diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index bbd563f..1273196 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-[Enviroment]
+[Competition]
 competition = "mycomp"
 catagory = "somecat"
 challenge = "somechal"
+[Enviroment]
+data_dir = "/home/venus/code/ctf/"
diff --git a/src/ctf/utils.py b/src/ctf/utils.py
index ef63e37..13bac11 100644
--- a/src/ctf/utils.py
+++ b/src/ctf/utils.py
@@ -9,37 +9,12 @@ from platformdirs import user_config_dir
 # Parse config file
 
 
-class ConfigManager:
-    CONFIG_DIR = Path(user_config_dir("ctf")) #config directory is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ctf/
-    def set_defaults(self, key = "all"):
-        # set all default options for the config
-        if key == "data_dir" or key == "all" : self.data_dir = Path("user_data_dir/ctf")
-
-    def __init__(self, file_path = "user_config_dir/ctf.json"):
-        _path =  Path(file_path)
-        if _path.exists():
-            _data = json.loads(_path.read_text())
-            for key, value in _data.items():
-                setattr(self, key, value)
-        else:
-            print("no config file found, loading defaults")
-            self.set_defaults()
-        ## validate config elements
-        self.data_dir = Path(self.data_dir)
-        if not self.data_dir.exists():
-            self.set_defaults("data_dir")
-
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"ConfigManager({self.__dict__})"
-
 class StateManager:
     _path : Path
     _data: dict
-    def __init__(self, data_dir: Path):
-        # DATA_DIR = Path(user_data_dir("ctf")) #config directory is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ctf/
-        data_dir.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
-
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Assume data directory exists on install and defined in config
+        # TODO check datadir valid
         object.__setattr__(self, "_path", "user_config_dir/config.json") # set self._path to data_dir safely
         object.__setattr__(self, "_data", self._load()) # load objects into self
 
@@ -63,6 +38,5 @@ class StateManager:
         return f"StateManager({self.__dict__})"
 
 
-config = ConfigManager("/home/venus/code/ctf/config.json")
-state = StateManager(config.data_dir)
+state = StateManager()