diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf4917e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+*__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
diff --git a/src/autorecon/__pycache__/autorecon.cpython-37.pyc b/src/autorecon/__pycache__/autorecon.cpython-37.pyc
index 353a7f3..aa52bd7 100644
Binary files a/src/autorecon/__pycache__/autorecon.cpython-37.pyc and b/src/autorecon/__pycache__/autorecon.cpython-37.pyc differ
diff --git a/src/autorecon/autorecon.py b/src/autorecon/autorecon.py
index 7ab2d1f..da91da4 100755
--- a/src/autorecon/autorecon.py
+++ b/src/autorecon/autorecon.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import sys
 import time
 import toml
 import termios
+import appdirs
+import shutil
 
 def _quit():
     termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin.fileno(), termios.TCSADRAIN, TERM_FLAGS)
@@ -30,13 +32,30 @@ def _quit():
 atexit.register(_quit)
 
 TERM_FLAGS = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin.fileno())
-
+appname = 'AutoRecon'
 verbose = 0
 nmap = '-vv --reason -Pn'
 srvname = ''
 heartbeat_interval = 60
 port_scan_profile = None
 
+rootdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+default_config_dir = os.path.join(rootdir, 'config')
+config_dir = appdirs.user_config_dir(appname)
+port_scan_profiles_config_file = os.path.join(config_dir, 'port-scan-profiles.toml')
+service_scans_config_file = os.path.join(config_dir, 'service-scans.toml')
+global_patterns_config_file = os.path.join(config_dir, 'global-patterns.toml')
+
+# Confirm this directory exists; if not, populate it with the default configurations
+
+if not os.path.exists(config_dir):
+    os.makedirs(config_dir)
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(default_config_dir,'port-scan-profiles-default.toml'), port_scan_profiles_config_file)
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(default_config_dir,'service-scans-default.toml'), service_scans_config_file)
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(default_config_dir,'global-patterns-default.toml'), global_patterns_config_file)
+
+
+
 port_scan_profiles_config = None
 service_scans_config = None
 global_patterns = []
@@ -44,7 +63,6 @@ global_patterns = []
 username_wordlist = '/usr/share/seclists/Usernames/top-usernames-shortlist.txt'
 password_wordlist = '/usr/share/seclists/Passwords/darkweb2017-top100.txt'
 
-rootdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 single_target = False
 only_scans_dir = False
@@ -146,8 +164,7 @@ def calculate_elapsed_time(start_time):
 
     return ', '.join(elapsed_time)
 
-port_scan_profiles_config_file = 'port-scan-profiles-default.toml'
-with open(os.path.join(rootdir, 'config', port_scan_profiles_config_file), 'r') as p:
+with open(port_scan_profiles_config_file, 'r') as p:
     try:
         port_scan_profiles_config = toml.load(p)
 
@@ -157,13 +174,13 @@ with open(os.path.join(rootdir, 'config', port_scan_profiles_config_file), 'r')
     except toml.decoder.TomlDecodeError as e:
         fail('Error: Couldn\'t parse {port_scan_profiles_config_file} config file. Check syntax and duplicate tags.')
 
-with open(os.path.join(rootdir, 'config', 'service-scans-default.toml'), 'r') as c:
+with open(service_scans_config_file, 'r') as c:
     try:
         service_scans_config = toml.load(c)
     except toml.decoder.TomlDecodeError as e:
         fail('Error: Couldn\'t parse service-scans.toml config file. Check syntax and duplicate tags.')
 
-with open(os.path.join(rootdir, 'config', 'global-patterns-default.toml'), 'r') as p:
+with open(global_patterns_config_file, 'r') as p:
     try:
         global_patterns = toml.load(p)
         if 'pattern' in global_patterns: