From 20b61cfc1624a6e3d3c321239de4df6431381294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:10:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Store GUI config under user data

---
 gui/README.md        |  5 +++++
 gui/electron/main.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gui/README.md b/gui/README.md
index 81e66cd..6591eb3 100644
--- a/gui/README.md
+++ b/gui/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ npm start
 
 The Electron app invokes the `voxvera` binary from your `PATH`.
 Make sure it is installed before launching the GUI.
+
+Configuration is stored in your operating system's *user data* directory.
+On Linux this defaults to `~/.config/voxvera-gui/config.json`. The first
+launch copies a default `config.json` there and subsequent edits via the GUI
+update that file.
diff --git a/gui/electron/main.js b/gui/electron/main.js
index 15706d3..fb11606 100644
--- a/gui/electron/main.js
+++ b/gui/electron/main.js
@@ -82,7 +82,18 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
 });
 
 function getConfigPath() {
-  return path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'voxvera', 'src', 'config.json');
+  const userDir = app.getPath('userData');
+  const cfgPath = path.join(userDir, 'config.json');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(cfgPath)) {
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(userDir, { recursive: true });
+      const defaultCfg = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'voxvera', 'src', 'config.json');
+      fs.copyFileSync(defaultCfg, cfgPath);
+    } catch (err) {
+      dialog.showErrorBox('Config error', err.message);
+    }
+  }
+  return cfgPath;
 }
 
 ipcMain.handle('load-config', async () => {