diff --git a/config/config.toml b/config/config.toml
index e69de29..dac64e3 100644
--- a/config/config.toml
+++ b/config/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# config.toml
+host = "127.0.0.1"
+port = "3000"
+# TMDbApiKey is required
+tmdbApiKey = ""
+dbName = "racer.db"
+uploadFolder = "/home/rouggy/torrents/rtorrent/Race"
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index fbaa2b1..9852d06 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ func writeConfig(configPath string, configFile string) error {
 	}
 
 	// check if config exists, if not create it
+	host := "0.0.0.0"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(cfgPath); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 
 		f, err := os.Create(cfgPath)
@@ -46,9 +48,23 @@ func writeConfig(configPath string, configFile string) error {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		// setup text template to inject variables into
-		_, err = template.New("config").Parse(configTemplate)
+		tmpl, err := template.New("config").Parse(configTemplate)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("Could not create config file:", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		tmplVars := map[string]string{
+			"host": host,
+		}
+
+		var buffer bytes.Buffer
+		if err = tmpl.Execute(&buffer, &tmplVars); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if _, err = f.WriteString(buffer.String()); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error writing contents to file: %v %q", configPath, err)
+			return err
 		}
 
 		return f.Sync()
diff --git a/racer.db.db b/racer.db.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b5b713
Binary files /dev/null and b/racer.db.db differ