diff --git a/backend/apps/audio/main.py b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
index 87732d7bc..c3dc6a2c4 100644
--- a/backend/apps/audio/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ from config import (
     AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY,
     AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL,
     AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE,
+    config_get,
+    config_set,
 )
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -83,10 +85,10 @@ class OpenAIConfigUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 @app.get("/config")
 async def get_openai_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
-        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-        "OPENAI_API_KEY": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
-        "OPENAI_API_MODEL": app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL,
-        "OPENAI_API_VOICE": app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE,
+        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+        "OPENAI_API_KEY": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+        "OPENAI_API_MODEL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL),
+        "OPENAI_API_VOICE": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE),
     }
 
 
@@ -97,17 +99,22 @@ async def update_openai_config(
     if form_data.key == "":
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.API_KEY_NOT_FOUND)
 
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = form_data.url
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY = form_data.key
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL = form_data.model
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE = form_data.speaker
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL, form_data.url)
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY, form_data.key)
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL, form_data.model)
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE, form_data.speaker)
+
+    app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL.save()
+    app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY.save()
+    app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL.save()
+    app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE.save()
 
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-        "OPENAI_API_KEY": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
-        "OPENAI_API_MODEL": app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL,
-        "OPENAI_API_VOICE": app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE,
+        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+        "OPENAI_API_KEY": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+        "OPENAI_API_MODEL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_MODEL),
+        "OPENAI_API_VOICE": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_VOICE),
     }
 
 
diff --git a/backend/apps/images/main.py b/backend/apps/images/main.py
index f45cf0d12..8ebfb0446 100644
--- a/backend/apps/images/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/images/main.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ from config import (
     IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL,
     IMAGE_SIZE,
     IMAGE_STEPS,
+    config_get,
+    config_set,
 )
 
 
@@ -79,7 +81,10 @@ app.state.IMAGE_STEPS = IMAGE_STEPS
 
 @app.get("/config")
 async def get_config(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"engine": app.state.ENGINE, "enabled": app.state.ENABLED}
+    return {
+        "engine": config_get(app.state.ENGINE),
+        "enabled": config_get(app.state.ENABLED),
+    }
 
 
 class ConfigUpdateForm(BaseModel):
@@ -89,9 +94,12 @@ class ConfigUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.post("/config/update")
 async def update_config(form_data: ConfigUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    app.state.ENGINE = form_data.engine
-    app.state.ENABLED = form_data.enabled
-    return {"engine": app.state.ENGINE, "enabled": app.state.ENABLED}
+    config_set(app.state.ENGINE, form_data.engine)
+    config_set(app.state.ENABLED, form_data.enabled)
+    return {
+        "engine": config_get(app.state.ENGINE),
+        "enabled": config_get(app.state.ENABLED),
+    }
 
 
 class EngineUrlUpdateForm(BaseModel):
@@ -102,8 +110,8 @@ class EngineUrlUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 @app.get("/url")
 async def get_engine_url(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
-        "AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL": app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL,
-        "COMFYUI_BASE_URL": app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL,
+        "AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL),
+        "COMFYUI_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL),
     }
 
 
@@ -113,29 +121,29 @@ async def update_engine_url(
 ):
 
     if form_data.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL == None:
-        app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL = AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL
+        config_set(app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL, config_get(AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL))
     else:
         url = form_data.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL.strip("/")
         try:
             r = requests.head(url)
-            app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL = url
+            config_set(app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL, url)
         except Exception as e:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e))
 
     if form_data.COMFYUI_BASE_URL == None:
-        app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL = COMFYUI_BASE_URL
+        config_set(app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL, COMFYUI_BASE_URL)
     else:
         url = form_data.COMFYUI_BASE_URL.strip("/")
 
         try:
             r = requests.head(url)
-            app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL = url
+            config_set(app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL, url)
         except Exception as e:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e))
 
     return {
-        "AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL": app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL,
-        "COMFYUI_BASE_URL": app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL,
+        "AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL),
+        "COMFYUI_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL),
         "status": True,
     }
 
@@ -148,8 +156,8 @@ class OpenAIConfigUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 @app.get("/openai/config")
 async def get_openai_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
-        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-        "OPENAI_API_KEY": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+        "OPENAI_API_KEY": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
     }
 
 
@@ -160,13 +168,13 @@ async def update_openai_config(
     if form_data.key == "":
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.API_KEY_NOT_FOUND)
 
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = form_data.url
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY = form_data.key
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL, form_data.url)
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY, form_data.key)
 
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-        "OPENAI_API_KEY": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+        "OPENAI_API_KEY": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
     }
 
 
@@ -176,7 +184,7 @@ class ImageSizeUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.get("/size")
 async def get_image_size(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"IMAGE_SIZE": app.state.IMAGE_SIZE}
+    return {"IMAGE_SIZE": config_get(app.state.IMAGE_SIZE)}
 
 
 @app.post("/size/update")
@@ -185,9 +193,9 @@ async def update_image_size(
 ):
     pattern = r"^\d+x\d+$"  # Regular expression pattern
     if re.match(pattern, form_data.size):
-        app.state.IMAGE_SIZE = form_data.size
+        config_set(app.state.IMAGE_SIZE, form_data.size)
         return {
-            "IMAGE_SIZE": app.state.IMAGE_SIZE,
+            "IMAGE_SIZE": config_get(app.state.IMAGE_SIZE),
             "status": True,
         }
     else:
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ class ImageStepsUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.get("/steps")
 async def get_image_size(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"IMAGE_STEPS": app.state.IMAGE_STEPS}
+    return {"IMAGE_STEPS": config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS)}
 
 
 @app.post("/steps/update")
@@ -211,9 +219,9 @@ async def update_image_size(
     form_data: ImageStepsUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
     if form_data.steps >= 0:
-        app.state.IMAGE_STEPS = form_data.steps
+        config_set(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS, form_data.steps)
         return {
-            "IMAGE_STEPS": app.state.IMAGE_STEPS,
+            "IMAGE_STEPS": config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS),
             "status": True,
         }
     else:
@@ -263,15 +271,25 @@ def get_models(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
 async def get_default_model(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     try:
         if app.state.ENGINE == "openai":
-            return {"model": app.state.MODEL if app.state.MODEL else "dall-e-2"}
+            return {
+                "model": (
+                    config_get(app.state.MODEL)
+                    if config_get(app.state.MODEL)
+                    else "dall-e-2"
+                )
+            }
         elif app.state.ENGINE == "comfyui":
-            return {"model": app.state.MODEL if app.state.MODEL else ""}
+            return {
+                "model": (
+                    config_get(app.state.MODEL) if config_get(app.state.MODEL) else ""
+                )
+            }
         else:
             r = requests.get(url=f"{app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL}/sdapi/v1/options")
             options = r.json()
             return {"model": options["sd_model_checkpoint"]}
     except Exception as e:
-        app.state.ENABLED = False
+        config_set(app.state.ENABLED, False)
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e))
 
 
@@ -280,12 +298,9 @@ class UpdateModelForm(BaseModel):
 
 
 def set_model_handler(model: str):
-    if app.state.ENGINE == "openai":
-        app.state.MODEL = model
-        return app.state.MODEL
-    if app.state.ENGINE == "comfyui":
-        app.state.MODEL = model
-        return app.state.MODEL
+    if app.state.ENGINE in ["openai", "comfyui"]:
+        config_set(app.state.MODEL, model)
+        return config_get(app.state.MODEL)
     else:
         r = requests.get(url=f"{app.state.AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL}/sdapi/v1/options")
         options = r.json()
@@ -382,7 +397,7 @@ def generate_image(
     user=Depends(get_current_user),
 ):
 
