diff --git a/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go b/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
index 7be6f3c..488476a 100644
--- a/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/vault/initialize_handler.go
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 type initializeCommand struct {
-	VaultName              string   `json:"vaultName"`
-	VaultPath              string   `json:"vaultPath"`
-	TemplateDirectory      string   `json:"templateDirectory"`
-	ExcludeIndexFiles      []string `json:"excludeIndexFiles"`
-	OverrideDefaultIgnores bool     `json:"overrideDefaultIgnores"`
+	Config Config `json:"config"`
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	VaultName              string     `json:"vault_name"`
+	VaultPath              string     `json:"vault_path"`
+	TemplatesDir           string     `json:"templates_dir"`
+	ExcludeIndexFiles      []string   `json:"exclude_index_files"`
+	OverrideDefaultIgnores bool       `json:"override_default_ignores"`
+	DailyNotes             DailyNotes `json:"daily_notes"`
+}
+
+type DailyNotes struct {
+	Dir            string `json:"dir"`
+	FilenameFormat string `json:"filename_format"`
+	TemplateName   string `json:"template_name"`
 }
 
 type InitializeHandler struct {
@@ -35,11 +46,15 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any
 	}
 
 	store := store.NewVaultStore(
-		cmd.VaultName, 
-		cmd.VaultPath, 
-		cmd.TemplateDirectory, 
-		cmd.ExcludeIndexFiles,
-		cmd.OverrideDefaultIgnores)
+		cmd.Config.VaultName,
+		cmd.Config.VaultPath,
+		cmd.Config.TemplatesDir,
+		cmd.Config.ExcludeIndexFiles,
+		cmd.Config.OverrideDefaultIgnores,
+		cmd.Config.DailyNotes.Dir,
+		cmd.Config.DailyNotes.FilenameFormat,
+		cmd.Config.DailyNotes.TemplateName,
+	)
 
 	err := persistence.InitializeDBContext(store.Config.VaultName())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -56,7 +71,7 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	err = h.idxRebuilder.RebuildIndex(ctx, cmd.VaultPath)
+	err = h.idxRebuilder.RebuildIndex(ctx, cmd.Config.VaultPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/dendrite b/dendrite
index 0e49273..8b5bfbe 100755
Binary files a/dendrite and b/dendrite differ
diff --git a/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go b/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go
index 0d3e031..7d98ae3 100644
--- a/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go
+++ b/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go
@@ -1,50 +1,61 @@
 package persistenceconfig
 
-type VaultConfiguration struct {
-	name                   string
-	path                   string
-	templateDirectory      string
-	exludeIndexFiles       []string
-	defaultExcludes        []string
+type DailyNotes struct {
+	dir            string
+	filenameFormat string
+	templateName   string
+}
+
+func NewDailyNotes(dir, filenameFormat, templateName string) DailyNotes {
+	return DailyNotes{
+		dir:            dir,
+		filenameFormat: filenameFormat,
+		templateName:   templateName,
+	}
+}
+
+type VaultConfig struct {
+	vaultName              string
+	vaultPath              string
+	templatesDir           string
+	excludeIndexFiles      []string
 	overrideDefaultIgnores bool
+	dailyNotes             DailyNotes
 }
 
 func NewVaultConfiguration(
 	vaultName,
 	vaultPath,
-	templateDirectory string,
+	templatesDir string,
 	excludeIndexFiles []string,
 	overrideDefaultIgnores bool,
-) *VaultConfiguration {
-	return &VaultConfiguration{
-		name:              vaultName,
-		path:              vaultPath,
-		templateDirectory: templateDirectory,
-		exludeIndexFiles:  excludeIndexFiles,
-		defaultExcludes:   []string{".git", ".templates"},
+	dailyNotes DailyNotes,
+) *VaultConfig {
+	return &VaultConfig{
+		vaultName:    vaultName,
+		vaultPath:    vaultPath,
+		templatesDir: templatesDir,
+		dailyNotes:   dailyNotes,
 	}
 }
 
-func (vc *VaultConfiguration) VaultName() string {
-	return vc.name
+func (vc *VaultConfig) VaultName() string {
+	return vc.vaultName
 }
 
-func (vc *VaultConfiguration) VaultPath() string {
-	return vc.path
+func (vc *VaultConfig) VaultPath() string {
+	return vc.vaultPath
 }
 
-func (vc *VaultConfiguration) TemplateDirectory() string {
-	return vc.templateDirectory
+func (vc *VaultConfig) TemplateDirectory() string {
+	return vc.templatesDir
 }
 
-func (vc *VaultConfiguration) ExcludeIndexFiles() []string {
-	return vc.exludeIndexFiles
-}
-
-func (vc *VaultConfiguration) GetExcludeIndexFiles() []string {
-	defaultIgnores := []string{".git", ".templates"}
+func (vc *VaultConfig) ExcludeIndexFiles() []string {
+	defaultIgnores := []string{"index.md", "index"}
 	if vc.overrideDefaultIgnores {
-		return vc.exludeIndexFiles
+		return vc.excludeIndexFiles
 	}
-	return append(defaultIgnores, vc.exludeIndexFiles...)
+	return append(defaultIgnores, vc.excludeIndexFiles...)
 }
+
diff --git a/persistence/store/vault_store.go b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
index ef82e20..c52a5b7 100644
--- a/persistence/store/vault_store.go
+++ b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type VaultStore struct {
-	Config *persistenceconfig.VaultConfiguration
+	Config *persistenceconfig.VaultConfig
 }
 
 var vaultStore *VaultStore
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ func NewVaultStore(
 	templateDir string,
 	exludeIndexFiles []string,
 	overrideDefaultIgnores bool,
+	dailyDir string,
+	dailyFilenameFormat string,
+	dailyTemplateName string,
 ) *VaultStore {
 	if vaultStore != nil {
 		return vaultStore
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ func NewVaultStore(
 		templateDir,
 		exludeIndexFiles,
 		overrideDefaultIgnores,
-	)}
+		persistenceconfig.NewDailyNotes(dailyDir, dailyFilenameFormat, dailyTemplateName))}
 	return vaultStore
 }
 
@@ -39,10 +42,6 @@ func GetVaultStore() *VaultStore {
 	return vaultStore
 }
 
-func (vs *VaultStore) SetConfig(config persistenceconfig.VaultConfiguration) {
-	vs.Config = &config
-}
-
 func (vs *VaultStore) GetTemplatePath(templateName string) string {
 	templateName = vs.fileTypeCheck(templateName)
 	return path.Join(vs.Config.TemplateDirectory(), templateName)
@@ -57,5 +56,5 @@ func (vs *VaultStore) fileTypeCheck(templateName string) string {
 }
 
 func (vs *VaultStore) GetExcludeIndexFiles() []string {
-	return vs.Config.GetExcludeIndexFiles()
+	return vs.Config.ExcludeIndexFiles()
 }
diff --git a/test/test_integration/main_test.go b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
index c7455bd..0261633 100644
--- a/test/test_integration/main_test.go
+++ b/test/test_integration/main_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewDBFixture() *DBFixture {
 		DB:          dbContext.DB,
 		DBPath:      dbPath,
 		TestContext: context.Background(),
-		VaultStore:  store.NewVaultStore("testVault", vaultPath, path.Join(vaultPath, "templates"), []string{}, false),
+		VaultStore:  store.NewVaultStore("testVault", vaultPath, path.Join(vaultPath, "templates"), []string{}, false, "", "", ""),
 	}
 }