diff --git a/gemlog/config.go b/gemlog/config.go
index 38f9f0d..ffc4285 100644
--- a/gemlog/config.go
+++ b/gemlog/config.go
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 package gemlog
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-)
-
 // CouchDBConfig represents the CouchDB configuration section
 type CouchDBConfig struct {
 	Host     string `yaml:"host"`
@@ -20,25 +12,3 @@ type CouchDBConfig struct {
 type Config struct {
 	CouchDB CouchDBConfig `yaml:"couchdb"`
 }
-
-// LoadConfig reads and parses the YAML configuration file from ~/.config/gemlog-cli
-func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
-	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get user home directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	configPath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config", "gemlog-cli", "config.yml")
-
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file %s: %w", configPath, err)
-	}
-
-	var config Config
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse YAML config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &config, nil
-}
diff --git a/gemlog/core.go b/gemlog/core.go
index 07f3d10..7de38a7 100644
--- a/gemlog/core.go
+++ b/gemlog/core.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package gemlog
 
 import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -16,6 +13,7 @@ type GemlogEntry struct {
 	Gemtxt string `json:"gemtxt"`
 }
 
+// GemlogListEntry is for showing a list of gemlog entries without the main Gemtxt
 type GemlogListEntry struct {
 	Title string    `json:"title"`
 	Slug  string    `json:"slug"`
@@ -23,25 +21,3 @@ type GemlogListEntry struct {
 	ID    string    `json:"id"`
 	Rev   string    `json:"rev"`
 }
-
-// NewUUID generates a new UUID v4 using crypto/rand
-func NewUUID() (string, error) {
-	uuid := make([]byte, 16)
-	_, err := rand.Read(uuid)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to generate UUID: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Set version (4) and variant bits according to RFC 4122
-	uuid[6] = (uuid[6] & 0x0f) | 0x40 // Version 4
-	uuid[8] = (uuid[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80 // Variant bits
-
-	// Format as standard UUID string: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-%s-%s",
-		hex.EncodeToString(uuid[0:4]),
-		hex.EncodeToString(uuid[4:6]),
-		hex.EncodeToString(uuid[6:8]),
-		hex.EncodeToString(uuid[8:10]),
-		hex.EncodeToString(uuid[10:16]),
-	), nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/ui/app.go b/internal/ui/app.go
index 0887f3c..f3fce1c 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 
 var enableLogs bool = true
 
-func Run() {
+func Run(config *gemlog.Config) {
 	if enableLogs {
 		f, err := tea.LogToFile("debug.log", "debug")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -133,12 +133,7 @@ func Run() {
 		slog.SetDefault(logger)
 	}
 	slog.Info("Starting gemlog cli")
-	config, err := gemlog.LoadConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error loading config: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	err = gemlog.CheckDBConnection(config)
+	err := gemlog.CheckDBConnection(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error checking db connection: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/ui/config/config.go b/internal/ui/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..547827a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ui/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	gemlog "git.travisshears.com/travisshears/gemlog-cli/gemlog"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// LoadConfig reads and parses the YAML configuration file from ~/.config/gemlog-cli
+func LoadConfig() (*gemlog.Config, error) {
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get user home directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	configPath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config", "gemlog-cli", "config.yml")
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file %s: %w", configPath, err)
+	}
+
+	var config gemlog.Config
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse YAML config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &config, nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9572dda..3c1c08a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
 	ui "git.travisshears.com/travisshears/gemlog-cli/internal/ui"
+	config "git.travisshears.com/travisshears/gemlog-cli/internal/ui/config"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	ui.Run()
+	c, err := config.LoadConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error loading config: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	ui.Run(c)
 }
diff --git a/templates/default_post.gmi b/templates/default_post.gmi
deleted file mode 100644
index ddb875b..0000000
--- a/templates/default_post.gmi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-title: todo
-date: 2025-12-31
-slug: todo
-tags: cat, dog
----
-
-Example text
-
-=> https://travisshears.com example link
-
-* Example list item 1
-* Example list item 2