diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c938d89..29ae30e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ config.yaml
 .vscode/
 vendor/
 *.log
-*.tar.gz
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+*.tar.gz
+*.bak
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diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 8cb380d..96a3564 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	Password string
 	Port     int
 	Hosts    []string
+	Logs     []string
 }
 
 func initializeConfig(filename string) Configuration {
diff --git a/generate.go b/generate.go
index fb8083e..c6e7ec9 100644
--- a/generate.go
+++ b/generate.go
@@ -1,5 +1,52 @@
 package main
 
-// this file is for generating the config if it doesn't exist
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+// this file is for generating the config if it doesn't exist, mainly for the idiots like me :)
 // this is not really a priority right now so it sitting in the backburner as you read this
 // signed Wyatt J. Miller, the awesome guy who doesn't generate configs *thumbs up*
+
+var config string = "config.yaml"
+
+func doesConfigExist() bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(config)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	} else {
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
+func createTemplateConfig(result bool) {
+	if result == false {
+		os.Create(config)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
+
+func writeTemplateConfig(filename string) {
+	file := []byte(filename)
+	_ = ioutil.WriteFile("config.yaml", file, 0600)
+
+	config := Configuration{}
+
+	_, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Template for logman's configuration complete!")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("Fill in the necessary credentials you need. If")
+	fmt.Println("you need assitance, check out the wiki for more.")
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa229e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## Things I got to do for the project
+- Have config file dictate what log file you want
+- Allow having SSH keys and passwordless SSH sessions, along with having bypassing keys altogether
+- Allow fetching of multiple log files (fields under the defined host? Seperate key/field? Dynamic?)
+- Allow different machines to collect different log files
+- Allow to gather directories of log files
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