diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
+import os
 import logging
+import json
 
 
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "config.json")) as f:
+	cfgFile=json.load(f)
 
 class misc:
+	file=cfgFile["misc"]
 	version=(0,0,0)
+	defaultImage=file.get("defaultImage", "1.jpg")
 
 class gui:
-	showBigPoints=True
-	showGrid=False
+	file=cfgFile["gui"]
+	showBigPoints=file.get("showBigPoints", False)
+	showGrid=file.get("showGrid", True)