diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45cbd62..b7ca6cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 - Minimal user login/registration + sessions
 - Config file handling
 - Scheduled tasks
-- Entire website compiles into a single binary (~10mb) (excluding env.json)
+- Entire website compiles into a single binary (~10mb) (excluding env.toml)
 - Minimal dependencies (just standard library, postgres driver, and experimental package for bcrypt)
 
 <hr>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 1. Clone
 2. Delete the git folder, so you can start tracking in your own repo
 3. Run `go get` to install dependencies
-4. Copy env_example.json to env.json and fill in the values
+4. Copy env_example.toml to env.toml and fill in the values
 5. Run `go run main.go` to start the server
 6. Rename the occurences of "GoWeb" to your app name
 7. Start building your app!
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 - You and you alone are responsible for the security and everything else regarding your application.
 - It is not required, but I ask that when you use this project you give me credit by linking to this repository.
 - I also ask that when releasing self-hosted or other end-user applications that you release it under
-  the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html) license. This too is not required, but I would appreciate it.
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+  the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html) license. This too is not required, but I would appreciate it.
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index a107b28..c34ef09 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -9,45 +9,37 @@ import (
 
 type Configuration struct {
 	Db struct {
-		Ip          string `json:"DbIp"`
-		Port        string `json:"DbPort"`
-		Name        string `json:"DbName"`
-		User        string `json:"DbUser"`
-		Password    string `json:"DbPassword"`
-		AutoMigrate bool   `json:"DbAutoMigrate"`
+		Ip          string `toml:"DbIp"`
+		Port        string `toml:"DbPort"`
+		Name        string `toml:"DbName"`
+		User        string `toml:"DbUser"`
+		Password    string `toml:"DbPassword"`
+		AutoMigrate bool   `toml:"DbAutoMigrate"`
 	}
 
 	Listen struct {
-		Ip   string `json:"HttpIp"`
-		Port string `json:"HttpPort"`
+		Ip   string `toml:"HttpIp"`
+		Port string `toml:"HttpPort"`
 	}
 
 	Template struct {
-		BaseName string `json:"BaseTemplateName"`
+		BaseName string `toml:"BaseTemplateName"`
 	}
 }
 
 // LoadConfig loads and returns a configuration struct
 func LoadConfig() Configuration {
-	c := flag.String("c", "env.json", "Path to the json configuration file")
+	c := flag.String("c", "env.toml", "Path to the toml configuration file")
 	flag.Parse()
-	file, err := os.Open(*c)
+	file, err := os.ReadFile(*c)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("unable to open JSON config file: " + err.Error())
+		panic("Unable to read TOML config file: " + err.Error())
 	}
 
-	defer func(file *os.File) {
-		err := file.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("unable to close JSON config file: ", err)
-		}
-	}(file)
-
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(file)
-	Config := Configuration{}
-	err = decoder.Decode(&Config)
+	var Config Configuration
+	_, err = toml.Decode(string(file), &Config)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("unable to decode JSON config file: " + err.Error())
+		panic("Unable to decode TOML config file: " + err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return Config
diff --git a/env_example.json b/env_example.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0708fdc..0000000
--- a/env_example.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Db": {
-    "DbIp": "127.0.0.1",
-    "DbPort": "5432",
-    "DbName": "database",
-    "DbUser": "user",
-    "DbPassword": "password",
-    "DbAutoMigrate": true
-  },
-  "Listen": {
-    "HttpIp": "127.0.0.1",
-    "HttpPort": "8090"
-  },
-  "Template": {
-    "BaseTemplateName": "templates/base.html"
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/env_example.toml b/env_example.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a68f1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env_example.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Db]
+DbIp = "127.0.0.1"
+DbPort = "5432"
+DbName = "test"
+DbUser = "postgres"
+DbPassword = "postgres"
+DbAutoMigrate = true
+
+[Listen]
+HttpIp = "127.0.0.1"
+HttpPort = "8090"
+
+[Template]
+BaseTemplateName = "templates/base.html"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f333db0..ef61cf0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0
 )
+
+require github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 69cfc49..1a50e63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 h1:o7IhLm0Msx3BaB+n3Ag7L8EVlByGnpq14C4YWiu/gL8=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=