changes to loading config defaults

main.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	// initiate config
-	var conf config.AppConfig
+	var conf = config.LoadDefaults()
 	conf.ReadConfig()
 
 	//fmt.Printf("%#v\n", conf)

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@ import (
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-const CONFIGFILE = "config.yaml"
-
-const DEFAULTCONFIG = `
-trackmania:
-  host: "127.0.0.1"
-  port: 5000
-api:
-  port: 5111
-`
+var (
+	CONFIGFILE = "config.yaml"
+)
 
 type TrackmaniaConfig struct {
 	Host string
@@ -32,11 +26,6 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 }
 
 func (c *AppConfig) ReadConfig() {
-	// read default config
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(DEFAULTCONFIG), c)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
 	log.Print("Initiated the default config")
 	// open config.yaml
 	yamlFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(CONFIGFILE)
@@ -51,3 +40,11 @@ func (c *AppConfig) ReadConfig() {
 	}
 	log.Print("Read config from yaml File")
 }
+
+func LoadDefaults() AppConfig {
+	var c AppConfig
+	c.Trackmania.Host = "127.0.0.1"
+	c.Trackmania.Port = 5000
+	c.Api.Port = 5111
+	return c
+}