-    width, height = tuple(map(int, app.state.IMAGE_SIZE.split("x")))
+    width, height = tuple(map(int, config_get(app.state.IMAGE_SIZE).split("x")))
 
     r = None
     try:
@@ -396,7 +411,11 @@ def generate_image(
                 "model": app.state.MODEL if app.state.MODEL != "" else "dall-e-2",
                 "prompt": form_data.prompt,
                 "n": form_data.n,
-                "size": form_data.size if form_data.size else app.state.IMAGE_SIZE,
+                "size": (
+                    form_data.size
+                    if form_data.size
+                    else config_get(app.state.IMAGE_SIZE)
+                ),
                 "response_format": "b64_json",
             }
 
@@ -430,19 +449,19 @@ def generate_image(
                 "n": form_data.n,
             }
 
-            if app.state.IMAGE_STEPS != None:
-                data["steps"] = app.state.IMAGE_STEPS
+            if config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS) is not None:
+                data["steps"] = config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS)
 
-            if form_data.negative_prompt != None:
+            if form_data.negative_prompt is not None:
                 data["negative_prompt"] = form_data.negative_prompt
 
             data = ImageGenerationPayload(**data)
 
             res = comfyui_generate_image(
-                app.state.MODEL,
+                config_get(app.state.MODEL),
                 data,
                 user.id,
-                app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL,
+                config_get(app.state.COMFYUI_BASE_URL),
             )
             log.debug(f"res: {res}")
 
@@ -469,10 +488,10 @@ def generate_image(
                 "height": height,
             }
 
-            if app.state.IMAGE_STEPS != None:
-                data["steps"] = app.state.IMAGE_STEPS
+            if config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS) is not None:
+                data["steps"] = config_get(app.state.IMAGE_STEPS)
 
-            if form_data.negative_prompt != None:
+            if form_data.negative_prompt is not None:
                 data["negative_prompt"] = form_data.negative_prompt
 
             r = requests.post(
diff --git a/backend/apps/ollama/main.py b/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
index 042d0336d..7dfadbb0c 100644
--- a/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ from config import (
     ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER,
     MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
     UPLOAD_DIR,
+    config_set,
+    config_get,
 )
 from utils.misc import calculate_sha256
 
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ async def get_status():
 
 @app.get("/urls")
 async def get_ollama_api_urls(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"OLLAMA_BASE_URLS": app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS}
+    return {"OLLAMA_BASE_URLS": config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)}
 
 
 class UrlUpdateForm(BaseModel):
@@ -105,10 +107,10 @@ class UrlUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.post("/urls/update")
 async def update_ollama_api_url(form_data: UrlUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = form_data.urls
+    config_set(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS, form_data.urls)
 
     log.info(f"app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS: {app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS}")
-    return {"OLLAMA_BASE_URLS": app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS}
+    return {"OLLAMA_BASE_URLS": config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)}
 
 
 @app.get("/cancel/{request_id}")
@@ -153,7 +155,9 @@ def merge_models_lists(model_lists):
 
 async def get_all_models():
     log.info("get_all_models()")
-    tasks = [fetch_url(f"{url}/api/tags") for url in app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS]
+    tasks = [
+        fetch_url(f"{url}/api/tags") for url in config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)
+    ]
     responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
     models = {
@@ -179,14 +183,15 @@ async def get_ollama_tags(
             if user.role == "user":
                 models["models"] = list(
                     filter(
-                        lambda model: model["name"] in app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+                        lambda model: model["name"]
+                        in config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST),
                         models["models"],
                     )
                 )
                 return models
         return models
     else:
-        url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+        url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
         try:
             r = requests.request(method="GET", url=f"{url}/api/tags")
             r.raise_for_status()
@@ -216,7 +221,10 @@ async def get_ollama_versions(url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
     if url_idx == None:
 
         # returns lowest version
-        tasks = [fetch_url(f"{url}/api/version") for url in app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS]
+        tasks = [
+            fetch_url(f"{url}/api/version")
+            for url in config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)
+        ]
         responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
         responses = list(filter(lambda x: x is not None, responses))
 
@@ -235,7 +243,7 @@ async def get_ollama_versions(url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.OLLAMA_NOT_FOUND,
             )
     else:
-        url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+        url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
         try:
             r = requests.request(method="GET", url=f"{url}/api/version")
             r.raise_for_status()
@@ -267,7 +275,7 @@ class ModelNameForm(BaseModel):
 async def pull_model(
     form_data: ModelNameForm, url_idx: int = 0, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -355,7 +363,7 @@ async def push_model(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.name),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.debug(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -417,7 +425,7 @@ async def create_model(
     form_data: CreateModelForm, url_idx: int = 0, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
     log.debug(f"form_data: {form_data}")
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -490,7 +498,7 @@ async def copy_model(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.source),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
@@ -537,7 +545,7 @@ async def delete_model(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.name),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
@@ -577,7 +585,7 @@ async def show_model_info(form_data: ModelNameForm, user=Depends(get_verified_us
         )
 
     url_idx = random.choice(app.state.MODELS[form_data.name]["urls"])
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
@@ -634,7 +642,7 @@ async def generate_embeddings(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.model),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
@@ -684,7 +692,7 @@ def generate_ollama_embeddings(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.model),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
@@ -753,7 +761,7 @@ async def generate_completion(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.model),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -856,7 +864,7 @@ async def generate_chat_completion(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.model),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -965,7 +973,7 @@ async def generate_openai_chat_completion(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.MODEL_NOT_FOUND(form_data.model),
             )
 
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
     log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
@@ -1064,7 +1072,7 @@ async def get_openai_models(
         }
 
     else:
-        url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+        url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
         try:
             r = requests.request(method="GET", url=f"{url}/api/tags")
             r.raise_for_status()
@@ -1198,7 +1206,7 @@ async def download_model(
 
     if url_idx == None:
         url_idx = 0
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
 
     file_name = parse_huggingface_url(form_data.url)
 
@@ -1217,7 +1225,7 @@ async def download_model(
 def upload_model(file: UploadFile = File(...), url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
     if url_idx == None:
         url_idx = 0
-    ollama_url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+    ollama_url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
 
     file_path = f"{UPLOAD_DIR}/{file.filename}"
 
@@ -1282,7 +1290,7 @@ def upload_model(file: UploadFile = File(...), url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
 # async def upload_model(file: UploadFile = File(), url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
 #     if url_idx == None:
 #         url_idx = 0
-#     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+#     url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
 
 #     file_location = os.path.join(UPLOAD_DIR, file.filename)
 #     total_size = file.size
@@ -1319,7 +1327,7 @@ def upload_model(file: UploadFile = File(...), url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
 async def deprecated_proxy(
     path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)
 ):
-    url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[0]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)[0]
     target_url = f"{url}/{path}"
 
     body = await request.body()
diff --git a/backend/apps/openai/main.py b/backend/apps/openai/main.py
index b5d1e68d6..36fed104c 100644
--- a/backend/apps/openai/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/openai/main.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ from config import (
     CACHE_DIR,
     ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER,
     MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+    config_set,
+    config_get,
 )
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -75,32 +77,34 @@ class KeysUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.get("/urls")
 async def get_openai_urls(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS}
+    return {"OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)}
 
