diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 960a2fe..d2f9513 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -71,16 +71,26 @@ func main() {
 
 	c := config.Instance()
 
-	c.Host = host
-	c.Port = port
-	c.QueueSize = queueSize
-	c.DownloadPath = downloadPath
-	c.DownloaderPath = downloaderPath
-	c.SessionFilePath = sessionFilePath
+	{
+		// init the config struct with the values from flags
+		// TODO: find an alternative way to populate the config struct from flags or config file
+		c.Host = host
+		c.Port = port
 
-	c.RequireAuth = requireAuth
-	c.Username = username
-	c.Password = password
+		c.QueueSize = queueSize
+
+		c.DownloadPath = downloadPath
+		c.DownloaderPath = downloaderPath
+		c.SessionFilePath = sessionFilePath
+		c.LocalDatabasePath = localDatabasePath
+
+		c.LogPath = logFile
+		c.EnableFileLogging = enableFileLogging
+
+		c.RequireAuth = requireAuth
+		c.Username = username
+		c.Password = password
+	}
 
 	// limit concurrent downloads for systems with 2 or less logical cores
 	if runtime.NumCPU() <= 2 {
@@ -95,12 +105,7 @@ func main() {
 	openid.Configure()
 
 	server.RunBlocking(&server.RunConfig{
-		Host:        c.Host,
-		Port:        c.Port,
-		DBPath:      localDatabasePath,
-		FileLogging: enableFileLogging,
-		LogFile:     logFile,
-		App:         frontend,
-		Swagger:     swagger,
+		App:     frontend,
+		Swagger: swagger,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 08d4604..edb2491 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	CurrentLogFile  string
-	LogPath         string `yaml:"log_path"`
-	BaseURL         string `yaml:"base_url"`
-	Host            string `yaml:"host"`
-	Port            int    `yaml:"port"`
-	DownloadPath    string `yaml:"downloadPath"`
-	DownloaderPath  string `yaml:"downloaderPath"`
-	RequireAuth     bool   `yaml:"require_auth"`
-	Username        string `yaml:"username"`
-	Password        string `yaml:"password"`
-	QueueSize       int    `yaml:"queue_size"`
-	SessionFilePath string `yaml:"session_file_path"`
-	path            string
+	CurrentLogFile    string
+	LogPath           string `yaml:"log_path"`
+	EnableFileLogging bool   `yaml:"enable_file_logging"`
+	BaseURL           string `yaml:"base_url"`
+	Host              string `yaml:"host"`
+	Port              int    `yaml:"port"`
+	DownloadPath      string `yaml:"downloadPath"`
+	DownloaderPath    string `yaml:"downloaderPath"`
+	RequireAuth       bool   `yaml:"require_auth"`
+	Username          string `yaml:"username"`
+	Password          string `yaml:"password"`
+	QueueSize         int    `yaml:"queue_size"`
+	LocalDatabasePath string `yaml:"local_database_path"`
+	SessionFilePath   string `yaml:"session_file_path"`
+	path              string
 
 	UseOpenId          bool   `yaml:"use_openid"`
 	OpenIdProviderURL  string `yaml:"openid_provider_url"`
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 5bb3888..7bab18c 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -34,27 +34,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 type RunConfig struct {
-	Host        string
-	Port        int
-	DBPath      string
-	LogFile     string
-	FileLogging bool
-	App         fs.FS
-	Swagger     fs.FS
+	App     fs.FS
+	Swagger fs.FS
 }
 
 type serverConfig struct {
 	frontend fs.FS
 	swagger  fs.FS
-	host     string
-	port     int
 	mdb      *internal.MemoryDB
 	db       *sql.DB
 	mq       *internal.MessageQueue
 	lm       *livestream.Monitor
 }
 
-func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
+func RunBlocking(rc *RunConfig) {
 	mdb := internal.NewMemoryDB()
 
 	// ---- LOGGING ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -63,9 +56,11 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 		logging.NewObservableLogger(), // for web-ui
 	}
 
+	conf := config.Instance()
+
 	// file based logging
-	if cfg.FileLogging {
-		logger, err := logging.NewRotableLogger(cfg.LogFile)
+	if conf.EnableFileLogging {
+		logger, err := logging.NewRotableLogger(conf.LogPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
@@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 	slog.SetDefault(logger)
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", cfg.DBPath)
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", conf.LocalDatabasePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("failed to open database", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 	}
@@ -109,10 +104,8 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 	go lm.Restore()
 
 	srv := newServer(serverConfig{
-		frontend: cfg.App,
-		swagger:  cfg.Swagger,
-		host:     cfg.Host,
-		port:     cfg.Port,
+		frontend: rc.App,
+		swagger:  rc.Swagger,
 		mdb:      mdb,
 		mq:       mq,
 		db:       db,
@@ -120,17 +113,17 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 	})
 
 	go gracefulShutdown(srv, mdb)
-	go autoPersist(time.Minute*5, mdb)
+	go autoPersist(time.Minute*5, mdb, lm)
 
 	var (
 		network = "tcp"
-		address = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", cfg.Host, cfg.Port)
+		address = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", conf.Host, conf.Port)
 	)
 
 	// support unix sockets
-	if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.Host, "/") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(conf.Host, "/") {
 		network = "unix"
-		address = cfg.Host
+		address = conf.Host
 	}
 
 	listener, err := net.Listen(network, address)
@@ -147,13 +140,6 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 }
 
 func newServer(c serverConfig) *http.Server {
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			c.lm.Persist()
-			time.Sleep(time.Minute * 5)
-		}
-	}()
-
 	service := ytdlpRPC.Container(c.mdb, c.mq, c.lm)
 	rpc.Register(service)
 
@@ -246,13 +232,14 @@ func gracefulShutdown(srv *http.Server, db *internal.MemoryDB) {
 	}()
 }
 
-func autoPersist(d time.Duration, db *internal.MemoryDB) {
+func autoPersist(d time.Duration, db *internal.MemoryDB, lm *livestream.Monitor) {
 	for {
 		if err := db.Persist(); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("failed to persisted session", slog.Any("err", err))
+		}
+		if err := lm.Persist(); err != nil {
 			slog.Warn(
-				"failed to persisted session",
-				slog.String("err", err.Error()),
-			)
+				"failed to persisted livestreams monitor session", slog.Any("err", err.Error()))
 		}
 		slog.Debug("sucessfully persisted session")
 		time.Sleep(d)