diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6e49251..2814359 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ pub const VIDEO_EXTENTIONS: [&str; 11] = [
 
 impl Config {
     // TODO: refactor this nested match mess
-    pub fn parse() -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    pub fn parse(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let mut sources: HashMap<String, PathBuf> = HashMap::new();
 
-        let config_str = std::fs::read_to_string("sorter_config.toml")?;
+        let config_str = std::fs::read_to_string(path)?;
         let config_parsed = &config_str.parse::<Table>()?;
 
         let pictures_dir = get_path(config_parsed, "pictures_dir");
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ impl Config {
             sources,
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn create(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let config_str = r#"
+pictures_dir = "/home/vavakado/Pictures"
+videos_dir = "/home/vavakado/Videos"
+music_dir = "/home/vavakado/Music"
+books_dir = "/home/vavakado/Books"
+
+[sources] # put your own sources here
+"Pictures" = "/home/vavakado/Pictures"
+"#;
+        std::fs::write(path, config_str)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 fn get_path(config: &Table, key: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b8b3d25..a9dcfc6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
-    match filesorters::Config::parse() {
+fn main() {
+    let config_path = get_config_path();
+
+    println!("Using config file: {}", config_path.display());
+
+    if !config_path.exists() {
+        println!("Config file does not exist, creating...");
+        filesorters::Config::create(&config_path).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    match filesorters::Config::parse(config_path) {
         Ok(config) => {
             println!("{:#?}", config);
         }
@@ -10,3 +19,22 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn get_config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+        let username = env::var("USERNAME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "Default".to_string());
+        PathBuf::from(format!(
+            "C:\\Users\\{}\\AppData\\Local\\filesorters\\filesorters.toml",
+            username
+        ))
+    } else {
+        let xdg_config_home = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").ok();
+        let home = env::var("HOME").ok();
+        let user = env::var("USER").unwrap_or_else(|_| "default".to_string());
+
+        xdg_config_home
+            .map(|x| PathBuf::from(format!("{}/filesorters.toml", x)))
+            .or_else(|| home.map(|h| PathBuf::from(format!("{}/.config/filesorters.toml", h))))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(format!("/home/{}/.config/filesorters.toml", user)))
+    }
+}