diff --git a/freechat-client/main.js b/freechat-client/main.js
index bb53618..7a9029a 100644
--- a/freechat-client/main.js
+++ b/freechat-client/main.js
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ app.on('activate', () => {
 });
 
 // returns the config
-ipcMain.on('config-request', (event, _arg) => {
-	event.returnValue = config
+ipcMain.handle('config-request', async function(event, _arg) {
+	return config;
 })
 
-ipcMain.on('config-update', (event, data, target) => {
-	config = data // update in-memory config-file first
-	cfg.update_config(data, target)
+
+ipcMain.handle('config-update', function(event, data) {
+	config = data; 
+	cfg.update_file(data, data['path']);
 })