diff --git a/freechat-client/src/settings.js b/freechat-client/src/settings.js
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+const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
+const $ = require('jquery')
+const auth = require('./auth.js')
+
+exports.add_server_to_config = async function() {
+	$('#admin-json-err').text('')
+	try {
+		const data = JSON.parse($('#admin-json').val())
+		const config = await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-request')
+		if(!config['servers']) {
+			config['servers'] = []
+		}
+		config['servers'].push(data)
+
+		await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-update', config, config['path'])
+
+		try {
+			await auth.login(
+				data['server']['protocol'],
+				data['server']['host'],
+				data['server']['port'],
+				data['user']
+			)
+			$('#admni-json-err').text('=|:^)')
+		} catch(err) {
+			// probably a bad config that got parsed properly
+			if(err.name == 'TypeError') {
+				$('#admin-json-err').text("New server config did not have required JSON values to login but was saved")
+			} else {
+				$('#admin-json-err').text("Config parsed but couldn't login")
+			}
+		}
+	} catch(err) {
+		$('#admin-json-err').text('Failed to setup new config')
+		console.log(err)
+	}
+}