 
 @app.post("/urls/update")
 async def update_openai_urls(form_data: UrlsUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     await get_all_models()
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS = form_data.urls
-    return {"OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS}
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS, form_data.urls)
+    return {"OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)}
 
 
 @app.get("/keys")
 async def get_openai_keys(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"OPENAI_API_KEYS": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS}
+    return {"OPENAI_API_KEYS": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)}
 
 
 @app.post("/keys/update")
 async def update_openai_key(form_data: KeysUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS = form_data.keys
-    return {"OPENAI_API_KEYS": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS}
+    config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS, form_data.keys)
+    return {"OPENAI_API_KEYS": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)}
 
 
 @app.post("/audio/speech")
 async def speech(request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
     idx = None
     try:
-        idx = app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS.index("https://api.openai.com/v1")
+        idx = config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS).index(
+            "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+        )
         body = await request.body()
         name = hashlib.sha256(body).hexdigest()
 
@@ -114,13 +118,15 @@ async def speech(request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
             return FileResponse(file_path)
 
         headers = {}
-        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[idx]}"
+        headers["Authorization"] = (
+            f"Bearer {config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)[idx]}"
+        )
         headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
 
         r = None
         try:
             r = requests.post(
-                url=f"{app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS[idx]}/audio/speech",
+                url=f"{config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)[idx]}/audio/speech",
                 data=body,
                 headers=headers,
                 stream=True,
@@ -180,7 +186,8 @@ def merge_models_lists(model_lists):
                 [
                     {**model, "urlIdx": idx}
                     for model in models
-                    if "api.openai.com" not in app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS[idx]
+                    if "api.openai.com"
+                    not in config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)[idx]
                     or "gpt" in model["id"]
                 ]
             )
@@ -191,12 +198,15 @@ def merge_models_lists(model_lists):
 async def get_all_models():
     log.info("get_all_models()")
 
-    if len(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS) == 1 and app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[0] == "":
+    if (
+        len(config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)) == 1
+        and config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)[0] == ""
+    ):
         models = {"data": []}
     else:
         tasks = [
-            fetch_url(f"{url}/models", app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[idx])
-            for idx, url in enumerate(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)
+            fetch_url(f"{url}/models", config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)[idx])
+            for idx, url in enumerate(config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS))
         ]
 
         responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
@@ -228,18 +238,19 @@ async def get_all_models():
 async def get_models(url_idx: Optional[int] = None, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     if url_idx == None:
         models = await get_all_models()
-        if app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER:
+        if config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER):
             if user.role == "user":
                 models["data"] = list(
                     filter(
-                        lambda model: model["id"] in app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+                        lambda model: model["id"]
+                        in config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST),
                         models["data"],
                     )
                 )
                 return models
         return models
     else:
-        url = app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
+        url = config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)[url_idx]
 
         r = None
 
@@ -303,8 +314,8 @@ async def proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
     except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
         log.error("Error loading request body into a dictionary:", e)
 
-    url = app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS[idx]
-    key = app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[idx]
+    url = config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS)[idx]
+    key = config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS)[idx]
 
     target_url = f"{url}/{path}"
 
diff --git a/backend/apps/rag/main.py b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
index 2e2a8e209..f05447a66 100644
--- a/backend/apps/rag/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ from config import (
     RAG_TEMPLATE,
     ENABLE_RAG_LOCAL_WEB_FETCH,
     YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
+    config_set,
+    config_get,
 )
 
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ def update_embedding_model(
     embedding_model: str,
     update_model: bool = False,
 ):
-    if embedding_model and app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE == "":
+    if embedding_model and config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE) == "":
         app.state.sentence_transformer_ef = sentence_transformers.SentenceTransformer(
             get_model_path(embedding_model, update_model),
             device=DEVICE_TYPE,
@@ -158,22 +160,22 @@ def update_reranking_model(
 
 
 update_embedding_model(
-    app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+    config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
     RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
 )
 
 update_reranking_model(
-    app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL,
+    config_get(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL),
     RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
 )
 
 
 app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION = get_embedding_function(
-    app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-    app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+    config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+    config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
     app.state.sentence_transformer_ef,
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
-    app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
+    config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+    config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
 )
 
 origins = ["*"]
@@ -200,12 +202,12 @@ class UrlForm(CollectionNameForm):
 async def get_status():
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "chunk_size": app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
-        "chunk_overlap": app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
-        "template": app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE,
-        "embedding_engine": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-        "embedding_model": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
-        "reranking_model": app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL,
+        "chunk_size": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE),
+        "chunk_overlap": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP),
+        "template": config_get(app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE),
+        "embedding_engine": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+        "embedding_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
+        "reranking_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL),
     }
 
 
@@ -213,18 +215,21 @@ async def get_status():
 async def get_embedding_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "embedding_engine": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-        "embedding_model": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+        "embedding_engine": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+        "embedding_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
         "openai_config": {
-            "url": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-            "key": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+            "url": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+            "key": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
         },
     }
 
 
 @app.get("/reranking")
 async def get_reraanking_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return {"status": True, "reranking_model": app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL}
+    return {
+        "status": True,
+        "reranking_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL),
+    }
 
 
 class OpenAIConfigForm(BaseModel):
@@ -246,31 +251,31 @@ async def update_embedding_config(
         f"Updating embedding model: {app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL} to {form_data.embedding_model}"
     )
     try:
-        app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE = form_data.embedding_engine
-        app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL = form_data.embedding_model
+        config_set(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE, form_data.embedding_engine)
+        config_set(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL, form_data.embedding_model)
 
-        if app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE in ["ollama", "openai"]:
+        if config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE) in ["ollama", "openai"]:
             if form_data.openai_config != None:
-                app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = form_data.openai_config.url
-                app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY = form_data.openai_config.key
+                config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL, form_data.openai_config.url)
+                config_set(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY, form_data.openai_config.key)
 
-        update_embedding_model(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL, True)
+        update_embedding_model(config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL), True)
 
         app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION = get_embedding_function(
-            app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-            app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+            config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+            config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
             app.state.sentence_transformer_ef,
-            app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
-            app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
+            config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+            config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
         )
 
         return {
             "status": True,
-            "embedding_engine": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-            "embedding_model": app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+            "embedding_engine": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+            "embedding_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
             "openai_config": {
-                "url": app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
-                "key": app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+                "url": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+                "key": config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
             },
         }
     except Exception as e:
@@ -293,13 +298,13 @@ async def update_reranking_config(
         f"Updating reranking model: {app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL} to {form_data.reranking_model}"
     )
     try:
-        app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL = form_data.reranking_model
+        config_set(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL, form_data.reranking_model)
 
