diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f71ea41..269deae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 This tool was made so I could write my content only in `gmi` and publish both a
 gemini capsule and a website.
 
+For now, this is very rudimentary and things are bound to change, especially the way
+I structure the directory where my content lives.
+
 ## TODO
 
 - [X] concatenate header + gmi2html + footer
@@ -11,12 +14,32 @@ gemini capsule and a website.
 - [X] write the `gen_gmi` function
 - [X] make the line "---\n" of the footer only present in the code, not in the footer
   file
-- [X] make a config file for things like
-    - directories where files are supposed to be
-    - names of certain files
-    - the remote servers for the sync feature
+- [-] make a config file for things like
+    - certain variables should be made `CONSTANT` in the `__init__.py`
 - [X] also update the "/gemlog/index.gmi" with the list of articles
 - [X] write the sync features
 - [X] test the `gen gmi` and `gen html` features
     - [ ] write tests for it
 - [ ] move config file to `~/.config` with placeholder values
+    - [X] check for a config file in `~/.config`
+- [ ] maybe save the old Bash script somewhere for posterity ?
+
+## My setup
+My current folder structure for my capsule+website looks something like this:
+
+```
+my-internet
+├── assets
+│  ├── favicon.ico
+│  └── style.css
+├── content
+│  ├── gemlog
+│  │  └── index.gmi
+│  ├── index.gmi
+│  └── projects.gmi
+├── footer.gmi
+├── html-output
+└── html-parts
+   ├── footer-part.html
+   └── header-part.html
+```
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a01bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"workdir" 		: "where/your/sources/live",
+	"dir_assets" 	: "assets",
+	"dir_source" 	: "content",
+	"dir_helper" 	: "html-parts",
+	"dir_o_html" 	: "html-output",
+	"rem_gmi" 		: "your/remote/gemini/path",
+	"rem_html" 		: "your/remote/html/path",
+	"port"			: "1312"
+}
+
diff --git a/gmirator/__init__.py b/gmirator/__init__.py
index e69de29..42b6130 100644
--- a/gmirator/__init__.py
+++ b/gmirator/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+
+
+xdg_path = Path("~/.config/gmirator/config.json").expanduser()
+cfg_file = xdg_path if xdg_path.exists() else "config.json"
+with open(cfg_file) as f:
+    config = json.load(f)
+
+WORKDIR = Path(config["workdir"])
+DIR_ASSETS = WORKDIR / config["dir_assets"]
+DIR_SOURCE = WORKDIR / config["dir_source"]
+DIR_HELPER = WORKDIR / config["dir_helper"]
+DIR_O_HTML = WORKDIR / config["dir_o_html"]
+GMI_FOOTER = WORKDIR / "footer.gmi"
+
+RPORT = config["port"]
diff --git a/gmirator/generate.py b/gmirator/generate.py
index 9cc96cc..84a932d 100644
--- a/gmirator/generate.py
+++ b/gmirator/generate.py
@@ -3,26 +3,22 @@ import re
 import shutil
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 from pathlib import Path
+from gmirator import (
+    DIR_ASSETS,
+    DIR_SOURCE,
+    DIR_HELPER,
+    DIR_O_HTML,
+    GMI_FOOTER
+)
 
-import json
-
-config_path = "config.json"
-with open(config_path) as f:
-    config = json.load(f)
 
 app = typer.Typer(help="generates your gmi and html files")
 
-WORKDIR = Path(config["workdir"])
-DIR_ASSETS = WORKDIR / config["dir_assets"]
-DIR_SOURCE = WORKDIR / config["dir_source"]
-DIR_HELPER = WORKDIR / config["dir_helper"]
-DIR_O_HTML = WORKDIR / config["dir_o_html"]
-
 @app.command("gmi")
 def gen_gmi():
     print("Generating GMI files...")
     make_index([DIR_SOURCE / "index.gmi", DIR_SOURCE / "gemlog/index.gmi"])
-    make_footer(WORKDIR / "footer.gmi", DIR_SOURCE)
+    make_footer(GMI_FOOTER, DIR_SOURCE)
     print("Done!")
 
 def make_index(listing: list[Path]):
diff --git a/gmirator/synchronise.py b/gmirator/synchronise.py
index 31b0603..c29b07e 100644
--- a/gmirator/synchronise.py
+++ b/gmirator/synchronise.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 import typer
 import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
 import shlex
-import json
-
-config_path = "config.json"
-with open(config_path) as f:
-    config = json.load(f)
-WORKDIR = Path(config["workdir"])
-RPORT = config["port"]
+from gmirator import WORKDIR, RPORT
 
 app = typer.Typer(help="syncs your files with configured remote")