diff --git a/ly-core/build.zig b/ly-core/build.zig
index 0fff11c..0671528 100644
--- a/ly-core/build.zig
+++ b/ly-core/build.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    const zigini = b.dependency("zigini", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
+    mod.addImport("zigini", zigini.module("zigini"));
+
     const mod_tests = b.addTest(.{
         .root_module = mod,
     });
diff --git a/ly-core/build.zig.zon b/ly-core/build.zig.zon
index 13a7faf..98233c5 100644
--- a/ly-core/build.zig.zon
+++ b/ly-core/build.zig.zon
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
     .version = "1.0.0",
     .fingerprint = 0xddda7afda795472,
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.0",
-    .dependencies = .{},
+    .dependencies = .{
+        .zigini = .{
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/AnErrupTion/zigini?ref=zig-0.15.0#9281f47702b57779e831d7618e158abb8eb4d4a2",
+            .hash = "zigini-0.3.3-36M0FRJJAADZVq5HPm-hYKMpFFTr0OgjbEYcK2ijKZ5n",
+        },
+    },
     .paths = .{
         "build.zig",
         "build.zig.zon",
diff --git a/ly-core/src/root.zig b/ly-core/src/root.zig
index afc7ea0..a7929f4 100644
--- a/ly-core/src/root.zig
+++ b/ly-core/src/root.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,76 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const ini = @import("zigini");
+
 pub const interop = @import("interop.zig");
 pub const UidRange = @import("UidRange.zig");
 pub const LogFile = @import("LogFile.zig");
 pub const SharedError = @import("SharedError.zig");
+
+pub fn IniParser(comptime Struct: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+        const temporary_allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
+
+        pub const Error = struct {
+            type_name: []const u8,
+            key: []const u8,
+            value: []const u8,
+            error_name: []const u8,
+        };
+        pub var global_errors: std.ArrayList(Error) = .empty;
+
+        ini_struct: ini.Ini(Struct),
+        structure: Struct,
+        maybe_load_error: ?anyerror,
+        errors: std.ArrayList(Error),
+
+        pub fn init(
+            allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+            path: []const u8,
+            field_handler: ?fn (allocator: std.mem.Allocator, field: ini.IniField) ?ini.IniField,
+        ) !Self {
+            var ini_struct = ini.Ini(Struct).init(allocator);
+            errdefer ini_struct.deinit();
+
+            var maybe_load_error: ?anyerror = null;
+
+            const structure = ini_struct.readFileToStruct(path, .{
+                .fieldHandler = field_handler,
+                .errorHandler = errorHandler,
+                .comment_characters = "#",
+            }) catch |err| load_error: {
+                maybe_load_error = err;
+                break :load_error Struct{};
+            };
+
+            return .{
+                .ini_struct = ini_struct,
+                .structure = structure,
+                .maybe_load_error = maybe_load_error,
+                .errors = global_errors,
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+            self.ini_struct.deinit();
+
+            for (0..global_errors.items.len) |i| {
+                const err = global_errors.items[i];
+                temporary_allocator.free(err.type_name);
+                temporary_allocator.free(err.key);
+                temporary_allocator.free(err.value);
+            }
+
+            global_errors.deinit(temporary_allocator);
+        }
+
+        fn errorHandler(type_name: []const u8, key: []const u8, value: []const u8, err: anyerror) void {
+            global_errors.append(temporary_allocator, .{
+                .type_name = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, type_name) catch return,
+                .key = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, key) catch return,
+                .value = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, value) catch return,
+                .error_name = @errorName(err),
+            }) catch return;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/config/migrator.zig b/src/config/migrator.zig
index 124ec89..cfd69cc 100644
--- a/src/config/migrator.zig
+++ b/src/config/migrator.zig
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const ini = @import("zigini");
+const ly_core = @import("ly-core");
 const Config = @import("Config.zig");
 const OldSave = @import("OldSave.zig");
 const SavedUsers = @import("SavedUsers.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("../tui/TerminalBuffer.zig");
 
+const IniParser = ly_core.IniParser;
+
 const Color = TerminalBuffer.Color;
 const Styling = TerminalBuffer.Styling;
 
