diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs
index 8754c8d..e79913f 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs	
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
-namespace MindWork_AI_Studio.Components.Layout;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+using Microsoft.JSInterop;
 
-public partial class MainLayout
+namespace AIStudio.Components.Layout;
+
+public partial class MainLayout : LayoutComponentBase
 {
+    [Inject]
+    private IJSRuntime JsRuntime { get; set; } = null!;
+    
     #region Overrides of ComponentBase
 
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
+        var dataDir = await this.JsRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("window.__TAURI__.path.appLocalDataDir");
+        var configDir = await this.JsRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("window.__TAURI__.path.appConfigDir");
+        SettingsManager.ConfigDirectory = configDir;
+        SettingsManager.DataDirectory = dataDir;
+        
         await base.OnInitializedAsync();
     }
 
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Program.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Program.cs
index 967abbe..8953701 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Program.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Program.cs	
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ using MudBlazor;
 using MudBlazor.Services;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
+builder.Services.AddMudServices();
+builder.Services.AddMudMarkdownServices();
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<SettingsManager>();
 builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
     .AddInteractiveServerComponents()
     .AddHubOptions(x =>
@@ -15,8 +18,6 @@ builder.WebHost.UseKestrel();
 builder.WebHost.UseWebRoot("wwwroot");
 builder.WebHost.UseStaticWebAssets();
 builder.WebHost.UseUrls("http://localhost:5000");
-builder.Services.AddMudServices();
-builder.Services.AddMudMarkdownServices();
 
 var app = builder.Build();
 app.UseStaticFiles();
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/SettingsManager.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/SettingsManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeddaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/SettingsManager.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using Microsoft.JSInterop;
+
+namespace AIStudio;
+
+public sealed class SettingsManager
+{
+    public static string? ConfigDirectory { get; set; }
+
+    public static string? DataDirectory { get; set; }
+    
+    public bool IsSetUp => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ConfigDirectory) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(DataDirectory);
+
+    private readonly record struct GetSecretRequest(string Destination, string UserName);
+    
+    public async Task<string> GetAPIKey(IJSRuntime jsRuntime) => await jsRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("window.__TAURI__.invoke", "get_secret", new GetSecretRequest("api_key", Environment.UserName));
+
+    private readonly record struct StoreSecretRequest(string Destination, string UserName, string Secret);
+    
+    public async Task SetAPIKey(IJSRuntime jsRuntime, string key) => await jsRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("window.__TAURI__.invoke", "store_secret", new StoreSecretRequest("api_key", Environment.UserName, key));
+}
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