diff --git a/server/configs/website.toml b/server/configs/website.toml
index 7889a45..17f8fde 100644
--- a/server/configs/website.toml
+++ b/server/configs/website.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+url="freechat.io"
+favicon="/static/media/favicon.png"
+motto="Freely chat with freechat!"
+
 # NOTE: discord/slack/linked(especially) love caching things so make sure you
 # write something that yo're proud of the first time lest u doom yourself to have the
 # wrong things cahced for a few months
@@ -5,15 +9,11 @@
 
 # Used to help sites embed some information about your site
 # Especially when the server's site is linked in another freechat/slack/discord server
-[open-graph]
+
+[opengraph]
 title="Freechat"
-type="Decentralized chat"
+# again this has a prefix because `type` is a keyword in rust so just yea
+og_type="Decentralized chat"
 url="freechat.io"
+description="Free and open chat platform"
 image="/static/media/logo.png"
-
-
-[general]
-url="freechat.io"
-favicon:"/static/media/favicon.png"
-quip:"Freely chat with freechat!"
-
diff --git a/server/src/website.rs b/server/src/website.rs
index 37c76fb..c8168c5 100644
--- a/server/src/website.rs
+++ b/server/src/website.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
 use rocket::response::NamedFile;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::read_to_string;
 use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
 // Purely for backend purposes
@@ -60,18 +60,36 @@ pub fn init() {
         image="/static/media/logo.png"
     "#;
 
-    if let Ok(mut cfg_file) = File::open(default_path) {
-        // here we take the file and parse it as toml
+    // TODO: when we read from the file we should elegantly say there are errors in the config
+    // instead of going through the basic panic
+    if let Ok(file) = read_to_string(default_path) {
+        // This is the only time we should ever write to CTX thus the unsafe is mostly fine
+        let config: WebsiteConfig = toml::from_str(&file).unwrap();
+        println!("file contents: {:?}", config);
         unsafe {
-            println!("config found ok{:?}", &CTX);
+            CTX.url = config.url;
+            CTX.favicon = config.favicon;
+            CTX.motto = config.motto;
+
+            if let Some(og) = config.opengraph {
+                CTX.opengraph = Some(OpenGraph {
+                    title: config.opengraph.title,
+                    config.opengraph_type: config.opengraph.config.opengraph_type,
+                    url: config.opengraph.url,
+                    description: config.opengraph.description,
+                    image: config.opengraph.image,
+                });
+            }
         }
     }
     else {
+        // No check because default_config is hardcoded into place
         let config: WebsiteConfig = toml::from_str(default_config).unwrap();
         unsafe {
             CTX.url = config.url;
             CTX.favicon = config.favicon;
             CTX.motto = config.motto;
+            
         }
     }
 }