diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 1273196..1a2ceba 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Competition]
-competition = "mycomp"
-catagory = "somecat"
-challenge = "somechal"
+producer = "testProd"
+competition = "testComp"
+catagory = "textCat"
+challenge = "testChal"
+
 [Enviroment]
-data_dir = "/home/venus/code/ctf/"
+ctf_dir = "/home/venus/ctf"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e606eff..3f27b19 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ packages = ["src/ctf"]
 
 [tool.pyright]
 extraPaths = ["src"]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=9.0.3",
+]
diff --git a/src/ctf/main.py b/src/ctf/main.py
index 3d3fb3b..bda53a7 100644
--- a/src/ctf/main.py
+++ b/src/ctf/main.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # Parses and calls commands
 
 import argparse
-import ctf.utils as util
+from pathlib import Path
+from ctf.utils import *
 
-def setArguments():
+def set_arguments():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( #type:ignore
             prog="ctf",
             description="A collection of cli tools to improve your ctf workflow",
@@ -15,9 +16,32 @@ def setArguments():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args
 
+# Class for a competition, defining active catagories, challenges completed, etc
+# return a list of paths for each catagory in a competition
+def active_categories(p: Path) -> list:
+    cats = []
+    if not p.exists(): return []
+    for cat in p.iterdir():
+        cats.append(cat)
+    return cats
+#return a dictionary of competitions in the base directory 
+def active_competitions(dir: str) -> dict:
+    comps = {}
+    p = Path(dir)
+    if not p.exists(): return {}
+    for item in p.iterdir():
+        if item.name == "tools": continue
+        comps[item] = active_categories(item)
+        print(item.name)
+        print(comps[item.name])
+    return comps
+
+
 
 def main():
-    print(util.config["Competition"]["competition"])
+    active_comps = active_competitions(enviroment["ctf_dir"])
+    print(active_comps)
+
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/src/ctf/utils.py b/src/ctf/utils.py
index 7177c9a..533629e 100644
--- a/src/ctf/utils.py
+++ b/src/ctf/utils.py
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ def write_config(data: dict, config = f"{user_config_dir()}/ctf"):
 
 
 config = load_config("/home/venus/code/ctf/config.toml")
+competition = config["Competition"]
+enviroment = config["Enviroment"]
+# base_dir = config["ctf_dir"]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f86d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import toml
+from ctf.utils import load_config
+
+def test_load_config_valid_file(tmp_path):
+    # 1. Setup: Create a temporary TOML file
+    config_file = tmp_path / "test_config.toml"
+    test_data = {
+        "Competition": {"name": "TestComp"},
+        "Environment": {"data_dir": "/tmp/ctf"}
+    }
+    with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+        toml.dump(test_data, f)
+    
+    # 2. Act: Load the config using our function
+    loaded_data = load_config(str(config_file))
+    
+    # 3. Assert: Verify the data matches
+    assert loaded_data["Competition"]["name"] == "TestComp"
+    assert loaded_data["Environment"]["data_dir"] == "/tmp/ctf"
+
+def test_load_config_missing_file():
+    # Act: Try to load a file that doesn't exist
+    loaded_data = load_config("nonexistent_file.toml")
+    
+    # Assert: Should return an empty dictionary
+    assert loaded_data == {}
+
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8d6600c..942cc0e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ version = 1
 revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
 
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+version = "0.4.6"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ctf"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -11,12 +20,38 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "toml" },
 ]
 
+[package.dev-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    { name = "pytest" },
+]
+
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "platformdirs", specifier = ">=4.9.4" },
     { name = "toml", specifier = ">=0.10.2" },
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.requires-dev]
+dev = [{ name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.3" }]
+
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