-        update_reranking_model(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL, True)
+        update_reranking_model(config_get(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL), True)
 
         return {
             "status": True,
-            "reranking_model": app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL,
+            "reranking_model": config_get(app.state.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL),
         }
     except Exception as e:
         log.exception(f"Problem updating reranking model: {e}")
@@ -313,14 +318,16 @@ async def update_reranking_config(
 async def get_rag_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "pdf_extract_images": app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES,
+        "pdf_extract_images": config_get(app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES),
         "chunk": {
-            "chunk_size": app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
-            "chunk_overlap": app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
+            "chunk_size": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE),
+            "chunk_overlap": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP),
         },
-        "web_loader_ssl_verification": app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION,
+        "web_loader_ssl_verification": config_get(
+            app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION
+        ),
         "youtube": {
-            "language": app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
+            "language": config_get(app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE),
             "translation": app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION,
         },
     }
@@ -345,50 +352,69 @@ class ConfigUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.post("/config/update")
 async def update_rag_config(form_data: ConfigUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES = (
-        form_data.pdf_extract_images
-        if form_data.pdf_extract_images != None
-        else app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES
+    config_set(
+        app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES,
+        (
+            form_data.pdf_extract_images
+            if form_data.pdf_extract_images is not None
+            else config_get(app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES)
+        ),
     )
 
-    app.state.CHUNK_SIZE = (
-        form_data.chunk.chunk_size if form_data.chunk != None else app.state.CHUNK_SIZE
+    config_set(
+        app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
+        (
+            form_data.chunk.chunk_size
+            if form_data.chunk is not None
+            else config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE)
+        ),
     )
 
-    app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP = (
-        form_data.chunk.chunk_overlap
-        if form_data.chunk != None
-        else app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP
+    config_set(
+        app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
+        (
+            form_data.chunk.chunk_overlap
+            if form_data.chunk is not None
+            else config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP)
+        ),
     )
 
-    app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION = (
-        form_data.web_loader_ssl_verification
-        if form_data.web_loader_ssl_verification != None
-        else app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION
+    config_set(
+        app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION,
+        (
+            form_data.web_loader_ssl_verification
+            if form_data.web_loader_ssl_verification != None
+            else config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION)
+        ),
     )
 
-    app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE = (
-        form_data.youtube.language
-        if form_data.youtube != None
-        else app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE
+    config_set(
+        app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
+        (
+            form_data.youtube.language
+            if form_data.youtube is not None
+            else config_get(app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE)
+        ),
     )
 
     app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION = (
         form_data.youtube.translation
-        if form_data.youtube != None
+        if form_data.youtube is not None
         else app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION
     )
 
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "pdf_extract_images": app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES,
+        "pdf_extract_images": config_get(app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES),
         "chunk": {
-            "chunk_size": app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
-            "chunk_overlap": app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
+            "chunk_size": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE),
+            "chunk_overlap": config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP),
         },
-        "web_loader_ssl_verification": app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION,
+        "web_loader_ssl_verification": config_get(
+            app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION
+        ),
         "youtube": {
-            "language": app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
+            "language": config_get(app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE),
             "translation": app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION,
         },
     }
@@ -398,7 +424,7 @@ async def update_rag_config(form_data: ConfigUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_
 async def get_rag_template(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "template": app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE,
+        "template": config_get(app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE),
     }
 
 
@@ -406,10 +432,10 @@ async def get_rag_template(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
 async def get_query_settings(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "template": app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE,
-        "k": app.state.TOP_K,
-        "r": app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD,
-        "hybrid": app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH,
+        "template": config_get(app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE),
+        "k": config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
+        "r": config_get(app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD),
+        "hybrid": config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH),
     }
 
 
@@ -424,16 +450,22 @@ class QuerySettingsForm(BaseModel):
 async def update_query_settings(
     form_data: QuerySettingsForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE = form_data.template if form_data.template else RAG_TEMPLATE
-    app.state.TOP_K = form_data.k if form_data.k else 4
-    app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD = form_data.r if form_data.r else 0.0
-    app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH = form_data.hybrid if form_data.hybrid else False
+    config_set(
+        app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE,
+        form_data.template if form_data.template else RAG_TEMPLATE,
+    )
+    config_set(app.state.TOP_K, form_data.k if form_data.k else 4)
+    config_set(app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD, form_data.r if form_data.r else 0.0)
+    config_set(
+        app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH,
+        form_data.hybrid if form_data.hybrid else False,
+    )
     return {
         "status": True,
-        "template": app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE,
-        "k": app.state.TOP_K,
-        "r": app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD,
-        "hybrid": app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH,
+        "template": config_get(app.state.RAG_TEMPLATE),
+        "k": config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
+        "r": config_get(app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD),
+        "hybrid": config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH),
     }
 
 
@@ -451,21 +483,25 @@ def query_doc_handler(
     user=Depends(get_current_user),
 ):
     try:
-        if app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH:
+        if config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH):
             return query_doc_with_hybrid_search(
                 collection_name=form_data.collection_name,
                 query=form_data.query,
                 embedding_function=app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION,
-                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else app.state.TOP_K,
+                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
                 reranking_function=app.state.sentence_transformer_rf,
-                r=form_data.r if form_data.r else app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD,
+                r=(
+                    form_data.r
+                    if form_data.r
+                    else config_get(app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD)
+                ),
             )
         else:
             return query_doc(
                 collection_name=form_data.collection_name,
                 query=form_data.query,
                 embedding_function=app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION,
-                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else app.state.TOP_K,
+                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
             )
     except Exception as e:
         log.exception(e)
@@ -489,21 +525,25 @@ def query_collection_handler(
     user=Depends(get_current_user),
 ):
     try:
-        if app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH:
+        if config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH):
             return query_collection_with_hybrid_search(
                 collection_names=form_data.collection_names,
                 query=form_data.query,
                 embedding_function=app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION,
-                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else app.state.TOP_K,
+                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
                 reranking_function=app.state.sentence_transformer_rf,
-                r=form_data.r if form_data.r else app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD,
+                r=(
+                    form_data.r
+                    if form_data.r
+                    else config_get(app.state.RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD)
+                ),
             )
         else:
             return query_collection(
                 collection_names=form_data.collection_names,
                 query=form_data.query,
                 embedding_function=app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION,
-                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else app.state.TOP_K,
+                k=form_data.k if form_data.k else config_get(app.state.TOP_K),
             )
 
     except Exception as e:
@@ -520,8 +560,8 @@ def store_youtube_video(form_data: UrlForm, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
         loader = YoutubeLoader.from_youtube_url(
             form_data.url,
             add_video_info=True,
-            language=app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
-            translation=app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION,
+            language=config_get(app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE),
+            translation=config_get(app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION),
         )
         data = loader.load()
 
@@ -548,7 +588,8 @@ def store_web(form_data: UrlForm, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     # "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1727/1727-h/1727-h.htm"
     try:
         loader = get_web_loader(
-            form_data.url, verify_ssl=app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION
+            form_data.url,
+            verify_ssl=config_get(app.state.ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION),
         )
         data = loader.load()
 
@@ -604,8 +645,8 @@ def resolve_hostname(hostname):
 def store_data_in_vector_db(data, collection_name, overwrite: bool = False) -> bool:
 
     text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
-        chunk_size=app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
-        chunk_overlap=app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
+        chunk_size=config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE),
+        chunk_overlap=config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP),
         add_start_index=True,
     )
 
