diff --git a/README b/README
index 3c15186..6c4a197 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build it with `cargo b -r`, the resulting binary will be at
 `target/release/metasearch2`.
 
 the config.toml file is created in your current working directory on the first
-run of metasearch2. alternatively, you can copy the default-config.toml in the
+run of metasearch2. alternatively, you can copy the config-default.toml in the
 repo and rename it to config.toml.
 
 the default port is 28019.
diff --git a/default-config.toml b/config-base.toml
similarity index 87%
rename from default-config.toml
rename to config-base.toml
index 631b3fb..0de2e7c 100644
--- a/default-config.toml
+++ b/config-base.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This is the config that's used as a fallback when a field is missing from the user's config.toml.
+
 bind = "0.0.0.0:28019"
 
 engine_list_separator = false
diff --git a/config-default.toml b/config-default.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e57e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-default.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# See https://github.com/mat-1/metasearch2/blob/master/config-base.toml and
+# https://github.com/mat-1/metasearch2/blob/master/src/config.rs for some of
+# the possible options
+
+bind = "0.0.0.0:28019"
+
+[ui]
+# engine_list_separator = true
+# version_info = true
+
+[engines]
+# numbat = false
+# fend = true
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 145baa2..87887c7 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -9,40 +9,52 @@ use crate::engines::Engine;
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub bind: SocketAddr,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub engine_list_separator: Option<bool>,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub version_info: Option<bool>,
+    pub ui: UiConfig,
     pub engines: EnginesConfig,
 }
 
-impl Config {
-    pub fn read_or_create() -> eyre::Result<Self> {
-        let default_config_str = include_str!("../default-config.toml");
-        let mut config: Config = toml::from_str(default_config_str)?;
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct UiConfig {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub show_engine_list_separator: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub show_version_info: Option<bool>,
+}
 
-        let config_path = std::env::args().nth(1).unwrap_or("config.toml".into());
-        let config_path = Path::new(&config_path);
-        if config_path.exists() {
-            let given_config = toml::from_str::<Config>(&fs::read_to_string(config_path)?)?;
-            config.update(given_config);
-            Ok(config)
-        } else {
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct EnginesConfig {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub map: HashMap<Engine, DefaultableEngineConfig>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn read_or_create(config_path: &Path) -> eyre::Result<Self> {
+        let base_config_str = include_str!("../config-base.toml");
+        let mut config: Config = toml::from_str(base_config_str)?;
+
+        if !config_path.exists() {
             info!("No config found, creating one at {config_path:?}");
+            let default_config_str = include_str!("../config-default.toml");
             fs::write(config_path, default_config_str)?;
-            Ok(config)
         }
+
+        let given_config = toml::from_str::<Config>(&fs::read_to_string(config_path)?)?;
+        config.update(given_config);
+        Ok(config)
     }
 
     // Update the current config with the given config. This is used to make it so
-    // the default-config.toml is always used as a fallback if the user decides to
+    // the config-base.toml is always used as a fallback if the user decides to
     // use the default for something.
     pub fn update(&mut self, new: Config) {
         self.bind = new.bind;
-        self.engine_list_separator = new.engine_list_separator.or(self.engine_list_separator);
-        assert_ne!(self.engine_list_separator, None);
-        self.version_info = new.version_info.or(self.version_info);
-        assert_ne!(self.version_info, None);
+        self.ui.show_engine_list_separator = new
+            .ui
+            .show_engine_list_separator
+            .or(self.ui.show_engine_list_separator);
+        assert_ne!(self.ui.show_engine_list_separator, None);
+        self.ui.show_version_info = new.ui.show_version_info.or(self.ui.show_version_info);
+        assert_ne!(self.ui.show_version_info, None);
         for (key, new) in new.engines.map {
             if let Some(existing) = self.engines.map.get_mut(&key) {
                 existing.update(new);
@@ -53,12 +65,6 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct EnginesConfig {
-    #[serde(flatten)]
-    pub map: HashMap<Engine, DefaultableEngineConfig>,
-}
-
 static DEFAULT_ENABLED_FULL_ENGINE_CONFIG: Lazy<FullEngineConfig> =
     Lazy::new(FullEngineConfig::default);
 static DEFAULT_DISABLED_FULL_ENGINE_CONFIG: Lazy<FullEngineConfig> =
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8248ad2..85812ea 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
 use config::Config;
 use tracing::error;
 
@@ -11,7 +13,10 @@ pub mod web;
 async fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
-    let config = match Config::read_or_create() {
+    let config_path = std::env::args().nth(1).unwrap_or("config.toml".into());
+    let config_path = Path::new(&config_path);
+
+    let config = match Config::read_or_create(config_path) {
         Ok(config) => config,
         Err(err) => {
             error!("Couldn't parse config:\n{err}");
diff --git a/src/web/index.rs b/src/web/index.rs
index af35b57..46134e9 100644
--- a/src/web/index.rs
+++ b/src/web/index.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub async fn index(State(config): State<Arc<Config>>) -> impl IntoResponse {
                             input type="submit" value="Search";
                         }
                     }
-                    @if config.version_info.unwrap() {
+                    @if config.ui.show_version_info.unwrap() {
                         span."version-info" {
                             @if COMMIT_HASH == "unknown" || COMMIT_HASH_SHORT == "unknown" {
                                 "Version "
diff --git a/src/web/search.rs b/src/web/search.rs
index 8883c36..ea98bf7 100644
--- a/src/web/search.rs
+++ b/src/web/search.rs
@@ -55,26 +55,17 @@ fn render_end_of_html() -> String {
 
 fn render_engine_list(engines: &[engines::Engine], config: &Config) -> PreEscaped<String> {
     let mut html = String::new();
-    let mut first_iter = true;
-    for engine in engines {
-        if config.engine_list_separator.unwrap() && !first_iter {
+    for (i, engine) in engines.iter().enumerate() {
+        if config.ui.show_engine_list_separator.unwrap() && i > 0 {
             html.push_str(" &middot; ");
         }
-        first_iter = false;
         let raw_engine_id = &engine.id();
-        let engine_id = if config.engine_list_separator.unwrap() {
+        let engine_id = if config.ui.show_engine_list_separator.unwrap() {
             raw_engine_id.replace('_', " ")
         } else {
             raw_engine_id.to_string()
         };
-        html.push_str(
-            &html! {
-                span."engine-list-item" {
-                    (engine_id)
-                }
-            }
-            .into_string(),
-        )
+        html.push_str(&html! { span."engine-list-item" { (engine_id) } }.into_string())
     }
     html! {
         div."engine-list" {