diff --git a/_sample_configs/simple_config.yml b/_sample_configs/simple_config.yml
index 620c98d9..ea446257 100644
--- a/_sample_configs/simple_config.yml
+++ b/_sample_configs/simple_config.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 wtf:
   grid:
-    columns: [40]
-    rows: [13, 3]
+    columns: [40, 40]
+    rows: [13, 13, 4]
   refreshInterval: 1
   mods:
+    clocks:
+      colors:
+        rows:
+          even: "lightblue"
+          odd: "white"
+      enabled: true
+      locations:
+        Avignon: "Europe/Paris"
+        Barcelona: "Europe/Madrid"
+        Dubai: "Asia/Dubai"
+        UTC: "Etc/UTC"
+        Vancouver: "America/Vancouver"
+        Toronto: "America/Toronto"
+      position:
+        top: 0
+        left: 0
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 15
+      sort: "alphabetical"
     security:
       enabled: true
       position:
-        top: 0
+        top: 1
         left: 0
         height: 1
         width: 1
@@ -15,8 +35,25 @@ wtf:
     status:
       enabled: true
       position:
-        top: 1
+        top: 2
         left: 0
         height: 1
-        width: 1
+        width: 2
       refreshInterval: 1
+    system:
+      enabled: true
+      position:
+        top: 0
+        left: 1
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 3600
+    textfile:
+      enabled: true
+      filePath: "~/.wtf/config.yml"
+      position:
+        top: 1
+        left: 1
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 15
diff --git a/gcal/widget.go b/gcal/widget.go
index 2a1cbc5a..f4242cac 100644
--- a/gcal/widget.go
+++ b/gcal/widget.go
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) responseIcon(event *calendar.Event) string {
 		icon = icon + "✘ "
 	case "needsAction":
 		icon = icon + "? "
+	case "tentative":
+		icon = icon + "~ "
 	default:
 		icon = icon + ""
 	}
diff --git a/wtf.go b/wtf.go
index 82cc7df7..e5790ecb 100644
--- a/wtf.go
+++ b/wtf.go
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ var Config *config.Config
 var FocusTracker wtf.FocusTracker
 var Widgets []wtf.Wtfable
 
-var result = wtf.CreateConfigDir()
-
 var (
 	builtat = "dev"
 	version = "dev"
@@ -161,6 +159,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	/* -------------------- end flag parsing and handling -------------------- */
 
+	wtf.CreateConfigDir()
+	wtf.WriteConfigFile()
+
 	Config = wtf.LoadConfigFile(*flagConf)
 
 	app := tview.NewApplication()
diff --git a/wtf/config_files.go b/wtf/config_files.go
index 5674a89b..1825084f 100644
--- a/wtf/config_files.go
+++ b/wtf/config_files.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package wtf
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/olebedev/config"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func ConfigDir() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // CreateConfigDir creates the .wtf directory in the user's home dir
-func CreateConfigDir() bool {
+func CreateConfigDir() {
 	configDir, _ := ConfigDir()
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(configDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ func CreateConfigDir() bool {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
-
-	return true
 }
 
 // CreateFile creates the named file in the config directory, if it does not already exist.
@@ -87,3 +86,83 @@ func ReadConfigFile(fileName string) (string, error) {
 
 	return string(fileData), nil
 }
+
+// WriteConfigFile creates a simple config file in the config directory if
+// one does not already exist
+func WriteConfigFile() {
+	filePath, err := CreateFile("config.yml")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// If the file is empty, write to it
+	file, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+
+	if file.Size() == 0 {
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(simpleConfig), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+const simpleConfig = `
+wtf:
+  grid:
+    columns: [40, 40]
+    rows: [13, 13, 4]
+  refreshInterval: 1
+  mods:
+    clocks:
+      colors:
+        rows:
+          even: "lightblue"
+          odd: "white"
+      enabled: true
+      locations:
+        Avignon: "Europe/Paris"
+        Barcelona: "Europe/Madrid"
+        Dubai: "Asia/Dubai"
+        Vancouver: "America/Vancouver"
+        Toronto: "America/Toronto"
+      position:
+        top: 0
+        left: 0
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 15
+      sort: "alphabetical"
+    security:
+      enabled: true
+      position:
+        top: 1
+        left: 0
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 3600
+    status:
+      enabled: true
+      position:
+        top: 2
+        left: 0
+        height: 1
+        width: 2
+      refreshInterval: 1
+    system:
+      enabled: true
+      position:
+        top: 0
+        left: 1
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 3600
+    textfile:
+      enabled: true
+      filePath: "~/.wtf/config.yml"
+      position:
+        top: 1
+        left: 1
+        height: 1
+        width: 1
+      refreshInterval: 30
+`