diff --git a/modules/default_config.json b/modules/default_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 692e452..0000000
--- a/modules/default_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "locale": "en",
-    "locale_log": "en",
-    "locale_fallback": "en",
-    "owner": 0,
-    "admins": [],
-    "bot": {
-        "api_id": 0,
-        "api_hash": "",
-        "bot_token": ""
-    },
-    "database": {
-        "user": null,
-        "password": null,
-        "host": "127.0.0.1",
-        "port": 27017,
-        "name": "tgposter"
-    },
-    "mode": {
-        "post": true,
-        "submit": true
-    },
-    "reports": {
-        "sent": false,
-        "error": true,
-        "startup": true,
-        "shutdown": true
-    },
-    "logging": {
-        "size": 512,
-        "location": "logs"
-    },
-    "locations": {
-        "tmp": "tmp",
-        "data": "data",
-        "cache": "cache",
-        "sent": "data/sent",
-        "queue": "data/queue",
-        "index": "data/index.json",
-        "locale": "locale"
-    },
-    "posting": {
-        "channel": 0,
-        "silent": false,
-        "move_sent": false,
-        "use_interval": false,
-        "interval": "1h30m",
-        "page_size": 300,
-        "submitted_caption": {
-            "enabled": true,
-            "ignore_admins": true,
-            "text": "#submitted"
-        },
-        "extensions": {
-            "photo": [
-                "jpg",
-                "png",
-                "gif",
-                "jpeg"
-            ],
-            "video": [
-                "mp4",
-                "avi",
-                "mkv",
-                "webm",
-                "mov"
-            ]
-        },
-        "time": [
-            "08:00",
-            "10:00",
-            "12:00",
-            "14:00",
-            "16:00",
-            "18:00",
-            "20:00",
-            "22:00"
-        ],
-        "api": {
-            "address": "http://localhost:8054",
-            "address_external": "https://photos.domain.com",
-            "username": "",
-            "password": "",
-            "album": ""
-        }
-    },
-    "caption": {
-        "enabled": false,
-        "link": null,
-        "text": [
-            "sample text"
-        ]
-    },
-    "submission": {
-        "timeout": 30,
-        "file_size": 15728640,
-        "tmp_size": 15728640,
-        "allow_duplicates": false,
-        "send_uploaded_id": false,
-        "require_confirmation": {
-            "users": true,
-            "admins": true
-        },
-        "mime_types": [
-            "image/png",
-            "image/gif",
-            "image/jpeg",
-            "video/mp4",
-            "video/quicktime"
-        ]
-    },
-    "commands": [
-        "start",
-        "rules"
-    ],
-    "commands_admin": [
-        "import",
-        "export",
-        "reboot"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/utils.py b/modules/utils.py
index 9c863f4..9ba6585 100644
--- a/modules/utils.py
+++ b/modules/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,86 @@ from ujson import JSONDecodeError, dumps, loads
 
 from modules.logger import logWrite
 
+default_config = {
+    "locale": "en",
+    "locale_log": "en",
+    "locale_fallback": "en",
+    "owner": 0,
+    "admins": [],
+    "bot": {"api_id": 0, "api_hash": "", "bot_token": ""},
+    "database": {
+        "user": None,
+        "password": None,
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": 27017,
+        "name": "tgposter",
+    },
+    "mode": {"post": True, "submit": True},
+    "reports": {"sent": False, "error": True, "startup": True, "shutdown": True},
+    "logging": {"size": 512, "location": "logs"},
+    "locations": {
+        "tmp": "tmp",
+        "data": "data",
+        "cache": "cache",
+        "sent": "data/sent",
+        "queue": "data/queue",
+        "index": "data/index.json",
+        "locale": "locale",
+    },
+    "posting": {
+        "channel": 0,
+        "silent": False,
+        "move_sent": False,
+        "use_interval": False,
+        "interval": "1h30m",
+        "page_size": 300,
+        "submitted_caption": {
+            "enabled": True,
+            "ignore_admins": True,
+            "text": "#submitted",
+        },
+        "extensions": {
+            "photo": ["jpg", "png", "gif", "jpeg"],
+            "video": ["mp4", "avi", "mkv", "webm", "mov"],
+        },
+        "time": [
+            "08:00",
+            "10:00",
+            "12:00",
+            "14:00",
+            "16:00",
+            "18:00",
+            "20:00",
+            "22:00",
+        ],
+        "api": {
+            "address": "http://localhost:8054",
+            "address_external": "https://photos.domain.com",
+            "username": "",
+            "password": "",
+            "album": "",
+        },
+    },
+    "caption": {"enabled": False, "link": None, "text": ["sample text"]},
+    "submission": {
+        "timeout": 30,
+        "file_size": 15728640,
+        "tmp_size": 15728640,
+        "allow_duplicates": False,
+        "send_uploaded_id": False,
+        "require_confirmation": {"users": True, "admins": True},
+        "mime_types": [
+            "image/png",
+            "image/gif",
+            "image/jpeg",
+            "video/mp4",
+            "video/quicktime",
+        ],
+    },
+    "commands": ["start", "rules"],
+    "commands_admin": ["import", "export", "reboot"],
+}
+
 
 def jsonLoad(filename: str) -> Any:
     """Loads arg1 as json and returns its contents"""
@@ -77,16 +157,16 @@ def configGet(key: str, *args: str):
         this_key = this_dict
         for dict_key in args:
             this_key = this_key[dict_key]
+        this_key[key]
     except KeyError:
         print(
             f"Could not find config key '{key}' under path {args}: falling back to default config",
             flush=True,
         )
-        fallback_dict = jsonLoad(path.join("modules", "default_config.json"))
-        this_key = fallback_dict
+        this_key = default_config
         for dict_key in args:
             this_key = this_key[dict_key]
-        configSet(key, this_key[key], args)
+        configSet(key, this_key[key], *args)
     return this_key[key]