diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4d967c..d11b6b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-webdata/connection.php
+webdata/config.php
 temp/
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diff --git a/webdata/config.php.sample b/webdata/config.php.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e25d800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webdata/config.php.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php 
+
+$config["db"]["host"] = "localhost";
+$config["db"]["user"] = "user";
+$config["db"]["pass"] = "password";
+$config["db"]["database"] = "database";
+
+$config["general"]["projectRoot"] = "/groceries";
+
+?>
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diff --git a/webdata/connection.php b/webdata/connection.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c7901c6..0000000
--- a/webdata/connection.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<?php 
-$db = new mysqli("localhost","user","password","database");
-?>
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diff --git a/webdata/init.php b/webdata/init.php
index 904268e..acdce0d 100644
--- a/webdata/init.php
+++ b/webdata/init.php
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 
+require_once 'config.php';
+
+$projectRoot = $config["general"]["projectRoot"];
+
 function database(){
-    require 'connection.php';
-    
+    global $config;
+
+    $db = new mysqli($config["db"]["host"], $config["db"]["user"], $config["db"]["pass"], $config["db"]["database"]);
+
     if($db->connect_error){
-        die("Connection failed: " . $blogdb->connect_error);
+        die("Connection failed: " . $db->connect_error);
     }
     
     return $db;
 }
+
+function checkLogin(){
+    
+}
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