diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 09d3aeb..a245019 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -11,30 +11,52 @@ CONFFILE = 'pantalaimon.conf'
 def load():
     entries = []
 
+    loglevels = [ "warning", "info", "debug", "error" ]
+
+    defaults = {
+        'name': "Default",
+        'loglevel': "warning",
+        'loglevel_idx': 0,
+        'notifications': True
+    }
+
     if os.path.exists(CONFDIR + CONFFILE):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read_file(open(CONFDIR + CONFFILE))
 
         for instance in config.sections():
+
             item = {'name': instance}
-            item['homeserver'] = config[instance].get('homeserver')
-            item['listenaddress'] = config[instance].get('listenaddress')
-            item['listenport'] = config[instance].get('listenport')
-            item['proxy'] = config[instance].get('proxy')
-            item['ssl'] = config[instance].getboolean('ssl', True)
-            item['ignoreverification'] = config[instance].getboolean('ignoreverification', True)
-            item['usekeyring'] = config[instance].get('usekeyring')
 
-            entries.append(item)
+            if instance == "Default":
+                item['loglevel'] = config[instance].get('loglevel', "warning")
+                item['loglevel_idx'] = loglevels.index(config[instance].get('loglevel', 0))
+                item['notifications'] = config[instance].getboolean('notifications', True)
+                defaults = item
 
-    return entries
+            else:
+                item['homeserver'] = config[instance].get('homeserver')
+                item['listenaddress'] = config[instance].get('listenaddress')
+                item['listenport'] = config[instance].get('listenport')
+                item['proxy'] = config[instance].get('proxy')
+                item['ssl'] = config[instance].getboolean('ssl', True)
+                item['ignoreverification'] = config[instance].getboolean('ignoreverification', True)
+                item['usekeyring'] = config[instance].get('usekeyring')
+                entries.append(item)
 
-def save(data):
+    return (defaults, entries)
+
+def save(defaults, data):
     logging.debug("save config")
     dataobj = json.loads(data)
 
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 
+    defobj = json.loads(defaults)
+    config['Default'] = {
+        'loglevel': defobj['loglevel']
+    }
+
     for item in dataobj:
         if item['ssl']:
             sslval = 'true'
@@ -49,8 +71,9 @@ def save(data):
         config[item['name']]['ignoreverification'] = "true"
         config[item['name']]['usekeyring'] = "false"
 
-        if len(item['proxy']) > 0:
-            config[item['name']]['proxy'] = item['proxy']
+        if 'proxy' in item:
+            if len(item['proxy']) > 0:
+                config[item['name']]['proxy'] = item['proxy']
 
     if not os.path.exists(CONFDIR):
         os.makedirs(CONFDIR)