crossbeam-channel"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.12.1", features = ["v4"] }
 etcetera = "0.8.0"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
+confy = "0.6.1"
 
 [features]
 default = ["tui"]
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index cb8e139b..da9e79ee 100755
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use ingestion::IngestionCommand;
 use miette::IntoDiagnostic;
 use sea_orm::prelude::async_trait::async_trait;
 use substance::SubstanceCommand;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use crate::core::CommandHandler;
 use crate::utils::AppContext;
diff --git a/src/core/config.rs b/src/core/config.rs
index 0de5b65d..f0e0cccb 100644
--- a/src/core/config.rs
+++ b/src/core/config.rs
@@ -1,42 +1,61 @@
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::env;
 use std::env::temp_dir;
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use crate::cli::Cli;
 
 pub const NAME: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
 pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
-lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref CONFIG: Config = Config::default();
-    /// Returns the path to the project's data directory.
-   pub static ref DATA_DIR: Box<Path> = directories::ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("project data directory not found")).data_dir().into();
-    /// Returns the path to the project's cache directory.
-  pub  static ref CACHE_DIR: Box<Path> = directories::ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("project data directory not found")).cache_dir().into();
-    /// Returns the path to the project's config directory.
-  pub   static ref CONFIG_DIR: Box<Path> = directories::ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("project data directory not found")).config_dir().into();
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref DATA_DIR: PathBuf = {
+        ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME)
+            .expect("project data directory not found")
+            .data_dir()
+            .to_path_buf()
+    };
+    pub static ref CACHE_DIR: PathBuf = {
+        ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME)
+            .expect("project cache directory not found")
+            .cache_dir()
+            .to_path_buf()
+    };
+    pub static ref CONFIG_DIR: PathBuf = {
+        ProjectDirs::from("com", "keinsell", NAME)
+            .expect("project config directory not found")
+            .config_dir()
+            .to_path_buf()
+    };
 }
 
-
-// TODO(NEU-1): Implement
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct Config
-{
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Config {
     pub sqlite_path: PathBuf,
+    pub version: Option<u32>,
 }
 
-impl Default for Config
-{
-    fn default() -> Self
-    {
-        let mut journal_path = DATA_DIR.join("journal.db").clone();
-
-        if cfg!(test) || cfg!(debug_assertions)
-        {
-            journal_path = temp_dir().join("neuronek.sqlite");
-        }
-
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let default_db = if cfg!(test) || cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            temp_dir().join("neuronek.sqlite")
+        } else {
+            DATA_DIR.join("journal.db")
+        };
         Config {
-            sqlite_path: journal_path,
+            sqlite_path: default_db,
+            version: Some(1),
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn load() -> Self {
+        confy::load(NAME, None).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref CONFIG: Config = Config::load();
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 5d82b49b..d7e253c6 100755
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::cli::OutputFormat;
-use crate::core::config::CONFIG;
+use crate::core::config::{Config, CONFIG};
 use crate::database::Migrator;
 use async_std::task::block_on;
 use atty::Stream;