diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index faa12da..60595ef 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import (
 
     "github.com/oschwald/geoip2-golang"
     "github.com/thoj/go-ircevent"
+    "irc_bot/utils"
 )
 
 func main() {
-    config, err := LoadConfig("config.json")
+    // Load configuration
+    config, err := utils.LoadConfig("config.json")
     if err != nil {
         log.Fatalf("Error loading config: %v", err)
     }
diff --git a/config.go b/utils/config.go
similarity index 56%
rename from config.go
rename to utils/config.go
index 2bea57b..7b9e7df 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/utils/config.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-package main
+package utils
 
 import (
     "encoding/json"
     "os"
+    "fmt"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -15,18 +16,18 @@ type Config struct {
     GeoIPASN      string   `json:"geoip_asn"`
 }
 
-func LoadConfig(filePath string) (*Config, error) {
-    file, err := os.Open(filePath)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, err
-    }
-    defer file.Close()
+func LoadConfig(file string) (Config, error) {
+    var config Config
 
-    config := &Config{}
-    decoder := json.NewDecoder(file)
-    err = decoder.Decode(config)
+    configFile, err := os.Open(file)
     if err != nil {
-        return nil, err
+        return config, fmt.Errorf("error opening config file: %v", err)
+    }
+    defer configFile.Close()
+
+    err = json.NewDecoder(configFile).Decode(&config)
+    if err != nil {
+        return config, fmt.Errorf("error decoding config file: %v", err)
     }
 
     return config, nil