@@ -187,13 +190,40 @@ pub fn lateConfigFieldHandler(config: *Config) void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn tryMigrateFirstSaveFile(user_buf: *[32]u8) OldSave {
-    var save = OldSave{};
+pub fn tryMigrateIniSaveFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, path: []const u8, saved_users: *SavedUsers, usernames: [][]const u8) !?IniParser(OldSave) {
+    var save_parser = try IniParser(OldSave).init(allocator, path, null);
+    errdefer save_parser.deinit();
 
+    var user_buf: [32]u8 = undefined;
+    const maybe_save = if (save_parser.maybe_load_error == null) save_parser.structure else tryMigrateFirstSaveFile(&user_buf);
+
+    if (maybe_save) |save| {
+        // Add all other users to the list
+        for (usernames, 0..) |username, i| {
+            if (save.user) |user| {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, user, username)) saved_users.last_username_index = i;
+            }
+
+            try saved_users.user_list.append(allocator, .{
+                .username = username,
+                .session_index = save.session_index orelse 0,
+                .first_run = false,
+                .allocated_username = false,
+            });
+        }
+
+        return save_parser;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn tryMigrateFirstSaveFile(user_buf: *[32]u8) ?OldSave {
     if (maybe_save_file) |path| {
         defer temporary_allocator.free(path);
 
-        var file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(path, .{}) catch return save;
+        var save = OldSave{};
+        var file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(path, .{}) catch return null;
         defer file.close();
 
         var file_buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
@@ -201,50 +231,21 @@ pub fn tryMigrateFirstSaveFile(user_buf: *[32]u8) OldSave {
         var reader = &file_reader.interface;
 
         var user_writer = std.Io.Writer.fixed(user_buf);
-        var written = reader.streamDelimiter(&user_writer, '\n') catch return save;
+        var written = reader.streamDelimiter(&user_writer, '\n') catch return null;
         if (written > 0) save.user = user_buf[0..written];
 
         var session_buf: [20]u8 = undefined;
         var session_writer = std.Io.Writer.fixed(&session_buf);
-        written = reader.streamDelimiter(&session_writer, '\n') catch return save;
+        written = reader.streamDelimiter(&session_writer, '\n') catch return null;
 
         var session_index: ?usize = null;
         if (written > 0) {
-            session_index = std.fmt.parseUnsigned(usize, session_buf[0..written], 10) catch return save;
+            session_index = std.fmt.parseUnsigned(usize, session_buf[0..written], 10) catch return null;
         }
         save.session_index = session_index;
+
+        return save;
     }
 
-    return save;
-}
-
-pub fn tryMigrateIniSaveFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, save_ini: *ini.Ini(OldSave), path: []const u8, saved_users: *SavedUsers, usernames: [][]const u8) !bool {
-    var old_save_file_exists = true;
-
-    var user_buf: [32]u8 = undefined;
-    const save = save_ini.readFileToStruct(path, .{
-        .fieldHandler = null,
-        .comment_characters = "#",
-    }) catch no_save_file: {
-        old_save_file_exists = false;
-        break :no_save_file tryMigrateFirstSaveFile(&user_buf);
-    };
-
-    if (!old_save_file_exists) return false;
-
-    // Add all other users to the list
-    for (usernames, 0..) |username, i| {
-        if (save.user) |user| {
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, user, username)) saved_users.last_username_index = i;
-        }
-
-        try saved_users.user_list.append(allocator, .{
-            .username = username,
-            .session_index = save.session_index orelse 0,
-            .first_run = false,
-            .allocated_username = false,
-        });
-    }
-
-    return true;
+    return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index a164b79..a8c4bda 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const interop = ly_core.interop;
 const UidRange = ly_core.UidRange;
 const LogFile = ly_core.LogFile;
 const SharedError = ly_core.SharedError;
+const IniParser = ly_core.IniParser;
 const termbox = TerminalBuffer.termbox;
 const temporary_allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
 const ly_version_str = "Ly version " ++ build_options.version;
@@ -56,14 +57,6 @@ fn ttyControlTransferSignalHandler(_: c_int) callconv(.c) void {
     TerminalBuffer.shutdownStatic();
 }
 