@@ -622,8 +663,8 @@ def store_text_in_vector_db(
     text, metadata, collection_name, overwrite: bool = False
 ) -> bool:
     text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
-        chunk_size=app.state.CHUNK_SIZE,
-        chunk_overlap=app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP,
+        chunk_size=config_get(app.state.CHUNK_SIZE),
+        chunk_overlap=config_get(app.state.CHUNK_OVERLAP),
         add_start_index=True,
     )
     docs = text_splitter.create_documents([text], metadatas=[metadata])
@@ -646,11 +687,11 @@ def store_docs_in_vector_db(docs, collection_name, overwrite: bool = False) -> b
         collection = CHROMA_CLIENT.create_collection(name=collection_name)
 
         embedding_func = get_embedding_function(
-            app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-            app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+            config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE),
+            config_get(app.state.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL),
             app.state.sentence_transformer_ef,
-            app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY,
-            app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL,
+            config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+            config_get(app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
         )
 
         embedding_texts = list(map(lambda x: x.replace("\n", " "), texts))
@@ -724,7 +765,9 @@ def get_loader(filename: str, file_content_type: str, file_path: str):
     ]
 
     if file_ext == "pdf":
-        loader = PyPDFLoader(file_path, extract_images=app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES)
+        loader = PyPDFLoader(
+            file_path, extract_images=config_get(app.state.PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES)
+        )
     elif file_ext == "csv":
         loader = CSVLoader(file_path)
     elif file_ext == "rst":
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/main.py b/backend/apps/web/main.py
index 66cdfb3d4..2bed33543 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/main.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from config import (
     USER_PERMISSIONS,
     WEBHOOK_URL,
     WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER,
+    JWT_EXPIRES_IN,
+    config_get,
 )
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ app = FastAPI()
 origins = ["*"]
 
 app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP = ENABLE_SIGNUP
-app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN = "-1"
+app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN = JWT_EXPIRES_IN
 
 app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS = DEFAULT_MODELS
 app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS
@@ -61,6 +63,6 @@ async def get_status():
     return {
         "status": True,
         "auth": WEBUI_AUTH,
-        "default_models": app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS,
-        "default_prompt_suggestions": app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS,
+        "default_models": config_get(app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS),
+        "default_prompt_suggestions": config_get(app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS),
     }
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
index 9fa962dda..0bc4967f9 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from utils.utils import (
 from utils.misc import parse_duration, validate_email_format
 from utils.webhook import post_webhook
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES, WEBHOOK_MESSAGES
-from config import WEBUI_AUTH, WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER
+from config import WEBUI_AUTH, WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER, config_get, config_set
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async def signin(request: Request, form_data: SigninForm):
     if user:
         token = create_token(
             data={"id": user.id},
-            expires_delta=parse_duration(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN),
+            expires_delta=parse_duration(config_get(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)),
         )
 
         return {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async def signin(request: Request, form_data: SigninForm):
 
 @router.post("/signup", response_model=SigninResponse)
 async def signup(request: Request, form_data: SignupForm):
-    if not request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP and WEBUI_AUTH:
+    if not config_get(request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP) and WEBUI_AUTH:
         raise HTTPException(
             status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.ACCESS_PROHIBITED
         )
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ async def signup(request: Request, form_data: SignupForm):
         role = (
             "admin"
             if Users.get_num_users() == 0
-            else request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE
+            else config_get(request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE)
         )
         hashed = get_password_hash(form_data.password)
         user = Auths.insert_new_auth(
@@ -194,13 +194,15 @@ async def signup(request: Request, form_data: SignupForm):
         if user:
             token = create_token(
                 data={"id": user.id},
-                expires_delta=parse_duration(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN),
+                expires_delta=parse_duration(
+                    config_get(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
+                ),
             )
             # response.set_cookie(key='token', value=token, httponly=True)
 
-            if request.app.state.WEBHOOK_URL:
+            if config_get(request.app.state.WEBHOOK_URL):
                 post_webhook(
-                    request.app.state.WEBHOOK_URL,
+                    config_get(request.app.state.WEBHOOK_URL),
                     WEBHOOK_MESSAGES.USER_SIGNUP(user.name),
                     {
                         "action": "signup",
@@ -276,13 +278,15 @@ async def add_user(form_data: AddUserForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
 
 @router.get("/signup/enabled", response_model=bool)
 async def get_sign_up_status(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP
+    return config_get(request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP)
 
 
 @router.get("/signup/enabled/toggle", response_model=bool)
 async def toggle_sign_up(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP = not request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP
-    return request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP
+    config_set(
+        request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP, not config_get(request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP)
+    )
+    return config_get(request.app.state.ENABLE_SIGNUP)
 
 
 ############################
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ async def toggle_sign_up(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
 
 @router.get("/signup/user/role")
 async def get_default_user_role(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE
+    return config_get(request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE)
 
 
 class UpdateRoleForm(BaseModel):
@@ -304,8 +308,8 @@ async def update_default_user_role(
     request: Request, form_data: UpdateRoleForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
     if form_data.role in ["pending", "user", "admin"]:
-        request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE = form_data.role
-    return request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE
+        config_set(request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE, form_data.role)
+    return config_get(request.app.state.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE)
 
 
 ############################
@@ -315,7 +319,7 @@ async def update_default_user_role(
 
 @router.get("/token/expires")
 async def get_token_expires_duration(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN
+    return config_get(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
 
 
 class UpdateJWTExpiresDurationForm(BaseModel):
@@ -332,10 +336,10 @@ async def update_token_expires_duration(
 
     # Check if the input string matches the pattern
     if re.match(pattern, form_data.duration):
-        request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN = form_data.duration
-        return request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN
+        config_set(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN, form_data.duration)
+        return config_get(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
     else:
-        return request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN
+        return config_get(request.app.state.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
 
 
 ############################
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/configs.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/configs.py
index 0bad55a6a..d726cd2dc 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/configs.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/configs.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import time
 import uuid
 
 from apps.web.models.users import Users
+from config import config_set, config_get
 
 from utils.utils import (
     get_password_hash,
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ class SetDefaultSuggestionsForm(BaseModel):
 async def set_global_default_models(
     request: Request, form_data: SetDefaultModelsForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    request.app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS = form_data.models
-    return request.app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS
+    config_set(request.app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS, form_data.models)
+    return config_get(request.app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS)
 
 
 @router.post("/default/suggestions", response_model=List[PromptSuggestion])
@@ -55,5 +56,5 @@ async def set_global_default_suggestions(
     user=Depends(get_admin_user),
 ):
     data = form_data.model_dump()
-    request.app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = data["suggestions"]
-    return request.app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS
+    config_set(request.app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS, data["suggestions"])
+    return config_get(request.app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS)
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
index 59f6c21b7..302432540 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from apps.web.models.auths import Auths
 from utils.utils import get_current_user, get_password_hash, get_admin_user
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
-from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, config_set, config_get
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ async def get_users(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 50, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 
 @router.get("/permissions/user")
 async def get_user_permissions(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    return request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS
+    return config_get(request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS)
 
 
 @router.post("/permissions/user")
 async def update_user_permissions(
     request: Request, form_data: dict, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS = form_data
-    return request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS
+    config_set(request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS, form_data)
+    return config_get(request.app.state.USER_PERMISSIONS)
 
 
 ############################
diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index 5c6247a9f..028e6caf0 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import chromadb
 from chromadb import Settings
 from base64 import b64encode
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from typing import TypeVar, Generic, Union
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import json
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import shutil
 from secrets import token_bytes
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
-
 ####################################
 # Load .env file
 ####################################
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     print("dotenv not installed, skipping...")
 
