diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff9a43be..5eb36e2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 # v0.2.0
 
- - improved GUI
+ - improved UI
    - more unified coehisive look
    - Adjusted header bar look and icon behavior
  - The shell is dead.
    - If you need to use custom commands, exec into the docker container.
- - All configuration is done via `filebrowser.yaml`
- - Removed old code to migrate database veresions
+ - The json config file is dead.
+   - All configuration is done via advanced `filebrowser.yaml`
+   - The only flag that is allowed is flag to specify config file.
+ - Removed old code to migrate database versions
  - Removed all unused cmd code
 
 # v0.1.4
diff --git a/backend/benchmark_results.txt b/backend/benchmark_results.txt
index 20a445a4..655b1f9c 100644
--- a/backend/benchmark_results.txt
+++ b/backend/benchmark_results.txt
@@ -9,30 +9,34 @@ ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/diskcache	0.004s
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/errors	[no test files]
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/files	[no test files]
 PASS
-ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/fileutils	0.003s
-2023/09/02 13:08:16 Error opening YAML file: open filebrowser.yaml: no such file or directory
-exit status 1
-FAIL	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/http	0.003s
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/fileutils	0.004s
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
+2023/09/02 19:15:20 h: 401  <nil>
 PASS
-ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/img	0.123s
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/http	0.094s
 PASS
-ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/rules	0.003s
-2023/09/02 13:08:16 Error opening YAML file: open filebrowser.yaml: no such file or directory
-exit status 1
-FAIL	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/runner	0.002s
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/img	0.122s
+PASS
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/rules	0.002s
+PASS
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/runner	0.004s
 goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/search
 cpu: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11320H @ 3.20GHz
-BenchmarkSearchAllIndexes-8   	      10	   5705789 ns/op	 3017139 B/op	   44605 allocs/op
-BenchmarkFillIndex-8          	      10	   3205461 ns/op	   18498 B/op	     454 allocs/op
+BenchmarkSearchAllIndexes-8   	      10	   5176084 ns/op	 2743632 B/op	   42785 allocs/op
+BenchmarkFillIndex-8          	      10	   3263308 ns/op	   18485 B/op	     453 allocs/op
 PASS
-ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/search	0.117s
-?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/settings	[no test files]
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/search	0.109s
+PASS
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/settings	0.004s
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/share	[no test files]
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/storage	[no test files]
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/storage/bolt	[no test files]
 PASS
-ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/users	0.003s
+ok  	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/users	0.004s
 ?   	github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/version	[no test files]
-FAIL
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
index 9f606708..3b127cff 100644
--- a/backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/cmd"
+	"github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/settings"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	settings.Initialize()
 	cmd.StartFilebrowser()
 }
diff --git a/backend/settings/config.go b/backend/settings/config.go
index 153dd31b..b2d2cd47 100644
--- a/backend/settings/config.go
+++ b/backend/settings/config.go
@@ -1,25 +1,49 @@
 package settings
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 )
 
 var GlobalConfiguration Settings
 
-func init() {
+func Initialize() {
 	// Open and read the YAML file
 	yamlFile, err := os.Open("filebrowser.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error opening YAML file: %v", err)
+		log.Println("Error opening config file: ", err)
+		log.Println("Using default config only")
+		// Get the current directory
+		dir, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Use the filepath package to join the directory and file names
+		err = filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+				return err
+			}
+			// Check if it's a regular file (not a directory)
+			if !info.IsDir() {
+				fmt.Println(path)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+		setDefaults()
+		return
 	}
 	defer yamlFile.Close()
 
 	stat, err := yamlFile.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error getting file information: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Error getting file information: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	yamlData := make([]byte, stat.Size())
@@ -27,7 +51,6 @@ func init() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error reading YAML data: %v", err)
 	}
-	setDefaults()
 	// Unmarshal the YAML data into the Settings struct
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlData, &GlobalConfiguration)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/filebrowser.yaml b/backend/settings/filebrowser.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/filebrowser.yaml
rename to backend/settings/filebrowser.yaml
diff --git a/backend/settings/settings_test.go b/backend/settings/settings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b9285d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestConfigLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	Initialize()
+	t.Log("Say bye")
+}