diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index f57ce23..9dd17b7 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -2,24 +2,35 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/adhocore/jsonc"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
 	ImageFilters
-	Root     string
-	Duration int
+	ImagesDir string
+	Duration  int
+	Cache     string
 }
 
 func (config *Config) load() {
-	configRaw, err := os.ReadFile("./config.json")
+	configRaw, err := os.ReadFile("./config.jsonc")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Couldn't open config file!", err)
+		log.Fatal("Couldn't open config file!\n", err)
 	}
-
+	j := jsonc.New()
+	configRaw = j.Strip(configRaw)
 	err = json.Unmarshal(configRaw, &config)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Couldn't unmarshal config!", err)
+		log.Fatal("Couldn't unmarshal config!\n", err)
 	}
+
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not get home directory!", err)
+	}
+	config.Cache = homeDir + "/" + config.Cache + "/"
+	//TODO: make directories if they don't
+	config.ImagesDir = homeDir + "/" + config.ImagesDir + "/"
 }
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0cab5..0000000
--- a/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-"colorize":[ 247,40,60 ],
-"contrast":-35,
-"gamma":0.8,
-"root":"/home/andrzej/bgs",
-"duration":10
-}
diff --git a/config.jsonc b/config.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad09456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//All directories are relevant to the home folder, and will be created if they do not exist
+{
+"colorize":[ 247,40,60 ],
+"contrast":-35,
+"gamma":0.8,
+"imagesDir":"bgs",
+"duration":10,
+"cache":"slideshow" //this is where
+}
diff --git a/files.go b/files.go
index 33cfac4..4d8785e 100644
--- a/files.go
+++ b/files.go
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ func getRandomFile(dir string) (path string, filename string, error error) {
 			fmt.Printf("%v is not a recognised image format\n", randomImg.Name())
 			continue
 		}
+		//TODO: re-roll if you get the same image
 		return dir + "/" + randomImg.Name(), randomImg.Name(), nil
 	}
 }
 
 func fileExistsInCache(filename string) (bool, error) {
-	files, err := os.ReadDir("images")
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(config.Cache)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
diff --git a/go-img b/go-img
deleted file mode 100755
index 8af9321..0000000
Binary files a/go-img and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f5adae..2babdcc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,13 @@ go 1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/disintegration/gift v1.2.1
+	github.com/reujab/wallpaper v0.0.0-20210630195606-5f9f655b3740
 	golang.org/x/image v0.21.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/adhocore/jsonc v0.10.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 11ba15c..af7bc61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
+github.com/adhocore/jsonc v0.10.0 h1:YjNX9TojBfxQJ4kuoiNqVR5SFqu1YBEMsm+HxWnxbOI=
+github.com/adhocore/jsonc v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Ar4gd3i83+1Z+5M5SG6Vrfw9q3TO544OwLXH4+ZhWTE=
 github.com/disintegration/gift v1.2.1 h1:Y005a1X4Z7Uc+0gLpSAsKhWi4qLtsdEcMIbbdvdZ6pc=
 github.com/disintegration/gift v1.2.1/go.mod h1:Jh2i7f7Q2BM7Ezno3PhfezbR1xpUg9dUg3/RlKGr4HI=
+github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
+github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:QJZ7F/aHp+rZTRtaJ1ow/lLfFfVYBRgL+9YlvaHOwJU=
+github.com/reujab/wallpaper v0.0.0-20210630195606-5f9f655b3740 h1:X6IDPPN+zrSClp0Q+JiERA//d8L0WcU5MqcGeulCW1A=
+github.com/reujab/wallpaper v0.0.0-20210630195606-5f9f655b3740/go.mod h1:WYwPVmM/8szeItLeWkwZSLRvQgrvsvstRzgznR8+E4Q=
+github.com/smartystreets/assertions v0.0.0-20180927180507-b2de0cb4f26d/go.mod h1:OnSkiWE9lh6wB0YB77sQom3nweQdgAjqCqsofrRNTgc=
+github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.6.4/go.mod h1:syvi0/a8iFYH4r/RixwvyeAJjdLS9QV7WQ/tjFTllLA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/image v0.21.0 h1:c5qV36ajHpdj4Qi0GnE0jUc/yuo33OLFaa0d+crTD5s=
 golang.org/x/image v0.21.0/go.mod h1:vUbsLavqK/W303ZroQQVKQ+Af3Yl6Uz1Ppu5J/cLz78=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a h1:1BGLXjeY4akVXGgbC9HugT3Jv3hCI0z56oJR5vAMgBU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190328211700-ab21143f2384/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 h1:duBzk771uxoUuOlyRLkHsygud9+5lrlGjdFBb4mSKDU=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
diff --git a/hyprpaper.go b/hyprpaper.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0fef0..0000000
--- a/hyprpaper.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"log"
-	"os/exec"
-)
-
-func hyprpaperSet(path string) {
-
-	err := hyprpaperPreload(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("preload failed!", err)
-	}
-	err = hyprpaperWallpaper(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("set wallpaper failed!", err)
-	}
-	err = hyprpaperUnloadAll()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("unload all failed!", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func hyprpaperPreload(path string) error {
-	out, err := exec.Command("hyprctl", "hyprpaper", "preload", path).Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return checkHyprctlError(out)
-}
-
-func hyprpaperWallpaper(path string) error {
-	out, err := exec.Command("hyprctl", "hyprpaper", "wallpaper", ",contain:"+path).Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return checkHyprctlError(out)
-}
-
-func hyprpaperUnloadAll() error {
-	out, err := exec.Command("hyprctl", "hyprpaper", "unload", "unused").Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return checkHyprctlError(out)
-}
-
-func checkHyprctlError(out []byte) error {
-	str := string(out)
-	if str != "ok\n" {
-		return errors.New(str)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index e8c4644..5ac52c5 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ type ImageFilters struct {
 }
 
