diff --git a/winapps/src/lib.rs b/winapps/src/lib.rs
index 6be8f55..41347d6 100644
--- a/winapps/src/lib.rs
+++ b/winapps/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 pub mod quickemu;
 
 use derive_new::new;
+use home::home_dir;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{
     env,
     fs::{self, File},
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@ pub struct Config {
     host: HostConfig,
     #[new(value = "RemoteConfig::new()")]
     rdp: RemoteConfig,
+    #[new(value = "VmConfig::new()")]
+    vm: VmConfig,
+}
+
+#[derive(new, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct VmConfig {
+    #[new(value = "\"windows-10\".to_string()")]
+    short_name: String,
+    #[new(value = "\"windows-10-22H2\".to_string()")]
+    name: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(new, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -43,35 +55,86 @@ pub struct RemoteConfig {
     password: String,
 }
 
-pub fn load_config(path: Option<&str>) -> Config {
-    let config = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").expect("Could not find the home path!");
-    let default = &format!("{}{}", config, "/winapps/");
-    let path = Path::new(path.unwrap_or(default));
-    let config = Config::new();
+pub fn get_config_file(path: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    let default = match env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
+        Ok(dir) => PathBuf::from(dir).join("winapps"),
+        Err(_) => {
+            println!("Couldn't read XDG_CONFIG_HOME, falling back to ~/.config");
+            home_dir()
+                .expect("Could not find the home path!")
+                .join(".config/winapps")
+        }
+    };
+
+    let path = Path::new(path.unwrap_or(default.to_str().unwrap()));
 
     if !path.exists() {
-        println!("{:?} does not exist! Creating...", path.to_str());
+        println!("{:?} does not exist! Creating...", path);
         fs::create_dir_all(path).expect("Failed to create directory");
     }
 
-    let config_file = path.join("config.toml");
-
-    if !config_file.exists() {
-        let mut config_file =
-            File::create(&config_file).expect("Failed to create configuration file");
-
-        let gen_config =
-            toml::to_string(&config).expect("Failed to generate default configuration");
-        write!(config_file, "{}", gen_config).expect("Failed to write configuration file");
+    if !path.is_dir() {
+        panic!("Config directory {:?} is not a directory!", path);
     }
 
-    let config_file = fs::read_to_string(config_file).expect("Failed to read configuration file");
+    path.join("config.toml")
+}
+
+pub fn load_config(path: Option<&str>) -> Config {
+    let config = Config::new();
+    let config_path = get_config_file(path);
+
+    if !config_path.exists() {
+        save_config(&config, path).expect("Failed to write default configuration");
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    let config_file = fs::read_to_string(config_path).expect("Failed to read configuration file");
     let config: Config =
         toml::from_str(config_file.as_str()).expect("Failed to parse the configuration");
 
     config
 }
 
+pub fn save_config(config: &Config, path: Option<&str>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let config_path = get_config_file(path);
+    let serialized_config = toml::to_string(&config).expect("Failed to serialize configuration");
+
+    let mut config_file = match config_path.exists() {
+        true => File::open(&config_path).expect("Failed to open configuration file"),
+        false => File::create(&config_path).expect("Failed to create configuration file"),
+    };
+
+    write!(config_file, "{}", serialized_config)
+}
+
+pub fn get_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    let data_dir = match env::var("XDG_DATA_HOME") {
+        Ok(dir) => PathBuf::from(dir).join("winapps"),
+        Err(_) => {
+            println!("Couldn't read XDG_DATA_HOME, falling back to ~/.local/share");
+            home_dir()
+                .expect("Could not find the home path!")
+                .join(".local/share/winapps")
+        }
+    };
+
+    if !data_dir.exists() {
+        let dir = data_dir.clone();
+        println!(
+            "Data directory {:?} does not exist! Creating...",
+            dir.to_str()
+        );
+        fs::create_dir_all(dir).expect("Failed to create directory");
+    }
+
+    if !data_dir.is_dir() {
+        panic!("Data directory {:?} is not a directory!", data_dir);
+    }
+
+    data_dir
+}
+
 pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
     left + right
 }