diff --git a/include/blt/app.h b/include/blt/app.h
index 68bbe92..4e9b7f7 100644
--- a/include/blt/app.h
+++ b/include/blt/app.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include "traits.h"
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -22,31 +22,63 @@ namespace blt::graphics {
     
     class Settings {
         public:
-            typedef std::variant<int32_t, float, bool, std::string> property_t;
+            typedef std::variant<int32_t, int64_t, float, bool, std::string> property_t;
             Settings() = default;
+            Settings(std::initializer_list<std::pair<properties_t, property_t>> default_properties){
+                for (const auto& v : default_properties)
+                    setProperty(v.first, v.second);
+            }
             
             ~Settings() = default;
             
-            [[nodiscard]] const property_t* getProperty(properties_t property) const {
+            [[nodiscard]] inline const property_t* getProperty(properties_t property) const {
                 if (values.size() <= static_cast<int>(property))
                     return nullptr;
                 return &values[static_cast<int>(property)];
             }
             
             template<typename T>
-            [[nodiscard]] const T* getProperty(properties_t property) const {
+            [[nodiscard]] inline  const T* getProperty(properties_t property) const {
                 if ((int)values.size() <= static_cast<int>(property))
                     return nullptr;
                 return &get<T>(values[static_cast<int>(property)]);
             }
             
-            void setProperty(properties_t property, property_t value) {
+            inline void setProperty(properties_t property, property_t value) {
                 if (values.capacity() <= static_cast<int>(property))
                     values.resize(static_cast<int>(property) * 2);
                 values[static_cast<int>(property)] = std::move(value);
             }
+            
+            bool save(std::ofstream& out);
+            bool load(std::ifstream& in);
         
         private:
             std::vector<property_t> values;
+            // handles saving of the variant's value
+            class property_saver {
+                private:
+                    std::ofstream& out;
+                public:
+                    explicit property_saver(std::ofstream& out): out(out){}
+                    inline void operator()(int32_t i) {
+                        out << i;
+                    }
+                    inline void operator()(int64_t l){
+                        out << l;
+                        out << "l";
+                    }
+                    inline void operator()(float f){
+                        out << f;
+                        out << "f";
+                    }
+                    inline void operator()(bool b){
+                        out << b;
+                        out << "b";
+                    }
+                    inline void operator()(const std::string& s) {
+                        out << s;
+                    }
+            };
     };
 }
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diff --git a/src/parks/app.cpp b/src/parks/app.cpp
index cb52487..f7d5d71 100644
--- a/src/parks/app.cpp
+++ b/src/parks/app.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,69 @@
 #include "blt/app.h"
+#include <blt/std/string.h>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace blt::graphics {
-
+    
+    bool Settings::save(std::ofstream& out) {
+        BLT_DEBUG("Saving settings");
+        out << "# Warning: this file does not allow for comments or any form of manual modification!\n";
+        out << "# All comments will be ignored, however changes will be accepted assuming the application is not running.\n";
+        property_saver saver(out);
+        try {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < values.size(); i++) {
+                out << static_cast<int>(i);
+                out << " = ";
+                std::visit(saver, values[i]);
+                out << '\n';
+            }
+        } catch (std::exception& e){
+            BLT_ERROR("Error in settings save (%s)!", e.what());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    bool Settings::load(std::ifstream& in) {
+        BLT_DEBUG("Loading settings");
+        try {
+            size_t currentLine = 0;
+            while(!(in.eof() || in.fail())){
+                currentLine++;
+                std::string line;
+                std::getline(in, line);
+                blt::string::trim(line);
+                
+                if (line.starts_with('#') || line.empty())
+                    continue;
+                
+                auto propertyToValue = blt::string::split(line, "=");
+                for (auto& s : propertyToValue)
+                    blt::string::trim(s);
+                
+                if (propertyToValue.size() < 2) {
+                    BLT_WARN("Improperly formed key = value pair! Ignoring line %d ('%s')", currentLine, line.c_str());
+                    continue;
+                }
+                
+                auto property = static_cast<properties_t>(std::stoi(propertyToValue[0]));
+                auto& value = propertyToValue[1];
+                
+                if (std::any_of(value.begin(), value.end(), ::isdigit)){
+                    if (value.ends_with('l')) {
+                        setProperty(property, std::stoll(value.substr(0, value.size()-1)));
+                    } else if (value.ends_with('f')) {
+                        setProperty(property, std::stof(value.substr(0, value.size()-1)));
+                    } else if (value.ends_with('b')) {
+                        setProperty(property, static_cast<bool>(std::stoi(value.substr(0, value.size()-1))));
+                    } else
+                        setProperty(property, std::stoi(value));
+                } else
+                    setProperty(property, value);
+            }
+        } catch (std::exception& e){
+            BLT_ERROR("Error in settings load (%s)!", e.what());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 }
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