diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index edcba93..1bbde63 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ const API_URL = "https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/";
 const METAR_SERVICE = "metar";
 const generatorURL = "https://git.entropic.pro/Aiden/metar-rss";
 
+let defaultConfig = {
+    "outputdir": __dirname,
+    "icaos": ["KJFK"],
+    "siteurl": "https://example.com",
+    "rss-baseurl": "https://example.com/weather",
+    "check-interval": 10,
+    "loglevel": 4
+};
 /** Load config file */
 const configFile = "./config.json";
 let configData;
@@ -15,52 +23,53 @@ try {
 } catch (err) {
     console.error(err);
     console.warn("Unable to read config file, using defaults");
+    configData = defaultConfig;
 }
 
 /** Verify config data **/
 if (Number(configData["loglevel"]) == NaN) {
-    console.warn("loglevel is not a number, using 4");
-    configData["loglevel"] = 4;
+    console.warn("loglevel is not a number, using " + defaultConfig["loglevel"]);
+    configData["loglevel"] = defaultConfig["loglevel"];
 }
 const loglevel = Number(configData["loglevel"]);
 
 try {
     if (!fs.lstatSync(configData["outputdir"]).isDirectory()) {
-        if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("outputdir is not a directory, using current folder");
-        configData["outputdir"] = __dirname;
+        if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("outputdir is not a directory, using " + defaultConfig["outputdir"]);
+        configData["outputdir"] = defaultConfig["outputdir"];
     }
 } catch (err) {
     if (loglevel >= 3) console.error(err);
-    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("error finding outputdir, using current folder");
-    configData["outputdir"] = __dirname;
+    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("error finding outputdir, using " + defaultConfig["outputdir"]);
+    configData["outputdir"] = defaultConfig["outputdir"];
 }
-const outputDir = configData["outputdir"]
+const outputDir = configData["outputdir"];
 
 if (!Array.isArray(configData["icaos"])) {
     if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("icao config must be an array of ICAO codes, using default");
-    configData["icaos"] = ["KJFK"];
+    configData["icaos"] = defaultConfig["icaos"];
 }
 const icaos = configData["icaos"];
 
 try {
     new URL(configData["siteurl"]);
 } catch (err) {
-    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("siteurl is not a valid URL, using example.com");
-    configData["siteurl"] = "https://example.com"
+    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("siteurl is not a valid URL, using " + defaultConfig["siteurl"]);
+    configData["siteurl"] = defaultConfig["siteurl"];
 }
 const siteURL = new URL(configData["siteurl"]);
 
 try {
     new URL(configData["rss-baseurl"]);
 } catch (err) {
-    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("rss-baseurl is not a valid URL, using example.com");
-    configData["rss-baseurl"] = "https://example.com"
+    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("rss-baseurl is not a valid URL, using " + defaultConfig["rss-baseurl"]);
+    configData["rss-baseurl"] = defaultConfig["rss-baseurl"];
 }
 const rssBaseURL = new URL(configData["rss-baseurl"]);
 
 if (Number(configData["check-interval"]) == NaN) {
-    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("check-interval is NaN, using 10 minutes");
-    configData["check-interval"] = 10;
+    if (loglevel >= 4) console.warn("check-interval is NaN, using " + defaultConfig["check-interval"] + " minutes.");
+    configData["check-interval"] = defaultConfig["check-interval"];
 }
 const checkInterval = Number(configData["check-interval"]) * 1000 * 60;