diff --git a/core/handlers/initialize_handler.go b/core/handlers/initialize_handler.go
index c698f62..90be2d8 100644
--- a/core/handlers/initialize_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/initialize_handler.go
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package handlers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence"
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence/store"
 )
 
 type initializeCommand struct {
-	VaultPath string `json:"vaultPath"`
+	VaultPath         string `json:"vaultPath"`
+	TemplateDirectory string `json:"templateDirectory"`
 }
 
 type InitializeHandler struct{}
@@ -23,7 +26,9 @@ func (h InitializeHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err := persistence.InitializeDBContext(cmd.VaultPath)
+	store := store.NewVaultStore(cmd.VaultPath, cmd.TemplateDirectory)
+
+	err := persistence.InitializeDBContext(store.Config.VaultPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/dendrite b/dendrite
index 3410aa4..48fff04 100755
Binary files a/dendrite and b/dendrite differ
diff --git a/persistence/config/doc.go b/persistence/config/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e8b305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/config/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package persistenceconfig provides configuration for persistence layer
+package persistenceconfig 
diff --git a/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go b/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..006aac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/config/vault_configuration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package persistenceconfig
+
+import "path"
+
+type VaultConfiguration struct {
+	path              string
+	templateDirectory string
+}
+
+func NewVaultConfiguration(vaultPath, templateDirectory string) *VaultConfiguration {
+	return &VaultConfiguration{path: vaultPath, templateDirectory: templateDirectory}
+}
+
+func (vc *VaultConfiguration) VaultPath() string {
+	return vc.path
+}
+
+func (vc *VaultConfiguration) fileTypeCheck(templateName string) string {
+	fileType := path.Ext(templateName)
+	if fileType != ".md" {
+		return templateName + ".md"
+	}
+	return templateName
+}
diff --git a/persistence/store/vault_store.go b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d64a8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence/store/vault_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package store
+
+import persistenceconfig "github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/persistence/config"
+
+type VaultStore struct {
+	Config *persistenceconfig.VaultConfiguration
+}
+
+var vaultStore *VaultStore
+
+func NewVaultStore(vault, templateDir string) *VaultStore {
+	if vaultStore != nil {
+		return vaultStore
+	}
+	vaultStore = &VaultStore{Config: persistenceconfig.NewVaultConfiguration(vault, templateDir)}
+	return vaultStore
+}
+
+func GetVaultStore() *VaultStore {
+	if vaultStore == nil {
+		panic("VaultStore not initialized. Call NewVaultStore first.")
+	}
+	return vaultStore
+}
+
+func (vs *VaultStore) SetConfig(config persistenceconfig.VaultConfiguration) {
+	vs.Config = &config
+}