diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91d9353..4d83d84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ out
 /AUR/pkg
 /AUR/src
 
+/result
+/result-*
+
 *.log
 *tar.zst
 *tar.gz
diff --git a/src/core/config/config.cpp b/src/core/config/config.cpp
index d9733a1..c978fc0 100644
--- a/src/core/config/config.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config/config.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <core/palette/color.hpp>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -56,25 +57,66 @@ std::filesystem::path config::get_data_dir()
 #endif
 }
 
+void config::copy_file(const std::filesystem::path &src, const std::filesystem::path &dst)
+{
+    if (std::filesystem::exists(dst))
+        return;
+
+    std::ifstream in(src, std::ios::binary);
+    std::ofstream out(dst, std::ios::binary);
+    out << in.rdbuf();
+}
+
+void config::copy_dir(const std::filesystem::path &src, const std::filesystem::path &dst)
+{
+    for (auto const &entry : std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(src))
+    {
+        auto rel = std::filesystem::relative(entry.path(), src);
+        auto out = dst / rel;
+
+        if (entry.is_directory())
+        {
+            std::filesystem::create_directories(out);
+        }
+        else if (entry.is_regular_file())
+        {
+            copy_file(entry.path(), out);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void config::copy_default_configs()
 {
-    std::filesystem::path user_config = get_user_config_dir();
-    std::filesystem::path default_dir = get_data_dir();
+    std::filesystem::path user_dir = get_user_config_dir();
+    std::filesystem::path system_dir = get_data_dir();
+
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(user_dir);
 
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(user_config))
     {
-        std::filesystem::create_directories(user_config);
-
-        std::filesystem::copy(default_dir / "config.toml", user_config / "config.toml");
-        std::filesystem::copy(default_dir / "templates", user_config / "templates",
-                              std::filesystem::copy_options::recursive);
-        std::filesystem::copy(default_dir / "palettes", user_config / "palettes",
-                              std::filesystem::copy_options::recursive);
-        return;
+        auto src = system_dir / "config.toml";
+        auto dst = user_dir / "config.toml";
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(dst))
+            copy_file(src, dst);
     }
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(user_config / "config.toml"))
+
     {
-        std::filesystem::copy(default_dir / "config.toml", user_config / "config.toml");
+        auto src = system_dir / "templates";
+        auto dst = user_dir / "templates";
+
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(dst))
+            std::filesystem::create_directories(dst);
+
+        copy_dir(src, dst);
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto src = system_dir / "palettes";
+        auto dst = user_dir / "palettes";
+
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(dst))
+            std::filesystem::create_directories(dst);
+
+        copy_dir(src, dst);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/config/config.hpp b/src/core/config/config.hpp
index ecc0fd3..1858a8d 100644
--- a/src/core/config/config.hpp
+++ b/src/core/config/config.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class config
     std::string m_palettes_dir{};
     std::unique_ptr<io::file> m_file;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, theme_template> m_themes{};
+    static void copy_file(const std::filesystem::path& src, const std::filesystem::path& dst);
+    static void copy_dir(const std::filesystem::path& src, const std::filesystem::path& dst);
     void copy_default_configs();
 };
 } // namespace clrsync::core