diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index da5ba39a..9e932dac 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pip install --upgrade khoj-assistant
    ``` shell
    git clone https://github.com/debanjum/khoj && cd khoj
    python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
-   pip install .
+   pip install -e .
    ```
 ##### 2. Configure
    - Set `input-files` or `input-filter` in each relevant `content-type` section of `khoj_sample.yml`
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ pip install --upgrade khoj-assistant
 # To Upgrade To Latest Pre-Release
 pip install --upgrade --pre khoj-assistant
 
-# To Upgrade To Specific Development Release
-pip install -r testpypi khoj-assistant==0.1.5.dev491659577806
+# To Upgrade To Specific Development Release.
+# Useful to test, review a PR.
+# Note: khoj-assistant is published to test PyPi on creating a PR
+pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ khoj-assistant==0.1.5.dev57166025766
 ```
 
 #### Using Docker
diff --git a/src/interface/desktop/configure_screen.py b/src/interface/desktop/configure_screen.py
index 86585391..ff7b86b3 100644
--- a/src/interface/desktop/configure_screen.py
+++ b/src/interface/desktop/configure_screen.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from src.interface.desktop.file_browser import FileBrowser
 from src.utils import constants, state, yaml as yaml_utils
 from src.utils.cli import cli
 from src.utils.config import SearchType, ProcessorType
-from src.utils.helpers import merge_dicts
+from src.utils.helpers import merge_dicts, resolve_absolute_path
 
 
 class ConfigureScreen(QtWidgets.QDialog):
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ class ConfigureScreen(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.config_file = config_file
 
         # Load config from existing config, if exists, else load from default config
-        self.current_config = yaml_utils.load_config_from_file(self.config_file)
-        if self.current_config is None:
-            self.current_config = yaml_utils.load_config_from_file(constants.app_root_directory / 'config/khoj_sample.yml')
+        if resolve_absolute_path(self.config_file).exists():
+            self.current_config = yaml_utils.load_config_from_file(self.config_file)
+        else:
+            self.current_config = constants.default_config
         self.new_config = self.current_config
 
         # Initialize Configure Window
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class ConfigureScreen(QtWidgets.QDialog):
 
     def get_default_config(self, search_type:SearchType=None, processor_type:ProcessorType=None):
         "Get default config"
-        config = yaml_utils.load_config_from_file(constants.app_root_directory / 'config/khoj_sample.yml')
+        config = constants.default_config
         if search_type:
             return config['content-type'][search_type]
         elif processor_type:
diff --git a/src/utils/cli.py b/src/utils/cli.py
index 0e8a61ea..e855f706 100644
--- a/src/utils/cli.py
+++ b/src/utils/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 import pathlib
 
 # Internal Packages
-from src.utils.helpers import resolve_absolute_path
+from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path, resolve_absolute_path
 from src.utils.yaml import parse_config_from_file
 
 
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ def cli(args=None):
 
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
-    if not resolve_absolute_path(args.config_file).exists():
+    # Normalize config_file path to absolute path
+    args.config_file = resolve_absolute_path(args.config_file)
+
+    if not args.config_file.exists():
         args.config = None
     else:
         args.config = parse_config_from_file(args.config_file)
 
-    return args
\ No newline at end of file
+    return args
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.py b/src/utils/constants.py
index 8e45d03c..569c5bcb 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.py
+++ b/src/utils/constants.py
@@ -3,3 +3,62 @@ from pathlib import Path
 app_root_directory = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
 web_directory = app_root_directory / 'src/interface/web/'
 empty_escape_sequences = r'\n|\r\t '
+
+# default app config to use
+default_config = {
+    'content-type': {
+        'org': {
+            'input-files': None,
+            'input-filter': None,
+            'compressed-jsonl': '~/.khoj/content/org/org.jsonl.gz',
+            'embeddings-file': '~/.khoj/content/org/org_embeddings.pt'
+        },
+        'markdown': {
+            'input-files': None,
+            'input-filter': None,
