diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index dadcd5fb..2e5ba6f8 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1759946376,
-        "narHash": "sha256-/kQpJPH1y+U6V7N3bbGzvNRGfk9VuxdZev9Os4bS5ZQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1759982027,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4deRT98VwfZWZ685wIGevyYl3CzpuZJPjdjfulABH00=",
         "owner": "AvengeMedia",
         "repo": "danklinux",
-        "rev": "98db89ffba290265bc4a886d13b8a27a53fdaca1",
+        "rev": "5cdfeeae2e14089079dcb0d6b61f014ce754021f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 1b3cbc53..7dd5e554 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     ...
 }: let
     cfg = config.programs.dankMaterialShell;
+    jsonFormat = pkgs.formats.json { };
 in {
     options.programs.dankMaterialShell = with lib.types; {
         enable = lib.mkEnableOption "DankMaterialShell";
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ in {
         quickshell = {
             package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "quickshell" {};
         };
+
+        default = {
+            settings = lib.mkOption {
+                type = jsonFormat.type;
+                default = { };
+                description = "The default settings are only read if the settings.json file don't exist";
+            };
+            session = lib.mkOption {
+                type = jsonFormat.type;
+                default = { };
+                description = "The default session are only read if the session.json file don't exist";
+            };
+        };
+
         plugins = lib.mkOption {
             type = attrsOf (types.submodule ({ config, ... }: {
                 options = {
@@ -99,10 +114,21 @@ in {
             Install.WantedBy = [ config.wayland.systemd.target ];
         };
 
-        xdg.configFile = lib.mapAttrs' (name: plugin: {
-            name = "DankMaterialShell/plugins/${name}";
-            value.source = plugin.src;
-        }) (lib.filterAttrs (n: v: v.enable) cfg.plugins);
+        xdg.stateFile."DankMaterialShell/default-session.json" = lib.mkIf (cfg.default.session != { }) {
+            source = jsonFormat.generate "default-session.json" cfg.default.session;
+        };
+
+        xdg.configFile = lib.mkMerge [
+            (lib.mapAttrs' (name: plugin: {
+                name = "DankMaterialShell/plugins/${name}";
+                value.source = plugin.src;
+            }) (lib.filterAttrs (n: v: v.enable) cfg.plugins))
+            {
+                "DankMaterialShell/default-settings.json" = lib.mkIf (cfg.default.settings != { }) {
+                    source = jsonFormat.generate "default-settings.json" cfg.default.settings;
+                };
+            }
+        ];
 
         home.packages =
             [