diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b857a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+    "minecraft_version": "1.21.1", // supports up to 1.21.1
+    "host": "127.0.0.1", // or "localhost", "your.ip.address.here"
+    "port": 55916,
+    "auth": "offline", // or "microsoft"
+
+    // the mindserver manages all agents and hosts the UI
+    "host_mindserver": true, // if true, the mindserver will be hosted on this machine. otherwise, specify a public IP address
+    "mindserver_host": "localhost",
+    "mindserver_port": 8080,
+    
+    // the base profile is shared by all bots for default prompts/examples/modes
+    "base_profile": "./profiles/defaults/survival.json", // also see creative.json, god_mode.json
+    "profiles": [
+        "./andy.json",
+        // "./profiles/gpt.json",
+        // "./profiles/claude.json",
+        // "./profiles/gemini.json",
+        // "./profiles/llama.json",
+        // "./profiles/qwen.json",
+        // "./profiles/grok.json",
+        // "./profiles/mistral.json",
+        // "./profiles/deepseek.json",
+
+        // using more than 1 profile requires you to /msg each bot indivually
+        // individual profiles override values from the base profile
+    ],
+    "load_memory": false, // load memory from previous session
+    "init_message": "Respond with hello world and your name", // sends to all on spawn
+    "only_chat_with": [], // users that the bots listen to and send general messages to. if empty it will chat publicly
+    "speak": false, // allows all bots to speak through system text-to-speech. works on windows, mac, on linux you need to `apt install espeak`
+    "language": "en", // translate to/from this language. Supports these language names: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages
+    "show_bot_views": false, // show bot's view in browser at localhost:3000, 3001...
+
+    "allow_insecure_coding": false, // allows newAction command and model can write/run code on your computer. enable at own risk
+    "allow_vision": false, // allows vision model to interpret screenshots as inputs
+    "blocked_actions" : [], // commands to disable and remove from docs. Ex: ["!setMode"]
+    "code_timeout_mins": -1, // minutes code is allowed to run. -1 for no timeout
+    "relevant_docs_count": 5, // number of relevant code function docs to select for prompting. -1 for all
+
+    "max_messages": 15, // max number of messages to keep in context
+    "num_examples": 2, // number of examples to give to the model
+    "max_commands": -1, // max number of commands that can be used in consecutive responses. -1 for no limit
+    "verbose_commands": true, // show full command syntax
+    "narrate_behavior": true, // chat simple automatic actions ('Picking up item!')
+    "chat_bot_messages": true, // publicly chat messages to other bots
+}
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diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index 1ad5fa7..1ad0087 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
 const settings = {
     "minecraft_version": "1.21.1", // supports up to 1.21.1
     "host": "127.0.0.1", // or "localhost", "your.ip.address.here"
@@ -46,9 +49,22 @@ const settings = {
     "chat_bot_messages": true, // publicly chat messages to other bots
 }
 
+const configPath = path.resolve('./src/server/saved_settings.json'); // This is to save user-modified settings edited via the Mindserver.
+if(fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+    try {
+        const newSettings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8'));
+        Object.assign(settings, newSettings);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error reading config.json. Using default settings.", error);
+    }
+} else {
+    fs.writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 4))
+}
+
 // Function to update settings
 export function updateSettings(newSettings) {
-    return Object.assign(settings, newSettings);
+    Object.assign(settings, newSettings);
+    fs.writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 4));
 }
 
 // these environment variables override certain settings
diff --git a/src/server/saved_settings.json b/src/server/saved_settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/saved_settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
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