-
 ####################################
 # LOGGING
 ####################################
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ for source in log_sources:
 
 log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["CONFIG"])
 
-
 WEBUI_NAME = os.environ.get("WEBUI_NAME", "Open WebUI")
 if WEBUI_NAME != "Open WebUI":
     WEBUI_NAME += " (Open WebUI)"
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ WEBUI_URL = os.environ.get("WEBUI_URL", "http://localhost:3000")
 
 WEBUI_FAVICON_URL = "https://openwebui.com/favicon.png"
 
-
 ####################################
 # ENV (dev,test,prod)
 ####################################
@@ -151,26 +148,14 @@ for version in soup.find_all("h2"):
 
     changelog_json[version_number] = version_data
 
-
 CHANGELOG = changelog_json
 
-
 ####################################
 # WEBUI_VERSION
 ####################################
 
 WEBUI_VERSION = os.environ.get("WEBUI_VERSION", "v1.0.0-alpha.100")
 
-####################################
-# WEBUI_AUTH (Required for security)
-####################################
-
-WEBUI_AUTH = os.environ.get("WEBUI_AUTH", "True").lower() == "true"
-WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER = os.environ.get(
-    "WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER", None
-)
-
-
 ####################################
 # DATA/FRONTEND BUILD DIR
 ####################################
@@ -184,6 +169,93 @@ try:
 except:
     CONFIG_DATA = {}
 
+
+####################################
+# Config helpers
+####################################
+
+
+def save_config():
+    try:
+        with open(f"{DATA_DIR}/config.json", "w") as f:
+            json.dump(CONFIG_DATA, f, indent="\t")
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.exception(e)
+
+
+def get_config_value(config_path: str):
+    path_parts = config_path.split(".")
+    cur_config = CONFIG_DATA
+    for key in path_parts:
+        if key in cur_config:
+            cur_config = cur_config[key]
+        else:
+            return None
+    return cur_config
+
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class WrappedConfig(Generic[T]):
+    def __init__(self, env_name: str, config_path: str, env_value: T):
+        self.env_name = env_name
+        self.config_path = config_path
+        self.env_value = env_value
+        self.config_value = get_config_value(config_path)
+        if self.config_value is not None:
+            log.info(f"'{env_name}' loaded from config.json")
+            self.value = self.config_value
+        else:
+            self.value = env_value
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.value)
+
+    def save(self):
+        # Don't save if the value is the same as the env value and the config value
+        if self.env_value == self.value:
+            if self.config_value == self.value:
+                return
+        log.info(f"Saving '{self.env_name}' to config.json")
+        path_parts = self.config_path.split(".")
+        config = CONFIG_DATA
+        for key in path_parts[:-1]:
+            if key not in config:
+                config[key] = {}
+            config = config[key]
+        config[path_parts[-1]] = self.value
+        save_config()
+        self.config_value = self.value
+
+
+def config_set(config: Union[WrappedConfig[T], T], value: T, save_config=True):
+    if isinstance(config, WrappedConfig):
+        config.value = value
+        if save_config:
+            config.save()
+    else:
+        config = value
+
+
+def config_get(config: Union[WrappedConfig[T], T]) -> T:
+    if isinstance(config, WrappedConfig):
+        return config.value
+    return config
+
+
+####################################
+# WEBUI_AUTH (Required for security)
+####################################
+
+WEBUI_AUTH = os.environ.get("WEBUI_AUTH", "True").lower() == "true"
+WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER = os.environ.get(
+    "WEBUI_AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER", None
+)
+JWT_EXPIRES_IN = WrappedConfig(
+    "JWT_EXPIRES_IN", "auth.jwt_expiry", os.environ.get("JWT_EXPIRES_IN", "-1")
+)
+
 ####################################
 # Static DIR
 ####################################
@@ -225,7 +297,6 @@ if CUSTOM_NAME:
         log.exception(e)
         pass
 
-
 ####################################
 # File Upload DIR
 ####################################
@@ -233,7 +304,6 @@ if CUSTOM_NAME:
 UPLOAD_DIR = f"{DATA_DIR}/uploads"
 Path(UPLOAD_DIR).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-
 ####################################
 # Cache DIR
 ####################################
@@ -241,7 +311,6 @@ Path(UPLOAD_DIR).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 CACHE_DIR = f"{DATA_DIR}/cache"
 Path(CACHE_DIR).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-
 ####################################
 # Docs DIR
 ####################################
@@ -282,7 +351,6 @@ if not os.path.exists(LITELLM_CONFIG_PATH):
     create_config_file(LITELLM_CONFIG_PATH)
     log.info("Config file created successfully.")
 
-
 ####################################
 # OLLAMA_BASE_URL
 ####################################
@@ -313,12 +381,13 @@ if ENV == "prod":
     elif K8S_FLAG:
         OLLAMA_BASE_URL = "http://ollama-service.open-webui.svc.cluster.local:11434"
 
-
 OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_BASE_URLS", "")
 OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = OLLAMA_BASE_URLS if OLLAMA_BASE_URLS != "" else OLLAMA_BASE_URL
 
 OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = [url.strip() for url in OLLAMA_BASE_URLS.split(";")]
-
+OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = WrappedConfig(
+    "OLLAMA_BASE_URLS", "ollama.base_urls", OLLAMA_BASE_URLS
+)
 
 ####################################
 # OPENAI_API
@@ -327,7 +396,6 @@ OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = [url.strip() for url in OLLAMA_BASE_URLS.split(";")]
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
 OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", "")
 
-
 if OPENAI_API_BASE_URL == "":
     OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
 
@@ -335,7 +403,7 @@ OPENAI_API_KEYS = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEYS", "")
 OPENAI_API_KEYS = OPENAI_API_KEYS if OPENAI_API_KEYS != "" else OPENAI_API_KEY
 
 OPENAI_API_KEYS = [url.strip() for url in OPENAI_API_KEYS.split(";")]
-
+OPENAI_API_KEYS = WrappedConfig("OPENAI_API_KEYS", "openai.api_keys", OPENAI_API_KEYS)
 
 OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS", "")
 OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS = (
@@ -346,37 +414,42 @@ OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS = [
     url.strip() if url != "" else "https://api.openai.com/v1"
     for url in OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS.split(";")
 ]
+OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS = WrappedConfig(
+    "OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS", "openai.api_base_urls", OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS
+)
 
 OPENAI_API_KEY = ""
 
 try:
-    OPENAI_API_KEY = OPENAI_API_KEYS[
-        OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS.index("https://api.openai.com/v1")
+    OPENAI_API_KEY = OPENAI_API_KEYS.value[
+        OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS.value.index("https://api.openai.com/v1")
     ]
 except:
     pass
 
 OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
 
-
 ####################################
 # WEBUI
 ####################################
 
-ENABLE_SIGNUP = (
-    False
-    if WEBUI_AUTH == False
-    else os.environ.get("ENABLE_SIGNUP", "True").lower() == "true"
+ENABLE_SIGNUP = WrappedConfig(
+    "ENABLE_SIGNUP",
+    "ui.enable_signup",
+    (
+        False
+        if not WEBUI_AUTH
+        else os.environ.get("ENABLE_SIGNUP", "True").lower() == "true"
+    ),
+)
+DEFAULT_MODELS = WrappedConfig(
+    "DEFAULT_MODELS", "ui.default_models", os.environ.get("DEFAULT_MODELS", None)
 )
-DEFAULT_MODELS = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_MODELS", None)
 
