diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index a0fe6ee..28e0378 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var defaultConfig = Config{
 	},
 }
 
-const CONFIG_FILENAME = "config.toml"
+var CONFIG_FILENAME string = "config.toml"
 
 func ReadConfig(filename string) (*Config, error) {
 	cfgBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7c27390..45845f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -28,19 +28,29 @@ var helpText string
 const segmentExtension = "mkv"
 
 func showHelp() {
-	execSplits := strings.Split(os.Args[0], "/")
-	execName := execSplits[len(execSplits) - 1]
-	fmt.Printf(helpText, execName)
+	fmt.Println(helpText)
+	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
 func main() {
 	// config
+	userConfigDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not determine user configuration directory: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	config.CONFIG_FILENAME = path.Join(userConfigDir, "vodular", "config.toml")
 	cfg, err := config.ReadConfig(config.CONFIG_FILENAME)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to read config: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if cfg == nil {
+		err = os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(config.CONFIG_FILENAME), 0750)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to create config directory: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		err = config.GenerateConfig(config.CONFIG_FILENAME)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to generate config: %v", err)
@@ -57,7 +67,6 @@ func main() {
 	// arguments
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 || os.Args[1] == "--help" || os.Args[1] == "-h" {
 		showHelp()
-		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
 	var verbose bool = false
@@ -76,7 +85,6 @@ func main() {
 				fallthrough
 			case "--help":
 				showHelp()
-				os.Exit(0)
 
 			case "-v":
 				fallthrough
@@ -228,19 +236,34 @@ func main() {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		fmt.Printf(
-			"\n================================\n" +
-			"TITLE:\n%s\n\n" +
-			"DESCRIPTION:\n%s\n" +
+			"\n================================\n\n" +
+			"< TITLE >\n%s\n\n" +
+			"< DESCRIPTION >\n%s\n" +
 			"\n================================\n",
 			title, description,
 		)
 	}
 
 	// concatenate VOD segments into full VOD
-	video.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(video, vodFiles, verbose)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+	fullVodExists := func () bool {
+		// check if full VOD already exists with expected duration
+		if fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(video.Filename); err != nil {
+			var totalLength float64 = 0
+			for _, filename := range vodFiles {
+				probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(filename)
+				if err != nil { continue }
+				totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
+			}
+			return fullVodProbe.Format.Duration == totalLength
+		}
+		return false
+	}()
+	if !fullVodExists {
+		video.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(video, vodFiles, verbose)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// youtube oauth flow
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index 86ea815..5cb3f14 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package scanner
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2"
+	ffmpeg_go "github.com/u2takey/ffmpeg-go"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -25,6 +27,15 @@ type (
 		Uploaded bool		`toml:"uploaded"`
 		Category *Category	`toml:"category" comment:"(Optional) Category details, for additional credits."`
 	}
+
+	ffprobeFormat struct {
+		Duration float64 `json:"duration"`
+		Size int64 `json:"size"`
+	}
+
+	ffprobeOutput struct {
+		Format ffprobeFormat `json:"format"`
+	}
 )
 
 const METADATA_FILENAME = "metadata.toml"
@@ -47,6 +58,17 @@ func ScanSegments(directory string, extension string) ([]string, error) {
 	return files, nil
 }
 
+func ProbeSegment(filename string) (*ffprobeOutput, error) {
+	out, err := ffmpeg_go.Probe(filename)
+	if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+	probe := ffprobeOutput{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), probe)
+	if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+	return &probe, nil
+}
+
 func ReadMetadata(directory string) (*Metadata, error) {
 	metadata := &Metadata{}
 	file, err := os.OpenFile(