diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index e89ce4a..c4d9519 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"davidallendj/oidc-auth/internal/util"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ var configCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		// create a new config at all args (paths)
 		for _, path := range args {
+			// check and make sure something doesn't exist first
+			if exists, err := util.PathExists(path); exists || err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("file or directory exists\n")
+				continue
+			}
 			SaveDefaultConfig(path)
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 92b6eb7..9bf6de6 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -46,3 +47,14 @@ func EncodeURL(s string) string {
 func EncodeBase64(s string) string {
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(s))
 }
+
+func PathExists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}