diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a38f812a98..2fa35e944a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ set(LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
     src/options/display.c
     src/options/logo.c
     src/options/general.c
+    src/configtool/configtool.c
 )
 
 if(LINUX)
diff --git a/src/configtool/configtool.c b/src/configtool/configtool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b5322f5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configtool/configtool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "configtool.h"
+
+int runConfigTool(FFdata* data)
+{
+    fprintf(stdout, "config tool is not implemented yet\n");
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configtool/configtool.h b/src/configtool/configtool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5f0ccfc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configtool/configtool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/ffdata.h"
+
+int runConfigTool(FFdata* data);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/fastfetch.c b/src/fastfetch.c
index 3146cefba7..1ee88be37f 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch.c
+++ b/src/fastfetch.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "common/strutil.h"
 #include "common/mallocHelper.h"
 #include "fastfetch_datatext.h"
+#include "configtool/configtool.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -654,6 +655,11 @@ static void parseCommand(FFdata* data, char* key, char* value) {
         generateConfigFile(data, false, value, true);
     } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--gen-config-full-force")) {
         generateConfigFile(data, true, value, true);
+    } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--gen-config-tool")) {
+        generateConfigFile(data, false, value, false);
+        if (runConfigTool(data) != 0) {
+            exit(416);
+        }
     } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "-c") || ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--config")) {
         optionParseConfigFile(data, key, value);
     } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "-j") || ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--json")) {