diff --git a/src/platform_ops.py b/src/platform_ops.py
index 493bc55..6200360 100644
--- a/src/platform_ops.py
+++ b/src/platform_ops.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def request_defender_exclusion(path: str) -> bool:
 def launch_executable(executable: str, cwd: str) -> None:
     """Launch the managed executable using native process semantics."""
     if sys.platform != "win32":
+        # TODO: implement solution to run game on linux ....
         raise RuntimeError("native Linux game launching is not configured")
     flags = (getattr(subprocess, "DETACHED_PROCESS", 0)
              | getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB", 0))
diff --git a/src/ui.py b/src/ui.py
index e0ad943..957f257 100644
--- a/src/ui.py
+++ b/src/ui.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from .client import *
 from .torrent import *
 from .mods import *
 from .platform_ops import open_directory, launch_executable, request_defender_exclusion
+from . import config 
 
 
 # News tab: the latest announcement (forum 2, full post) fills the left panel,
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ C_PARCH_LINK  = "#a3561c"
 C_PARCH_EDGE  = "#b7a678"
 
 FONT_BODY   = ("Segoe UI", 9)
+FONT_MONO   = ("TkDefaultFont", 10)
+FONT_VER  = ("TkDefaultFont", 8)
 
 NEWS_FEATURED_URL = f"{SERVER}/forum/octonews.php?forum=2&mode=full"
 PATCHNOTES_URL = f"{SERVER}/forum/octonews.php?mode=list&forum=4&limit=8"
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ class OctoUpdaterApp(tk.Tk):
         _relocate_legacy_data()
 
         # Detect first run before anything writes the config.
-        self._first_run  = not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE)
+        self._first_run  = not os.path.exists(config.CONFIG_FILE)
         # Set when the user adds a Defender exclusion via Settings; checked at
         # the next reconcile to skip the auto-prompt (so a manual add isn't
         # double-prompted), then reset — so each folder change offers one unless
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ class OctoUpdaterApp(tk.Tk):
         # effect only once Settings is closed (see _close_settings), so no
         # live trace fires mid-edit.
         self._game_path = tk.StringVar(
-            value=os.path.normpath(self._cfg.get("out_dir", DEFAULT_GAME_DIR)))
+            value=os.path.normpath(self._cfg.get("out_dir", config.DEFAULT_GAME_DIR)))
 
         # Count of mods with an update available — shown as a badge on the
         # MODS nav tab.
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ class OctoUpdaterApp(tk.Tk):
 
         self._build()
 
-        out_dir = self._cfg.get("out_dir", DEFAULT_GAME_DIR)
+        out_dir = self._cfg.get("out_dir", config.DEFAULT_GAME_DIR)
         if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
             def _wipe(c):
                 c.pop("mods", None)
@@ -598,13 +601,13 @@ class OctoUpdaterApp(tk.Tk):
         hdr.bind("<Leave>",    lambda e: self._on_hdr_motion(None))
 
         self._clear_wdb_var = tk.BooleanVar(
-            value=bool(self._cfg.get("clear_wdb_on_launch", False)))
+            value=bool(self._cfg.get("clear_wdb_on_launch", True)))
         self._close_on_launch_var = tk.BooleanVar(
-            value=bool(self._cfg.get("close_on_launch", False)))
+            value=bool(self._cfg.get("close_on_launch", True)))
         self._auto_mods_var = tk.BooleanVar(
-            value=bool(self._cfg.get("auto_install_mods", True)))
+            value=bool(self._cfg.get("auto_install_mods", False)))
         self._auto_addons_var = tk.BooleanVar(
-            value=bool(self._cfg.get("auto_install_addons", True)))
+            value=bool(self._cfg.get("auto_install_addons", False)))
         self._ignore_speech_var = tk.BooleanVar(
             value=bool(self._cfg.get("ignore_speech", False)))
         # Deferred "install missing" pending from turning an auto-install