diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9b2525..3452226 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-*.db
\ No newline at end of file
+*.db
+config.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6ba7819..715d9f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3082,8 +3082,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "dpc-pariter",
  "quick-xml",
  "rusqlite",
+ "serde",
  "sha2",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
  "tqdm",
  "walkdir",
  "zip",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 42fb7c3..139860e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ walkdir = "2.5.0"
 zip = "0.6"
 quick-xml = "0.31"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["time"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+toml = "0.8"
diff --git a/config_example.toml b/config_example.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ed9698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_example.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[paths]
+default_indexing_path = "C:\\"
+database_path = "QuickSearch.db"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a42d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub paths: PathConfig,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct PathConfig {
+    pub default_indexing_path: String,
+    pub database_path: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            paths: PathConfig {
+                default_indexing_path: "C:\\".to_string(),
+                database_path: "QuickSearch.db".to_string(),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn load() -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let config_path = "config.toml";
+        
+        if Path::new(config_path).exists() {
+            let content = fs::read_to_string(config_path)
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to read config file: {}", e))?;
+            
+            toml::from_str(&content)
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to parse config file: {}", e))
+        } else {
+            let default_config = Config::default();
+            default_config.save()?;
+            Ok(default_config)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    pub fn save(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let content = toml::to_string_pretty(self)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to serialize config: {}", e))?;
+        
+        fs::write("config.toml", content)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to write config file: {}", e))?;
+        
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend.rs b/src/frontend.rs
index 7893728..4606895 100644
--- a/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/src/frontend.rs
@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use dioxus::prelude::*;
 use crate::indexing::{IndexingService, IndexingStatus};
+use crate::config::Config;
 
 #[derive(Props, Clone)]
 pub struct AppProps {
     pub indexing_service: Arc<IndexingService>,
+    pub config: Config,
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for AppProps {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        Arc::ptr_eq(&self.indexing_service, &other.indexing_service)
+        Arc::ptr_eq(&self.indexing_service, &other.indexing_service) && self.config.paths.default_indexing_path == other.config.paths.default_indexing_path && self.config.paths.database_path == other.config.paths.database_path
     }
 }
 
 pub fn App(props: AppProps) -> Element {
-    let mut indexing_path = use_signal(|| "C:\\".to_string());
-    let mut db_path = use_signal(|| "QuickSearch.db".to_string());
+    let mut indexing_path = use_signal(|| props.config.paths.default_indexing_path.clone());
+    let mut db_path = use_signal(|| props.config.paths.database_path.clone());
     let mut status_text = use_signal(|| "Idle".to_string());
 
     let indexing_service_for_start = props.indexing_service.clone();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3fb7402..d9cda52 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,27 @@ mod frontend;
 mod file_handling;
 mod document_extraction;
 mod indexing;
+mod config;
 
 fn main() {
-    // Launch the frontend with the indexing service
     launch(app);
 }
 
 fn app() -> Element {
+    let config = match config::Config::load() {
+        Ok(config) => config,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("Failed to load config: {}", e);
+            return rsx! { div { "Failed to load configuration" } };
+        }
+    };
+    
     let indexing_service = Arc::new(indexing::IndexingService::new());
     
     rsx! {
         frontend::App {
-            indexing_service: indexing_service
+            indexing_service: indexing_service,
+            config: config
         }
     }
 }