 func pickRandomImage(dir string) (string, error) {
-	dir = config.Root + "/" + dir
-	wd, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
+
+	dir = config.ImagesDir + dir
+	fmt.Printf("getting random file from %v\n", dir)
 	randomImg, filename, _ := getRandomFile(dir)
 	filenameNoExt := strings.TrimSuffix(filename, filepath.Ext(filename))
 
@@ -36,11 +34,11 @@ func pickRandomImage(dir string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	curr := wd + "/images/" + filenameNoExt
+	curr := config.Cache + filenameNoExt
 	if !fileExists {
 		img, err := loadImage(randomImg)
-		fmt.Printf("failed to load image %v", randomImg)
 		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("failed to load image %v", randomImg)
 			return "", err
 		}
 		dst := processImage(img, config)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 444c2d5..d5f7f6a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ func main() {
 	config.load()
 	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", config)
 
-	//TODO: make this logic interface more neatly with the slideshow channel
+	var waitGroup sync.WaitGroup
+	waitGroup.Add(1)
+	slideshowDir := make(chan string)
+	go server(slideshowDir)
+	go slideshow(slideshowDir)
+
 	var dir string
 	args := os.Args[1:]
 	if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -22,12 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		dir = ""
 	}
-
-	var waitGroup sync.WaitGroup
-	waitGroup.Add(1)
-	slideshowDir := make(chan string)
-	go server(slideshowDir)
-	go slideshow(slideshowDir)
 	slideshowDir <- dir
+
 	waitGroup.Wait()
 }
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index b740a24..4f9941b 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func server(slideshowDir chan string) {
 	log.Println("listening on unix domain socket...")
 
 	//cleanup sockfile
-	//TODO: this only works when the program is killed from outside. Make it work via defer() too?
 	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	go func() {
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ func server(slideshowDir chan string) {
 		os.Remove(sockfile)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}()
+	defer os.Remove(sockfile)
 
 	for {
 		//Accept incoming
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ func server(slideshowDir chan string) {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		//create store for incoming bytes
-
 		//handle connection in separate goroutine
 		go func(conn net.Conn) {
 			defer conn.Close()
diff --git a/slideshow.go b/slideshow.go
index 19a80b7..d8b090f 100644
--- a/slideshow.go
+++ b/slideshow.go
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/reujab/wallpaper"
 )
 
 func slideshow(ch <-chan string) {
 	dir := <-ch
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.Duration) * time.Minute)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.Duration) * time.Second)
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			img, err := pickRandomImage(dir)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
-			hyprpaperSet(img)
+			fmt.Printf("setting wallpaper: %v\n", img)
+			err = wallpaper.SetFromFile(img)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("failed to set wallpaper!", err)
+			}
 			select {
 			case dir = <-ch:
 				log.Println("directory set!")