diff --git a/bak/__init__.py b/bak/__init__.py
index 52798a8..293adcf 100644
--- a/bak/__init__.py
+++ b/bak/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-BAK_VERSION = "0.2.0a1"
+BAK_VERSION = "0.2.1a1"
diff --git a/bak/configuration/__init__.py b/bak/configuration/__init__.py
index 90046c1..cd8aeb2 100644
--- a/bak/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/bak/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from re import sub
+from shutil import copy2
 
 from config import Config, KeyNotFoundError
 
@@ -50,13 +51,15 @@ def __init__(self):
             self.config_dir = Path("~/.config").expanduser().resolve()
 
         self.config_file = self.config_dir / 'bak.cfg'
+        if not self.config_file.exists():
+            copy2(self.config_dir / 'bak.cfg.default', self.config_file)
         _cfg = Config(str(self.config_file))
 
         reload = False
         for cfg_value in self.DEFAULT_VALUES:
             if cfg_value not in _cfg.as_dict():
-                with open(self.config_file, 'w') as _file:
-                    _file.write(
+                with open(self.config_file, 'a') as _file:
+                    _file.writelines(
                         f"{cfg_value}: {self.DEFAULT_VALUES[cfg_value]}\n")
                     _file.close()
                     reload = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 770d1d3..7fd9453 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
            'rich==9.1.0']
 
 setup(name='bak',
-      version='0.2.0a1',
+      version='0.2.1a1',
       description='the .bak manager',
       author='ChanceNCounter',
       author_email='ChanceNCounter@icloud.com',
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
     config_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/.config")
 
 config_file = os.path.join(config_dir, 'bak.cfg')
+default_config = os.path.join(config_dir, 'bak.cfg.default')
 
 if not os.path.exists(config_file):
     copy2('bak/default.cfg', config_file)
+
+if not os.path.exists(default_config):
+    copy2('bak/default.cfg', default_config) 
+