diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0034634..41819de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 config.json
-opensearch.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+opensearch.xml
+config.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5dcd6b3..f6755b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 )
 
-require github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 732af13..7fab23f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -71,3 +71,5 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 8872f57..915bd3c 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -14,28 +13,23 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
+	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	Port       int
-	AuthCode   string
-	Peers      []string
-	PeerID     string
-	OpenSearch OpenSearchConfig
-}
-
-type OpenSearchConfig struct {
-	Domain string
+	Port     int
+	AuthCode string
+	Peers    []string
+	PeerID   string
+	Domain   string
 }
 
 var defaultConfig = Config{
-	Port: 5000,
-	OpenSearch: OpenSearchConfig{
-		Domain: "localhost",
-	},
+	Port:   5000,
+	Domain: "localhost",
 }
 
-const configFilePath = "config.json"
+const configFilePath = "config.ini"
 
 var config Config
 var configLock sync.RWMutex
@@ -91,33 +85,25 @@ func createConfig() error {
 	fmt.Print("Do you want to use default values? (yes/no): ")
 	useDefaults, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
 
-	config := defaultConfig
-	if useDefaults != "yes\n" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(useDefaults) != "yes" {
 		fmt.Print("Enter port (default 5000): ")
 		portStr, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
 		if portStr != "\n" {
-			port, err := strconv.Atoi(portStr[:len(portStr)-1])
+			port, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(portStr))
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				config.Port = 5000
+			} else {
+				config.Port = port
 			}
-			config.Port = port
 		}
 
-		fmt.Print("Enter your domain address (e.g., domain.com): ")
+		fmt.Print("Enter your domain address (default localhost): ")
 		domain, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
 		if domain != "\n" {
-			config.OpenSearch.Domain = domain[:len(domain)-1]
-		}
-
-		fmt.Print("Do you want to connect to other nodes? (yes/no): ")
-		connectNodes, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
-		if strings.TrimSpace(connectNodes) == "yes" {
-			fmt.Println("Enter peer addresses (comma separated, e.g., /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5000,/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001): ")
-			peersStr, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
-			if peersStr != "\n" {
-				config.Peers = strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(peersStr), ",")
-			}
+			config.Domain = strings.TrimSpace(domain)
 		}
+	} else {
+		config = defaultConfig
 	}
 
 	if config.AuthCode == "" {
@@ -130,35 +116,50 @@ func createConfig() error {
 }
 
 func saveConfig(config Config) {
-	file, err := os.Create(configFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error creating config file:", err)
-		return
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
+	cfg := ini.Empty()
+	sec := cfg.Section("")
+	sec.Key("Port").SetValue(strconv.Itoa(config.Port))
+	sec.Key("AuthCode").SetValue(config.AuthCode)
+	sec.Key("PeerID").SetValue(config.PeerID)
 
-	configData, err := json.MarshalIndent(config, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error marshalling config data:", err)
-		return
-	}
+	peers := strings.Join(config.Peers, ",")
+	sec.Key("Peers").SetValue(peers)
+	sec.Key("Domain").SetValue(config.Domain)
 
-	_, err = file.Write(configData)
+	err := cfg.SaveTo(configFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error writing to config file:", err)
 	}
 }
 
 func loadConfig() Config {
-	configFile, err := os.Open(configFilePath)
+	cfg, err := ini.Load(configFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error opening config file: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer configFile.Close()
 
-	var config Config
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(configFile).Decode(&config); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error decoding config file: %v", err)
+	port, err := cfg.Section("").Key("Port").Int()
+	if err != nil || port == 0 {
+		port = 5000 // Default to 5000 if not set or error
+	}
+
+	peersStr := cfg.Section("").Key("Peers").String()
+	var peers []string
+	if peersStr != "" {
+		peers = strings.Split(peersStr, ",")
+	}
+
+	domain := cfg.Section("").Key("Domain").String()
+	if domain == "" {
+		domain = "localhost" // Default to localhost if not set
+	}
+
+	config = Config{
+		Port:     port,
+		AuthCode: cfg.Section("").Key("AuthCode").String(),
+		PeerID:   cfg.Section("").Key("PeerID").String(),
+		Peers:    peers,
+		Domain:   domain,
 	}
 
 	return config
diff --git a/open-search.go b/open-search.go
index b685e42..2d5d0b4 100644
--- a/open-search.go
+++ b/open-search.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func generateOpenSearchXML(config Config) {
 		Tags:        "search, engine",
 		URL: URL{
 			Type:     "text/html",
-			Template: fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/search?q={searchTerms}", config.OpenSearch.Domain),
+			Template: fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/search?q={searchTerms}", config.Domain),
 		},
 	}