-const ConfigError = struct {
-    type_name: []const u8,
-    key: []const u8,
-    value: []const u8,
-    error_name: []const u8,
-};
-var config_errors: std.ArrayList(ConfigError) = .empty;
-
 const UiState = struct {
     auth_fails: u64,
     update: bool,
@@ -145,15 +138,15 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     };
     defer if (maybe_res) |*res| res.deinit();
 
-    var config: Config = undefined;
-    var lang: Lang = undefined;
-    var old_save_file_exists = false;
-    var maybe_config_load_error: ?anyerror = null;
+    var old_save_parser: ?IniParser(OldSave) = null;
+    defer if (old_save_parser) |*str| str.deinit();
+
     var start_cmd_exit_code: u8 = 0;
 
     var saved_users = SavedUsers.init();
     defer saved_users.deinit(allocator);
 
+    var config_parent_path: []const u8 = build_options.config_directory ++ "/ly";
     if (maybe_res) |*res| {
         if (res.args.help != 0) {
             try clap.help(stderr, clap.Help, &params, .{});
@@ -167,79 +160,44 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             try stderr.flush();
             std.process.exit(0);
         }
+        if (res.args.config) |path| config_parent_path = path;
     }
 
     // Load configuration file
-    var config_ini = Ini(Config).init(allocator);
-    defer config_ini.deinit();
-
-    var lang_ini = Ini(Lang).init(allocator);
-    defer lang_ini.deinit();
-
-    var old_save_ini = ini.Ini(OldSave).init(allocator);
-    defer old_save_ini.deinit();
-
     var save_path: []const u8 = build_options.config_directory ++ "/ly/save.txt";
     var old_save_path: []const u8 = build_options.config_directory ++ "/ly/save.ini";
     var save_path_alloc = false;
-    defer {
-        if (save_path_alloc) allocator.free(save_path);
-        if (save_path_alloc) allocator.free(old_save_path);
+    defer if (save_path_alloc) {
+        allocator.free(save_path);
+        allocator.free(old_save_path);
+    };
+
+    const config_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ config_parent_path, "config.ini" });
+    defer allocator.free(config_path);
+
+    var config_parser = try IniParser(Config).init(allocator, config_path, migrator.configFieldHandler);
+    defer config_parser.deinit();
+
+    var config = config_parser.structure;
+
+    var lang_buffer: [16]u8 = undefined;
+    const lang_file = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&lang_buffer, "{s}.ini", .{config.lang});
+
+    const lang_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ config_parent_path, "lang", lang_file });
+    defer allocator.free(lang_path);
+
+    var lang_parser = try IniParser(Lang).init(allocator, lang_path, null);
+    defer lang_parser.deinit();
+
+    const lang = lang_parser.structure;
+
+    if (config.save) {
+        save_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ config_parent_path, "save.txt" });
+        old_save_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ config_parent_path, "save.ini" });
+        save_path_alloc = true;
     }
 
-    const comment_characters = "#";
-
-    if (maybe_res != null and maybe_res.?.args.config != null) {
-        const s = maybe_res.?.args.config.?;
-        const trailing_slash = if (s[s.len - 1] != '/') "/" else "";
-
-        const config_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}{s}config.ini", .{ s, trailing_slash });
-        defer allocator.free(config_path);
-
-        config = config_ini.readFileToStruct(config_path, .{
-            .fieldHandler = migrator.configFieldHandler,
-            .errorHandler = configErrorHandler,
-            .comment_characters = comment_characters,
-        }) catch |err| load_error: {
-            maybe_config_load_error = err;
-            break :load_error Config{};
-        };
-
-        const lang_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}{s}lang/{s}.ini", .{ s, trailing_slash, config.lang });
-        defer allocator.free(lang_path);
-
-        lang = lang_ini.readFileToStruct(lang_path, .{
-            .fieldHandler = null,
-            .comment_characters = comment_characters,
-        }) catch Lang{};
-
-        if (config.save) {
-            save_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}{s}save.txt", .{ s, trailing_slash });
-            old_save_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}{s}save.ini", .{ s, trailing_slash });
-            save_path_alloc = true;
-        }
-    } else {
-        const config_path = build_options.config_directory ++ "/ly/config.ini";
-
-        config = config_ini.readFileToStruct(config_path, .{
-            .fieldHandler = migrator.configFieldHandler,
-            .errorHandler = configErrorHandler,
-            .comment_characters = comment_characters,
-        }) catch |err| load_error: {
-            maybe_config_load_error = err;
-            break :load_error Config{};
-        };
-
-        const lang_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}/ly/lang/{s}.ini", .{ build_options.config_directory, config.lang });
-        defer allocator.free(lang_path);
-
-        lang = lang_ini.readFileToStruct(lang_path, .{
-            .fieldHandler = null,
-            .comment_characters = comment_characters,
-        }) catch Lang{};
-    }
-
-    if (maybe_config_load_error == null) {
+    if (config_parser.maybe_load_error == null) {
         migrator.lateConfigFieldHandler(&config);
     }
 