-
-DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = (
-    CONFIG_DATA["ui"]["prompt_suggestions"]
-    if "ui" in CONFIG_DATA
-    and "prompt_suggestions" in CONFIG_DATA["ui"]
-    and type(CONFIG_DATA["ui"]["prompt_suggestions"]) is list
-    else [
+DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = WrappedConfig(
+    "DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS",
+    "ui.prompt_suggestions",
+    [
         {
             "title": ["Help me study", "vocabulary for a college entrance exam"],
             "content": "Help me study vocabulary: write a sentence for me to fill in the blank, and I'll try to pick the correct option.",
@@ -404,23 +477,42 @@ DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = (
             "title": ["Overcome procrastination", "give me tips"],
             "content": "Could you start by asking me about instances when I procrastinate the most and then give me some suggestions to overcome it?",
         },
-    ]
+    ],
 )
 
-
-DEFAULT_USER_ROLE = os.getenv("DEFAULT_USER_ROLE", "pending")
-
-USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION = (
-    os.environ.get("USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION", "True").lower() == "true"
+DEFAULT_USER_ROLE = WrappedConfig(
+    "DEFAULT_USER_ROLE",
+    "ui.default_user_role",
+    os.getenv("DEFAULT_USER_ROLE", "pending"),
 )
 
-USER_PERMISSIONS = {"chat": {"deletion": USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION}}
+USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION = WrappedConfig(
+    "USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION",
+    "ui.user_permissions.chat.deletion",
+    os.environ.get("USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION", "True").lower() == "true",
+)
 
-ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = os.environ.get("ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER", "False").lower() == "true"
+USER_PERMISSIONS = WrappedConfig(
+    "USER_PERMISSIONS",
+    "ui.user_permissions",
+    {"chat": {"deletion": USER_PERMISSIONS_CHAT_DELETION}},
+)
+
+ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = WrappedConfig(
+    "ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER",
+    "model_filter.enable",
+    os.environ.get("ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER", "False").lower() == "true",
+)
 MODEL_FILTER_LIST = os.environ.get("MODEL_FILTER_LIST", "")
-MODEL_FILTER_LIST = [model.strip() for model in MODEL_FILTER_LIST.split(";")]
+MODEL_FILTER_LIST = WrappedConfig(
+    "MODEL_FILTER_LIST",
+    "model_filter.list",
+    [model.strip() for model in MODEL_FILTER_LIST.split(";")],
+)
 
-WEBHOOK_URL = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_URL", "")
+WEBHOOK_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "WEBHOOK_URL", "webhook_url", os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_URL", "")
+)
 
 ENABLE_ADMIN_EXPORT = os.environ.get("ENABLE_ADMIN_EXPORT", "True").lower() == "true"
 
@@ -458,26 +550,45 @@ else:
 CHROMA_HTTP_SSL = os.environ.get("CHROMA_HTTP_SSL", "false").lower() == "true"
 # this uses the model defined in the Dockerfile ENV variable. If you dont use docker or docker based deployments such as k8s, the default embedding model will be used (sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2)
 
-RAG_TOP_K = int(os.environ.get("RAG_TOP_K", "5"))
-RAG_RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD = float(os.environ.get("RAG_RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD", "0.0"))
-
-ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH = (
-    os.environ.get("ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH", "").lower() == "true"
+RAG_TOP_K = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_TOP_K", "rag.top_k", int(os.environ.get("RAG_TOP_K", "5"))
+)
+RAG_RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD",
+    "rag.relevance_threshold",
+    float(os.environ.get("RAG_RELEVANCE_THRESHOLD", "0.0")),
 )
 
-
-ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION = (
-    os.environ.get("ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION", "True").lower() == "true"
+ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH = WrappedConfig(
+    "ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH",
+    "rag.enable_hybrid_search",
+    os.environ.get("ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH", "").lower() == "true",
 )
 
-RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE = os.environ.get("RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE", "")
-
-PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES = os.environ.get("PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES", "False").lower() == "true"
-
-RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL = os.environ.get(
-    "RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL", "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
+ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION = WrappedConfig(
+    "ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION",
+    "rag.enable_web_loader_ssl_verification",
+    os.environ.get("ENABLE_RAG_WEB_LOADER_SSL_VERIFICATION", "True").lower() == "true",
 )
-log.info(f"Embedding model set: {RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL}"),
+
+RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE",
+    "rag.embedding_engine",
+    os.environ.get("RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE", ""),
+)
+
+PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES = WrappedConfig(
+    "PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES",
+    "rag.pdf_extract_images",
+    os.environ.get("PDF_EXTRACT_IMAGES", "False").lower() == "true",
+)
+
+RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL",
+    "rag.embedding_model",
+    os.environ.get("RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL", "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"),
+)
+log.info(f"Embedding model set: {RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL.value}"),
 
 RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE = (
     os.environ.get("RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE", "").lower() == "true"
@@ -487,9 +598,13 @@ RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_TRUST_REMOTE_CODE = (
     os.environ.get("RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_TRUST_REMOTE_CODE", "").lower() == "true"
 )
 
-RAG_RERANKING_MODEL = os.environ.get("RAG_RERANKING_MODEL", "")
-if not RAG_RERANKING_MODEL == "":
-    log.info(f"Reranking model set: {RAG_RERANKING_MODEL}"),
+RAG_RERANKING_MODEL = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_RERANKING_MODEL",
+    "rag.reranking_model",
+    os.environ.get("RAG_RERANKING_MODEL", ""),
+)
+if RAG_RERANKING_MODEL.value != "":
+    log.info(f"Reranking model set: {RAG_RERANKING_MODEL.value}"),
 
 RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE = (
     os.environ.get("RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE", "").lower() == "true"
@@ -499,7 +614,6 @@ RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_TRUST_REMOTE_CODE = (
     os.environ.get("RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_TRUST_REMOTE_CODE", "").lower() == "true"
 )
 
-
 if CHROMA_HTTP_HOST != "":
     CHROMA_CLIENT = chromadb.HttpClient(
         host=CHROMA_HTTP_HOST,
@@ -518,7 +632,6 @@ else:
         database=CHROMA_DATABASE,
     )
 
-
 # device type embedding models - "cpu" (default), "cuda" (nvidia gpu required) or "mps" (apple silicon) - choosing this right can lead to better performance
 USE_CUDA = os.environ.get("USE_CUDA_DOCKER", "false")
 
@@ -527,9 +640,14 @@ if USE_CUDA.lower() == "true":
 else:
     DEVICE_TYPE = "cpu"
 
-
-CHUNK_SIZE = int(os.environ.get("CHUNK_SIZE", "1500"))
-CHUNK_OVERLAP = int(os.environ.get("CHUNK_OVERLAP", "100"))
+CHUNK_SIZE = WrappedConfig(
+    "CHUNK_SIZE", "rag.chunk_size", int(os.environ.get("CHUNK_SIZE", "1500"))
+)
+CHUNK_OVERLAP = WrappedConfig(
+    "CHUNK_OVERLAP",
+    "rag.chunk_overlap",
+    int(os.environ.get("CHUNK_OVERLAP", "100")),
+)
 
 DEFAULT_RAG_TEMPLATE = """Use the following context as your learned knowledge, inside <context></context> XML tags.
 <context>
@@ -545,16 +663,32 @@ And answer according to the language of the user's question.
 Given the context information, answer the query.
 Query: [query]"""
 
