diff --git a/bin/main.sh b/bin/main.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ece7b24..0000000
--- a/bin/main.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "Hello World!"
-
-echo "This is ${0}."
-
-echo "A.K.A. $(readlink -f ${0})."
-
-echo "Arguments are:"
-
-for an_arg in "${@}" ; do
-   echo "- ${an_arg}"
-done
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diff --git a/kiwi b/kiwi
index 1b330e9..0e66857 100755
--- a/kiwi
+++ b/kiwi
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 # CONSTANTS #
 ############# 
 
-# base config filename (constant)
-KIWI_CONF_NAME="kiwi.conf"
+# base config filename
+export KIWI_CONF_NAME="kiwi.conf"
 # base install dir 
-KIWI_BASEDIR="${HOME}/.cache/kiwi-config-bin"
+KIWI_BASEDIR="${HOME}/.cache/kiwi-config"
 # repository uri
 KIWI_REPO="https://github.com/ldericher/kiwi-config"
 
@@ -16,55 +16,54 @@ KIWI_REPO="https://github.com/ldericher/kiwi-config"
 ########
 
 # use latest version by default
-version="master"
+export KIWI_VERSION="master"
 
 # check if pwd is a kiwi folder
 if [ -f "./${KIWI_CONF_NAME}" ]; then
     # determine needed kiwi-config version
-    version=$(source "./${KIWI_CONF_NAME}" && echo "v${VERSION}")
+    export KIWI_VERSION=$(source "./${KIWI_CONF_NAME}" && echo "${VERSION}")
 fi
 
 # install if kiwi-config not found
-if [ ! -x "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${version}/main.sh" ]; then
-    echo -n "Installing kiwi-config ${version} into ${KIWI_BASEDIR} ... "
+if [ ! -x "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${KIWI_VERSION}/bin/main.sh" ]; then
+    echo -n "Installing kiwi-config v${KIWI_VERSION} into ${KIWI_BASEDIR} ... "
 
     ### production version ###
 
-    # # create temp dir
+    # # switch to temp dir
+    # workdir=$(pwd)
     # tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    # cd "${tmpdir}"
 
-    # ( 
-    #     cd "${tmpdir}"
+    # # download archive
+    # wget "${KIWI_REPO}/archive/${KIWI_VERSION}.zip"
+    # unzip "${KIWI_VERSION}.zip"
 
-    #     # download archive
-    #     wget "${KIWI_REPO}/archive/${version}.zip"
-    #     unzip "${version}.zip"
+    # # read archive version tag
+    # cd "kiwi-config-${KIWI_VERSION}"
+    # export KIWI_VERSION=$(cat ./version-tag)
 
-    #     # read archive version tag
-    #     cd "kiwi-config-${version}"
-    #     version=$(cat ./version-tag)
-
-    #     # install archive
-    #     mkdir -p "${KIWI_BASEDIR}"
-    #     mv ./bin "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${version}"
-    # )
+    # # install archive
+    # mkdir -p "${KIWI_BASEDIR}"
+    # mv ./src "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${KIWI_VERSION}"
 
     # # discard temp dir
+    # cd "${workdir}"
     # rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
 
     ### development version ###
 
-    ( 
-        # read this version tag
-        version=$(cat ./version-tag)
+    # read this version tag
+    export KIWI_VERSION=$(cat ./version-tag)
 
-        # install this
-        mkdir -p "${KIWI_BASEDIR}"
-        ln -s "$(readlink -f ./bin)" "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${version}"
-    )
+    # install this
+    mkdir -p "${KIWI_BASEDIR}"
+    ln -s "$(readlink -f ./src)" "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${KIWI_VERSION}"
 
     echo "OK"
 fi
 
+export KIWI_ROOT="${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${KIWI_VERSION}"
+
 # run main script
-exec "${KIWI_BASEDIR}/${version}/main.sh" "${@}"
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+exec "${KIWI_ROOT}/bin/main.sh" "${@}"
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diff --git a/src/bin/init.sh b/src/bin/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..561de07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "${KIWI_ROOT}/inc/functions.sh"
+
+# read default baseconfig
+conf_VERSION="${KIWI_VERSION}"
+read_kiwi_config "${KIWI_ROOT}/etc/default.${KIWI_CONF_NAME}"
+
+# if pwd is a kiwi folder, read local baseconfig
+if [ -f "./${KIWI_CONF_NAME}" ]; then
+    echo "[WARN] Overwriting existing '${KIWI_CONF_NAME}'"
+    read_kiwi_config "./${KIWI_CONF_NAME}"
+fi
+
+function user_input() {
+    local prompt="${1}"
+    local varname="${2}"
+
+    local input
+    read -p "${prompt} [Default '${!varname}']: " input
+
+    eval "${varname}='${input:-${!varname}}'"
+}
+
+declare -A config_explain
+config_explain=(
+    [VERSION]="kiwi-config version"
+    [SUFFIX_PROJECT]="suffix for project directories"
+    [SUFFIX_DOWN]="suffix for disabled projects"
+)
+
+for varname in "${!config_explain[@]}"; do
+    echo "${varname}"
+    user_input "Enter ${config_explain[${varname}]}" conf_${varname}
+done
+
+exit 0
+
+user_input "Choose kiwi-config version" conf_VERSION
+
+user_input "Enter suffix for project directories" conf_SUFFIX_PROJECT
+user_input "Enter suffix for disabled projects" conf_SUFFIX_DOWN
+
+user_input "Enter suffix for disabled projects" conf_SUFFIX_DOWN
+user_input "Enter suffix for disabled projects" conf_SUFFIX_DOWN
+
+user_input "Enter suffix for disabled projects" conf_SUFFIX_DOWN
+
+echo "conf_VERSION: ${conf_VERSION}"
+echo "conf_SUFFIX_PROJECT: ${conf_SUFFIX_PROJECT}"
+
+exit 0
+
+read -p "Choose kiwi-config version [Default '${conf_version}']: " kiwi_VERSION
+conf_VERSION=${kiwi_VERSION:-${conf_VERSION}}
+
+read -p "suffix for kiwi-config version to use [Default '${conf_version}']: " kiwi_suffix_project
+
+echo "conf_VERSION: ${conf_VERSION}"
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diff --git a/src/bin/main.sh b/src/bin/main.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5a442fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/main.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+command="${1}"
+shift 1
+
+case "${command}" in
+   "init")
+      exec "${KIWI_ROOT}/bin/${command}.sh" "${@}"
+      ;;
+   *)
+      echo "Unknown kiwi command '${command}'."
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+esac
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diff --git a/src/etc/default.kiwi.conf b/src/etc/default.kiwi.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e9712d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/default.kiwi.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SUFFIX_PROJECT=.project
+SUFFIX_DOWN=.down
+
+DOCKERNET=kiwinet
+DOCKERCIDR=10.22.46.0/24
+
+TARGETROOT=/var/kiwi
diff --git a/src/inc/functions.sh b/src/inc/functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f88a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inc/functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function read_kiwi_config() {
+   local conf_file="${1}"
+   local conf_prefix="${2:-conf_}"
+
+   local conf_file_content=$(sed -r 's/^\s*(\S+)/'${conf_prefix}'\1/g' "${conf_file}")
+   eval "${conf_file_content}"
+}
+
+function write_kiwi_config() {
+   local conf_prefix="${2:-conf_}"
+
+   
+}
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diff --git a/version-tag b/version-tag
index aa33868..ceab6e1 100644
--- a/version-tag
+++ b/version-tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.1
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+0.1
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