diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
index deb170d..07df5be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import net.dv8tion.jda.api.interactions.commands.Command;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.database.DatabaseManager;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.listeners.MessageLogger;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils.ConfigurationManager;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class Cache
 {
 
-
+    private static ConfigurationManager configManager = null;
     private static DatabaseManager dbManager = null;
     private static boolean verbose = false;
     private static MessageLogger verbosityLogger;
@@ -235,4 +236,10 @@ public class Cache
     }
     public static String getExecPath() { return execPath; }
 
+    public static ConfigurationManager getConfigurationManager()
+    { return configManager; }
+
+    public static void setConfigManager(ConfigurationManager configurationManager)
+    { configManager = configurationManager; }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
index 5e66c4d..33768c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.listeners.SlashCommandListener;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.CommandsUpdateTask;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.ExpiredMessageTask;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.HeartBeatTask;
-import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils.ConfigurationUtil;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils.ConfigurationManager;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils.Logger;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.utils.SlashCommandUtil;
 
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ public class HidekoBot
 
         // load configuration
         String configFilePath = Cache.getExecPath() + File.separator + "config.yml";
-        ConfigurationUtil configurationUtil = new ConfigurationUtil(configFilePath);
-        configurationUtil.initConfig();
-
+        ConfigurationManager configurationManager = new ConfigurationManager(configFilePath);
+        configurationManager.initConfig();
+        Cache.setConfigManager(configurationManager);
 
         // connect to database
         logger.log("Connecting to database...");
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationManager.java
similarity index 86%
rename from src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java
rename to src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationManager.java
index 4439132..f6153cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/utils/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.HidekoBot;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
-public class ConfigurationUtil
+public class ConfigurationManager
 {
 
+
+    private final LinkedHashMap<String, Object> configurationEntries = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     private final Logger logger;
     private final String configFilePath;
 
-    public ConfigurationUtil(String configFilePath)
+    public ConfigurationManager(String configFilePath)
     {
         this.configFilePath = configFilePath;
         logger = new Logger(getClass());
@@ -114,7 +116,21 @@ public class ConfigurationUtil
                 return;
             }
 
+            // finally, dump all entries to cache.
+            loadConfig(filledEntries);
+        } else {
+            // if no key is missing, just cache all entries and values from filesystem.
+            loadConfig(fsConfigContents);
         }
+    }
 
+
+    private void loadConfig(LinkedHashMap<String, Object> configurationEntries)
+    {
+        configurationEntries.putAll(configurationEntries);
+    }
+    private Object getConfigValue(String key)
+    {
+        return configurationEntries.get(key);
     }
 }