-RAG_TEMPLATE = os.environ.get("RAG_TEMPLATE", DEFAULT_RAG_TEMPLATE)
+RAG_TEMPLATE = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_TEMPLATE",
+    "rag.template",
+    os.environ.get("RAG_TEMPLATE", DEFAULT_RAG_TEMPLATE),
+)
 
-RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = os.getenv("RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL)
-RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY)
+RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL",
+    "rag.openai_api_base_url",
+    os.getenv("RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+)
+RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY = WrappedConfig(
+    "RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY",
+    "rag.openai_api_key",
+    os.getenv("RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY),
+)
 
 ENABLE_RAG_LOCAL_WEB_FETCH = (
     os.getenv("ENABLE_RAG_LOCAL_WEB_FETCH", "False").lower() == "true"
 )
 
-YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE = os.getenv("YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE", "en").split(",")
+YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE = WrappedConfig(
+    "YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE",
+    "rag.youtube_loader_language",
+    os.getenv("YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE", "en").split(","),
+)
 
 ####################################
 # Transcribe
@@ -566,39 +700,82 @@ WHISPER_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE = (
     os.environ.get("WHISPER_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE", "").lower() == "true"
 )
 
-
 ####################################
 # Images
 ####################################
 
-IMAGE_GENERATION_ENGINE = os.getenv("IMAGE_GENERATION_ENGINE", "")
-
-ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION = (
-    os.environ.get("ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION", "").lower() == "true"
+IMAGE_GENERATION_ENGINE = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGE_GENERATION_ENGINE",
+    "image_generation.engine",
+    os.getenv("IMAGE_GENERATION_ENGINE", ""),
 )
-AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL = os.getenv("AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL", "")
 
-COMFYUI_BASE_URL = os.getenv("COMFYUI_BASE_URL", "")
-
-IMAGES_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = os.getenv(
-    "IMAGES_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL
+ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION = WrappedConfig(
+    "ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION",
+    "image_generation.enable",
+    os.environ.get("ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION", "").lower() == "true",
+)
+AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL",
+    "image_generation.automatic1111.base_url",
+    os.getenv("AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL", ""),
 )
-IMAGES_OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("IMAGES_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY)
 
-IMAGE_SIZE = os.getenv("IMAGE_SIZE", "512x512")
+COMFYUI_BASE_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "COMFYUI_BASE_URL",
+    "image_generation.comfyui.base_url",
+    os.getenv("COMFYUI_BASE_URL", ""),
+)
 
-IMAGE_STEPS = int(os.getenv("IMAGE_STEPS", 50))
+IMAGES_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGES_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL",
+    "image_generation.openai.api_base_url",
+    os.getenv("IMAGES_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+)
+IMAGES_OPENAI_API_KEY = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGES_OPENAI_API_KEY",
+    "image_generation.openai.api_key",
+    os.getenv("IMAGES_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY),
+)
 
-IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL = os.getenv("IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL", "")
+IMAGE_SIZE = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGE_SIZE", "image_generation.size", os.getenv("IMAGE_SIZE", "512x512")
+)
+
+IMAGE_STEPS = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGE_STEPS", "image_generation.steps", int(os.getenv("IMAGE_STEPS", 50))
+)
+
+IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL = WrappedConfig(
+    "IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL",
+    "image_generation.model",
+    os.getenv("IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL", ""),
+)
 
 ####################################
 # Audio
 ####################################
 
-AUDIO_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL)
-AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY)
-AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL = os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL", "tts-1")
-AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE = os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE", "alloy")
+AUDIO_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL = WrappedConfig(
+    "AUDIO_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL",
+    "audio.openai.api_base_url",
+    os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL", OPENAI_API_BASE_URL),
+)
+AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY = WrappedConfig(
+    "AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY",
+    "audio.openai.api_key",
+    os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_KEY", OPENAI_API_KEY),
+)
+AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL = WrappedConfig(
+    "AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL",
+    "audio.openai.api_model",
+    os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_MODEL", "tts-1"),
+)
+AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE = WrappedConfig(
+    "AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE",
+    "audio.openai.api_voice",
+    os.getenv("AUDIO_OPENAI_API_VOICE", "alloy"),
+)
 
 ####################################
 # LiteLLM
@@ -612,7 +789,6 @@ if LITELLM_PROXY_PORT < 0 or LITELLM_PROXY_PORT > 65535:
     raise ValueError("Invalid port number for LITELLM_PROXY_PORT")
 LITELLM_PROXY_HOST = os.getenv("LITELLM_PROXY_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
 
-
 ####################################
 # Database
 ####################################
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 139819f7c..6f94a8dad 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ from config import (
     SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
     WEBHOOK_URL,
     ENABLE_ADMIN_EXPORT,
+    config_get,
+    config_set,
 )
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
@@ -243,9 +245,11 @@ async def get_app_config():
         "version": VERSION,
         "auth": WEBUI_AUTH,
         "default_locale": default_locale,
-        "images": images_app.state.ENABLED,
-        "default_models": webui_app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS,
-        "default_prompt_suggestions": webui_app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS,
+        "images": config_get(images_app.state.ENABLED),
+        "default_models": config_get(webui_app.state.DEFAULT_MODELS),
+        "default_prompt_suggestions": config_get(
+            webui_app.state.DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS
+        ),
         "trusted_header_auth": bool(webui_app.state.AUTH_TRUSTED_EMAIL_HEADER),
         "admin_export_enabled": ENABLE_ADMIN_EXPORT,
     }
@@ -254,8 +258,8 @@ async def get_app_config():
 @app.get("/api/config/model/filter")
 async def get_model_filter_config(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
-        "enabled": app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER,
-        "models": app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+        "enabled": config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER),
+        "models": config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST),
     }
 
 
@@ -268,28 +272,28 @@ class ModelFilterConfigForm(BaseModel):
 async def update_model_filter_config(
     form_data: ModelFilterConfigForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = form_data.enabled
-    app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = form_data.models
+    config_set(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER, form_data.enabled)
+    config_set(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST, form_data.models)
 
-    ollama_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER
-    ollama_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST
+    ollama_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER)
+    ollama_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST)
 
-    openai_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER
-    openai_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST
+    openai_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER)
+    openai_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST)
 
-    litellm_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER
-    litellm_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST
+    litellm_app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER = config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER)
+    litellm_app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST = config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST)
 
     return {
-        "enabled": app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER,
-        "models": app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+        "enabled": config_get(app.state.ENABLE_MODEL_FILTER),
+        "models": config_get(app.state.MODEL_FILTER_LIST),
     }
 
 
 @app.get("/api/webhook")
 async def get_webhook_url(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     return {
-        "url": app.state.WEBHOOK_URL,
+        "url": config_get(app.state.WEBHOOK_URL),
     }
 
 
@@ -299,12 +303,12 @@ class UrlForm(BaseModel):
 
 @app.post("/api/webhook")
 async def update_webhook_url(form_data: UrlForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
-    app.state.WEBHOOK_URL = form_data.url
+    config_set(app.state.WEBHOOK_URL, form_data.url)
 
-    webui_app.state.WEBHOOK_URL = app.state.WEBHOOK_URL
+    webui_app.state.WEBHOOK_URL = config_get(app.state.WEBHOOK_URL)
 
     return {
-        "url": app.state.WEBHOOK_URL,
+        "url": config_get(app.state.WEBHOOK_URL),
     }