diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index b656c9a..e876047 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,29 @@ import {
   OMDBMovieInfo,
   OMDBSeriesInfo,
   parsedVideoInfo,
+  settings,
   VideoInfo,
 } from "./types.ts";
 import { VideoParser } from "./videoParser.ts";
 import { encodingCommandBuilder } from "./commandBuilder.ts";
 
+const settings_file = Deno.env.get("HOME") + "/.config/videnc/settings.json";
+
+function loadSettings(): settings {
+  if (!exists(settings_file)) {
+    const settings: settings = { omdb_api_key: "" };
+    Deno.writeFileSync(
+      settings_file,
+      new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(settings)),
+    );
+    return settings;
+  }
+  const settings: settings = JSON.parse(
+    new TextDecoder().decode(Deno.readFileSync(settings_file)),
+  );
+  return settings;
+}
+
 function analyzeVideo(videoFile: string): VideoInfo {
   const cmd = "ffprobe";
   const args = [
@@ -81,12 +99,13 @@ async function main() {
   // Parse arguments
   const args = parseArgs(Deno.args);
   if (!args.i) {
-    console.log("Usage: videnc -i <video_file> -k <omdb_api_key>");
+    console.log("Usage: videnc -i <video_file>");
     Deno.exit(1);
   }
-  if (!args.k) {
+  const app_settings = loadSettings();
+  if (!app_settings.omdb_api_key) {
     const confirm = prompt(
-      "No key entered. Are you sure you want to continue? (y/N)",
+      "No key found. Are you sure you want to continue? (y/N)",
     );
     if (confirm !== "y") {
       Deno.exit(1);
@@ -101,11 +120,11 @@ async function main() {
   // Analyze video
   const videoInfo = analyzeVideo(videoFile);
   videoInfo.format.filename = resolve(videoFile);
-  if (args.k) {
+  if (app_settings.omdb_api_key) {
     const imdbID = prompt("Enter IMDb ID. Leave empty to skip");
     let jsonVideoInfo;
     if (imdbID) {
-      const movieInfo = await fetchMovieInfo(imdbID, args.k);
+      const movieInfo = await fetchMovieInfo(imdbID, app_settings.omdb_api_key);
       jsonVideoInfo = buildVideoInfo(videoInfo, movieInfo);
     } else {
       jsonVideoInfo = buildVideoInfo(videoInfo);
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 210a5e5..7b68b39 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -230,3 +230,7 @@ export interface profile {
   preset: number;
   filmGrain: number;
 }
+
+export interface settings {
+  omdb_api_key: string;
+}