@@ -251,10 +209,10 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     }
 
     if (config.save) read_save_file: {
-        old_save_file_exists = migrator.tryMigrateIniSaveFile(allocator, &old_save_ini, old_save_path, &saved_users, usernames.items) catch break :read_save_file;
+        old_save_parser = migrator.tryMigrateIniSaveFile(allocator, old_save_path, &saved_users, usernames.items) catch break :read_save_file;
 
         // Don't read the new save file if the old one still exists
-        if (old_save_file_exists) break :read_save_file;
+        if (old_save_parser != null) break :read_save_file;
 
         var save_file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(save_path, .{}) catch break :read_save_file;
         defer save_file.close();
@@ -378,22 +336,13 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         try log_file.err("sys", "failed to execute start command: exit code {d}", .{start_cmd_exit_code});
     }
 
-    if (maybe_config_load_error) |err| {
+    if (config_parser.maybe_load_error) |load_error| {
         // We can't localize this since the config failed to load so we'd fallback to the default language anyway
         try info_line.addMessage("unable to parse config file", config.error_bg, config.error_fg);
-        try log_file.err("conf", "unable to parse config file: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+        try log_file.err("conf", "unable to parse config file: {s}", .{@errorName(load_error)});
 
-        defer config_errors.deinit(temporary_allocator);
-
-        for (0..config_errors.items.len) |i| {
-            const config_error = config_errors.items[i];
-            defer {
-                temporary_allocator.free(config_error.type_name);
-                temporary_allocator.free(config_error.key);
-                temporary_allocator.free(config_error.value);
-            }
-
-            try log_file.err("conf", "failed to convert value '{s}' of option '{s}' to type '{s}': {s}", .{ config_error.value, config_error.key, config_error.type_name, config_error.error_name });
+        for (config_parser.errors.items) |err| {
+            try log_file.err("conf", "failed to convert value '{s}' of option '{s}' to type '{s}': {s}", .{ err.value, err.key, err.type_name, err.error_name });
         }
     }
 
@@ -866,7 +815,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                     // Delete previous save file if it exists
                     if (migrator.maybe_save_file) |path| {
                         std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(path) catch {};
-                    } else if (old_save_file_exists) {
+                    } else if (old_save_parser != null) {
                         std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(old_save_path) catch {};
                     }
                 }
@@ -1201,15 +1150,6 @@ fn drawUi(config: Config, lang: Lang, log_file: *LogFile, state: *UiState) !bool
     return true;
 }
 
-fn configErrorHandler(type_name: []const u8, key: []const u8, value: []const u8, err: anyerror) void {
-    config_errors.append(temporary_allocator, .{
-        .type_name = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, type_name) catch return,
-        .key = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, key) catch return,
-        .value = temporary_allocator.dupe(u8, value) catch return,
-        .error_name = @errorName(err),
-    }) catch return;
-}
-
 fn addOtherEnvironment(session: *Session, lang: Lang, display_server: DisplayServer, exec: ?[]const u8) !void {
     const name = switch (display_server) {
         .shell => lang.shell,