diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3accf9a..f931414 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use redis::Commands;
+use redis::{Commands, ConnectionAddr};
 // json parsing
 use serde::{ Deserialize, Serialize };
 use serde_json;
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use inotify::{ Inotify, WatchMask };
 // logging 
 use std::io::Write;
-use chrono::Local;
+use chrono::{ Local, NaiveDate };
 use env_logger::Builder;
-use log::{error, log, max_level, warn, LevelFilter};
+use log::{error, warn, LevelFilter};
 
 /// # an Error enum (nextly will be deleted and replaced)
 enum CustomError {
@@ -142,11 +142,22 @@ async fn main() {
         error!("Cannot find needed stream to get configuration");
         return;
     }
-    let config: String = conn.xrevrange("config_stream", "", "").inspect_err(|_| {
-        error!("Cannot fetch config");
-        return String::new();
+    // error 
+    let config: Vec<(String, Vec<(String, String)>)> = conn.xrevrange_count("config_stream", "+", "-", 1)
+    .unwrap_or_else(|er| {
+        println!("error: {}", er);
+        return Vec::new();
     });
-    let processes = parse_extern_config(&config);
+    println!("external config: {:?}", config);
+
+    let processes: Processes;
+    if config.is_empty() {
+        error!("No suitable config was given. Getting local config...");
+        processes = load_processes("settings.json");
+    } else {
+        println!("{:?}+++{}", std::time::SystemTime::now(), &config[1].0);
+        processes = parse_extern_config(&config[1].0);
+    }
     // let processes: Processes = {
     //     let mut _temp = String::new();
     //     loop {
@@ -200,6 +211,10 @@ async fn main() {
     return;
 }
 
+fn save_new_config(config: &str) -> Result<(), CustomError> {
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn create_watcher(filename: &str, path: &str) -> Result<Inotify, std::io::Error> {
     let src = format!("{}{}", path, filename);
     let mut inotify: Inotify =  Inotify::init().expect(&("Error: Cannot create watcher for ".to_owned() + &src));