+            'compressed-jsonl': '~/.khoj/content/markdown/markdown.jsonl.gz',
+            'embeddings-file': '~/.khoj/content/markdown/markdown_embeddings.pt'
+        },
+        'ledger': {
+            'input-files': None,
+            'input-filter': None,
+            'compressed-jsonl': '~/.khoj/content/ledger/ledger.jsonl.gz',
+            'embeddings-file': '~/.khoj/content/ledger/ledger_embeddings.pt'
+        },
+        'image': {
+            'input-directories': None,
+            'input-filter': None,
+            'embeddings-file': '~/.khoj/content/image/image_embeddings.pt',
+            'batch-size': 50,
+            'use-xmp-metadata': True
+        },
+        'music': {
+            'input-files': None,
+            'input-filter': None,
+            'compressed-jsonl': '~/.khoj/content/music/music.jsonl.gz',
+            'embeddings-file': '~/.khoj/content/music/music_embeddings.pt'
+        }
+    },
+    'search-type': {
+        'symmetric': {
+            'encoder': 'sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2',
+            'cross-encoder': 'cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2',
+            'model_directory': '~/.khoj/search/symmetric/'
+        },
+        'asymmetric': {
+            'encoder': 'sentence-transformers/multi-qa-MiniLM-L6-cos-v1',
+            'cross-encoder': 'cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2',
+            'model_directory': '~/.khoj/search/asymmetric/'
+        },
+        'image': {
+            'encoder': 'sentence-transformers/clip-ViT-B-32',
+            'model_directory': '~/.khoj/search/image/'
+        }
+    },
+    'processor': {
+        'conversation': {
+            'openai-api-key': None,
+            'conversation-logfile': '~/.khoj/processor/conversation/conversation_logs.json'
+        }
+   }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/yaml.py b/src/utils/yaml.py
index 588acbda..46ddb788 100644
--- a/src/utils/yaml.py
+++ b/src/utils/yaml.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import yaml
 
 # Internal Packages
-from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path
+from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path, resolve_absolute_path
 from src.utils.rawconfig import FullConfig
 
 # Do not emit tags when dumping to YAML
@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@ yaml.emitter.Emitter.process_tag = lambda self, *args, **kwargs: None
 
 def save_config_to_file(yaml_config: dict, yaml_config_file: Path):
     "Write config to YML file"
-    with open(get_absolute_path(yaml_config_file), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
+    # Create output directory, if it doesn't exist
+    yaml_config_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    with open(yaml_config_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
         yaml.safe_dump(yaml_config, config_file, allow_unicode=True)
 
 
 def load_config_from_file(yaml_config_file: Path) -> dict:
     "Read config from YML file"
     config_from_file = None
-    with open(get_absolute_path(yaml_config_file), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
+    with open(yaml_config_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
         config_from_file = yaml.safe_load(config_file)
     return config_from_file
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 7e7531fb..4cbf1209 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 
 # Internal Packages
 from src.utils.cli import cli
+from src.utils.helpers import resolve_absolute_path
 
 
 # Test
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def test_cli_minimal_default():
     actual_args = cli([])
 
     # Assert
-    assert actual_args.config_file == Path('~/.khoj/khoj.yml')
+    assert actual_args.config_file == resolve_absolute_path(Path('~/.khoj/khoj.yml'))
     assert actual_args.regenerate == False
     assert actual_args.no_gui == False
     assert actual_args.verbose == 0
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def test_cli_invalid_config_file_path():
     actual_args = cli([f'-c={non_existent_config_file}'])
 
     # Assert
-    assert actual_args.config_file == Path(non_existent_config_file)
+    assert actual_args.config_file == resolve_absolute_path(non_existent_config_file)
     assert actual_args.config == None
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def test_cli_config_from_file():
                        '-vvv'])
 
     # Assert
-    assert actual_args.config_file == Path('tests/data/config.yml')
+    assert actual_args.config_file == resolve_absolute_path(Path('tests/data/config.yml'))
     assert actual_args.no_gui == True
     assert actual_args.regenerate == True
     assert actual_args.config is not None