diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
index 8778b8d..1f14d59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
             --add-data "voxvera/src${SEP}voxvera/src" \
             --add-data "voxvera/templates${SEP}voxvera/templates" \
             --add-data "voxvera/resources/tor${SEP}voxvera/resources/tor" \
+            --add-data "support-matrix.json${SEP}." \
             --add-data "requirements.txt${SEP}." \
             --name "${{ matrix.artifact_name }}" \
             voxvera/cli.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac5a773..f9bbda0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ voxvera = ["templates/**", "src/**", "resources/**", "locales/**", "resources/bi
 
 [project]
 name = "voxvera"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8"
 description = "VoxVera CLI utilities"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "VoxVera"}]
diff --git a/scripts/build_binaries.sh b/scripts/build_binaries.sh
index a8013af..95d3760 100755
--- a/scripts/build_binaries.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_binaries.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ $PY_CMD --onefile \
     --add-data "voxvera/src:voxvera/src" \
     --add-data "voxvera/templates:voxvera/templates" \
     --add-data "voxvera/resources/tor:voxvera/resources/tor" \
+    --add-data "support-matrix.json:." \
     --add-data "requirements.txt:." \
     --name "$BINARY_NAME" \
     --distpath "$ARTIFACT_DIR" \
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 84424f6..63242aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -81,6 +81,40 @@ def test_init_template(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert (dest / "index.html").exists()
 
 
+def test_init_seeds_missing_default_config(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    _setup_tmp(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+    test_data_dir = tmp_path / "data"
+    config_path = test_data_dir / "fresh-config.json"
+    answers = iter([
+        "Fresh Site",
+        "freshsite",
+        "Fresh Title",
+        "Fresh Subtitle",
+        "Fresh Headline",
+        "https://example.com",
+        "Read more",
+        "Footer bits",
+        "",
+    ])
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "choose_language", lambda *a: "en")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "prompt", lambda questions: {question["name"]: next(answers) for question in questions})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "open_editor", lambda initial: "Fresh content")
+
+    class _Confirm:
+        def execute(self):
+            return False
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli.inquirer, "confirm", lambda **kwargs: _Confirm())
+
+    cli.main(["--config", str(config_path), "init"])
+
+    assert config_path.exists()
+    saved = cli.load_config(config_path)
+    assert saved["folder_name"] == "freshsite"
+    assert saved["content"] == "Fresh content"
+
+
 def test_create_from_template_persists_current_language(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     _setup_tmp(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
     cli.load_locale("es")
diff --git a/tests/test_integrity.py b/tests/test_integrity.py
index 3a573db..808f02d 100644
--- a/tests/test_integrity.py
+++ b/tests/test_integrity.py
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ def test_linux_validation_runbook_and_helper_are_linked():
     assert "docs/linux-hosting-validation.md" in readme
     assert "scripts/linux-recovery-check.sh" in runbook.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
+
+def test_frozen_builds_bundle_support_matrix():
+    build_script = (REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "build_binaries.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    binaries_workflow = (REPO_ROOT / ".github" / "workflows" / "binaries.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert '--add-data "support-matrix.json:."' in build_script
+    assert '--add-data "support-matrix.json${SEP}."' in binaries_workflow
+
 def test_locale_completeness():
     """Verify that all non-English locales have the same keys as English."""
     locales_dir = REPO_ROOT / "voxvera" / "locales"
diff --git a/voxvera/__init__.py b/voxvera/__init__.py
index 2edeb97..d337cc6 100644
--- a/voxvera/__init__.py
+++ b/voxvera/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__version__ = "0.3.7"
+__version__ = "0.3.8"
 
 # Add the vendor directory to sys.path ONLY for PyInstaller (frozen) builds.
 # For pip/pipx installs the system/venv packages are correct and the vendored
diff --git a/voxvera/cli.py b/voxvera/cli.py
index e40ee37..8ce0f8a 100644
--- a/voxvera/cli.py
+++ b/voxvera/cli.py
@@ -341,6 +341,18 @@ def save_config(data: dict, path: str):
         json.dump(normalize_config(data), fh, indent=2)
 
 
+def ensure_config_exists(path: str | Path) -> Path:
+    """Seed a config file from the bundled defaults when missing."""
+    config_path = Path(path)
+    if config_path.exists():
+        return config_path
+
+    config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    default_config = json.loads((_src_res("config.json")).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    config_path.write_text(json.dumps(normalize_config(default_config), indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
+    return config_path
+
+
 def _open_editor_terminal(initial: str) -> str:
     """Fallback to opening the user's $EDITOR in the terminal."""
     import tempfile
@@ -530,6 +542,7 @@ def resolve_new_site_folder(config_path: str, preserve_session_on_overwrite: boo
 
 
 def interactive_update(config_path: str):
+    ensure_config_exists(config_path)
     data = load_config(config_path)
     console = Console()