diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1136b1f..c4e2748 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ your friendly ai assistant. frontend for ollama.
 > fair warning: lydia is very stupid
 
 # Installation
+- git clone repository
 - install ollama from `https://ollama.ai/download`
-- pull a model from ollama
-- copy config.example.toml to config.toml and edit it to have your model
+- pull a model from ollama (i recommend gemma3n:e4b for weak PCs like mine (i7-10750h + rtx 3050ti laptop edition))
+- copy config.example.toml to config.toml and edit it to have the model you selected, optionally set your name in [user]
+- npm i
 - node index.js
 - enjoy
diff --git a/lydia.js b/lydia.js
index f87e1fd..3242a73 100644
--- a/lydia.js
+++ b/lydia.js
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import toml from "toml";
 import fs from "fs";
 
+if (!fs.existsSync("./config.toml")) {
+  if (fs.existsSync("./config.example.toml")) {
+    fs.copyFileSync("./config.example.toml", "./config.toml");
+  } else {
+    console.error(
+      "error: config.example.toml not found. git pull from repository",
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
 const config = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync("./config.toml", "utf-8"));
 
 const assistantname = config.assistant.name;
@@ -238,7 +249,7 @@ inputBox.on("submit", async (text) => {
         case "help":
           addMessage(
             assistantname,
-            "available commands:\nl!help - if you wanna know what i can do, run this\nl!clear - clear chat history, if you want me to forget everything, just run this!\nl!face <text> - if you want to force my expression, here you go! not sure i'll be too happy about it though.",
+            "available commands:\nl!help - if you wanna know what i can do, run this!\nl!clear - clear chat history, if you want me to forget everything, just run this!\nl!face <text> - if you want to force my expression, here you go! not sure i'll be too happy about it though.",
           );
           break;
         case "clear":