diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3d8314..f18f705 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ project(WinDurango)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 add_subdirectory(projects/WinDurango.Common)
-add_subdirectory(projects/WinDurango.Core)
 add_subdirectory(projects/WinDurango.Kernel)
 
 add_custom_target(WinDurango ALL DEPENDS
     WinDurango.Common
-    WinDurango.Core
     WinDurango.Kernel
 )
diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Common/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/WinDurango.Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 56c8bda..3a1b783 100644
--- a/projects/WinDurango.Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/WinDurango.Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 4.0)
 project(WinDurango.Common VERSION 1.0.0)
 
-set(VERSION_SUFFIX "-dev.0") # used for non-stable versions, otherwise blank
+set(VERSION_SUFFIX "-dev.1") # used for non-stable versions, otherwise blank
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 set(FILES
-    include/WinDurango.Common/Common.h
+        include/WinDurango.Common/WinDurango.h
+        src/WinDurango.cpp
+        include/WinDurango.Common/Config.h
 )
 
 add_library(WinDurango.Common SHARED ${FILES})
diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Common.h b/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4754cb1..0000000
--- a/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Created by DexrnZacAttack on 1/23/26 using zPc-i2.
-//
-#ifndef WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
-#define WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
-
-#endif // WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
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diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Config.h b/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c3ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/Config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// Created by DexrnZacAttack on 1/23/26 using zPc-i2.
+//
+#ifndef WINDURANGO_CONFIG_H
+#define WINDURANGO_CONFIG_H
+
+namespace wd::common {
+    class Config {
+        // todo for later since I don't want to deal with fileio atm
+    };
+} // wd::common
+
+#endif // WINDURANGO_CONFIG_H
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diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/WinDurango.h b/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/WinDurango.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b730a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/WinDurango.Common/include/WinDurango.Common/WinDurango.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//
+// Created by DexrnZacAttack on 1/23/26 using zPc-i2.
+//
+#ifndef WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
+#define WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
+
+#include "WinDurango.Common/Config.h"
+
+namespace wd::common {
+    class WinDurango {
+    public:
+        static WinDurango *GetInstance();
+
+        WinDurango();
+
+		Config &GetConfig();
+	private:
+		Config _config;
+    };
+}
+
+#endif // WINDURANGO_COMMON_H
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diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Common/src/WinDurango.cpp b/projects/WinDurango.Common/src/WinDurango.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9bbfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/WinDurango.Common/src/WinDurango.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//
+// Created by DexrnZacAttack on 1/23/26 using zPc-i2.
+//
+#include "WinDurango.Common/WinDurango.h"
+
+namespace wd::common {
+    WinDurango *WinDurango::GetInstance() {
+        static WinDurango Instance = WinDurango();
+
+        return &Instance;
+    }
+
+    WinDurango::WinDurango() {
+        this->_config = Config();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Core/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/WinDurango.Core/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 82ffd21..0000000
--- a/projects/WinDurango.Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 4.0)
-project(WinDurango.Core VERSION 1.0.0)
-
-set(VERSION_SUFFIX "-dev.0") # used for non-stable versions, otherwise blank
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-
-set(FILES
-    include/WinDurango.Core/Core.h
-)
-
-add_library(WinDurango.Core SHARED ${FILES})
-target_include_directories(WinDurango.Core PUBLIC
-        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-)
-
-target_link_libraries(WinDurango.Core PUBLIC WinDurango.Common WinDurango.Kernel)
-
-target_compile_definitions(WinDurango.Core PUBLIC
-        WINDURANGO_CORE_COMPILER_NAME="${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}"
-        WINDURANGO_CORE_PLATFORM_NAME="${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}"
-        WINDURANGO_CORE_PLATFORM_ARCH="${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}"
-        WINDURANGO_CORE_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}${VERSION_SUFFIX}"
-        WINDURANGO_CORE_RC_VERSION=${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR},${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR},${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}
-)
-
-set_target_properties(WinDurango.Core PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
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diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Core/README.md b/projects/WinDurango.Core/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d05314b..0000000
--- a/projects/WinDurango.Core/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# WinDurango.Core
-This shall depend on all projects
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diff --git a/projects/WinDurango.Core/include/WinDurango.Core/Core.h b/projects/WinDurango.Core/include/WinDurango.Core/Core.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 594b575..0000000
--- a/projects/WinDurango.Core/include/WinDurango.Core/Core.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Created by DexrnZacAttack on 1/23/26 using zPc-i2.
-//
-#ifndef WINDURANGO_CORE_H
-#define WINDURANGO_CORE_H
-
-#endif // WINDURANGO_CORE_H
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