diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 45566b5..1ef6997 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ import StreamRenderer from "./src/render";
 const { values: args, positionals } = parseArgs({
   args: Bun.argv,
   options: {
-    model: {
-      type: "string",
-    },
-    new: {
-      type: "boolean",
-    },
+    model: { type: "string" },
+    m: { type: "string" },
+    new: { type: "boolean" },
+    n: { type: "boolean" },
   },
   strict: true,
   allowPositionals: true,
@@ -21,8 +19,26 @@ const { values: args, positionals } = parseArgs({
 
 const home = os.homedir();
 const convoFile = Bun.file(`${home}/.aicl_convo.json`);
+const configFile = Bun.file(`${home}/.aicl_config.json`);
 
 async function main() {
+  let config: { model?: string };
+  try {
+    config = await configFile.json();
+  } catch {
+    config = {};
+  }
+
+  config.model = args.model ?? args.m ?? config.model;
+  const newConvo = args.new ?? args.n;
+
+  if (!config.model) {
+    console.error("Please specify a model with --model/-m at least one time.");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  await configFile.write(JSON.stringify(config, null, "  "));
+
   const provider = createOpenAICompatible({
     name: "llama.cpp",
     apiKey: "local",
@@ -32,7 +48,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const messages: ModelMessage[] = [];
 
-  if (!args.new) {
+  if (!newConvo) {
     try {
       const convo = await convoFile.json();
       messages.push(...convo);
@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ async function main() {
   messages.push({ role: "user", content: prompt });
 
   const { fullStream, textStream, text, totalUsage } = streamText({
-    model: provider(args.model ?? "qwen3.5-35b-a3b"),
+    model: provider(config.model),
     messages,
   });