diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
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+from .utils.icon import Icon
+
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__author__ = "Alexander Kirchner"
+__all__ = ["Icon", "__author__", "__version__", "settings"]
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
+
+from appdirs import AppDirs
+
+from config import Config
+
+app = AppDirs("SemesterApparatsManager", "SAM")
+LOG_DIR: str = app.user_log_dir  # type: ignore
+CONFIG_DIR: str = app.user_config_dir  # type: ignore
+if not Path(LOG_DIR).exists():  # type: ignore
+    os.makedirs(LOG_DIR)  # type: ignore
+if not Path(CONFIG_DIR).exists():  # type: ignore
+    os.makedirs(CONFIG_DIR)  # type: ignore
+
+
+settings = Config(f"{CONFIG_DIR}/config.yaml")
+DATABASE_DIR: Union[Path, str] = (  # type: ignore
+    app.user_config_dir if settings.database.path is None else settings.database.path  # type: ignore
+)
+if not Path(DATABASE_DIR).exists():  # type: ignore
+    os.makedirs(DATABASE_DIR)  # type: ignore
+first_launch = settings.exists
+if not Path(settings.database.temp.expanduser()).exists():  # type: ignore
+    settings.database.temp.expanduser().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # type: ignore
+
+if not Path("logs").exists():
+    Path("logs").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    # open and close the file to create it