diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 17d5ae7c..89987a0e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -378,11 +378,67 @@ function show_help {
   exit 0
 }
 
+
 function interactive_configuration_remote_backups {
     # TODO
     exit 0
 }
 
+function save_configuration_file {
+  echo "MY_USERNAME=$MY_USERNAME" > freedombone.cfg
+  echo "DOMAIN_NAME=$DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=$MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "SYSTEM_TYPE=$SYSTEM_TYPE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "INSTALLING_ON_BBB=$INSTALLING_ON_BBB" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "DDNS_PROVIDER=$DDNS_PROVIDER" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "DDNS_USERNAME=$DDNS_USERNAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  # does this need to be saved?
+  echo "DDNS_PASSWORD=$DDNS_PASSWORD" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "MY_NAME=$MY_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS=$LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS=$ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS" >> freedombone.cfg
+  echo "ENABLE_CJDNS=$ENABLE_CJDNS" >> freedombone.cfg
+  if [ $WIKI_TITLE ]; then
+      echo "WIKI_TITLE=$WIKI_TITLE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      echo "WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME=$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $WIKI_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "WIKI_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$WIKI_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $MY_BLOG_TITLE ]; then
+      echo "MY_BLOG_TITLE=$MY_BLOG_TITLE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      echo "FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME=$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $FULLBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "FULLBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$FULLBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      echo "OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME=$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $OWNCLOUD_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "OWNCLOUD_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$OWNCLOUD_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      echo "REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME=$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $REDMATRIX_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "REDMATRIX_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$REDMATRIX_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      echo "MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME=$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+  if [ $MICROBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE ]; then
+      echo "MICROBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE=$MICROBLOG_FREEDNS_SUBDOMAIN_CODE" >> freedombone.cfg
+  fi
+}
+
 function interactive_configuration {
   data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
   trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
@@ -518,6 +574,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       exit 7229
   fi
 
+  data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+  trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
   dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
       --inputbox "Your full name (or nick)" 10 30 2> $data
   sel=$?
@@ -530,30 +588,33 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       exit 3784
   fi
 
+  data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+  trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
   dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
-      --inputbox "Static IP Address of this system" 10 30 2> $data
+      --title "Local Network Configuration" \
+      --form "\nPlease enter the IP addresses:" 11 55 3 \
+      "This system:" 1 1 "192.168.1.60" 1 16 16 15 \
+      "Internet router:" 2 1 "192.168.1.254" 2 16 16 15 \
+      2> $data
   sel=$?
   case $sel in
-      0) LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS=$(cat $data);;
       1) exit 0;;
       255) exit 0;;
   esac
+  echo "result $(cat $data)"
+  LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS=$(cat $data | sed -n 1p)
+  ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS=$(cat $data | sed -n 2p)
+  echo "local $LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS"
+  echo "router $ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS"
   if [ ! $LOCAL_NETWORK_STATIC_IP_ADDRESS ]; then
       exit 6950
   fi
-
-  dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
-      --inputbox "LAN IP Address of the internet router" 10 30 2> $data
-  sel=$?
-  case $sel in
-      0) ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS=$(cat $data);;
-      1) exit 0;;
-      255) exit 0;;
-  esac
   if [ ! $ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS ]; then
-      exit 9868
+      exit 7582
   fi
 
+  data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+  trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
   dialog --title "Mesh Networking" \
       --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
       --defaultno \
@@ -565,7 +626,10 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       255) exit 0;;
   esac
 
+
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_WRITER" || $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_FULL" ]]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Wiki Title" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -578,6 +642,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
           exit 5638
       fi
 
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Wiki domain name" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -594,6 +660,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       fi
 
       if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+          data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+          trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
           dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
               --inputbox "Wiki FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
           sel=$?
@@ -612,6 +680,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_WRITER" || $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_FULL" ]]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Blog Title" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -622,6 +692,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       esac
 
       if [ $MY_BLOG_TITLE ]; then
+          data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+          trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
           dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
               --inputbox "Blog domain name" 10 30 2> $data
           sel=$?
@@ -635,6 +707,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
           fi
 
           if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+              data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+              trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
               dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
                   --inputbox "Blog FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
               sel=$?
@@ -651,6 +725,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_CLOUD" || $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_FULL" ]]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Owncloud domain name" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -665,6 +741,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
               DOMAIN_NAME=$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
           fi
           if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+              data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+              trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
               dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
                   --inputbox "Owncloud FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
               sel=$?
@@ -684,6 +762,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_SOCIAL" || $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_FULL" ]]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "RedMatrix domain name" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -698,6 +778,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
               DOMAIN_NAME=$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
           fi
           if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+              data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+              trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
               dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
                   --inputbox "RedMatrix FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
               sel=$?
@@ -717,6 +799,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_SOCIAL" || $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_FULL" ]]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Microblog domain name" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -728,6 +812,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
 
       if [ $MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
           if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+              data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+              trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
               dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
                   --inputbox "Microblog FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
               sel=$?
@@ -744,6 +830,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
   fi
 
   if [ ! $DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+      data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+      trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
       dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
           --inputbox "Domain name" 10 30 2> $data
       sel=$?
@@ -757,6 +845,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       fi
 
       if [[ $DDNS_PROVIDER=="default@freedns.afraid.org" ]]; then
+          data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+          trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
           dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
               --inputbox "FreeDNS subdomain code" 10 30 2> $data
           sel=$?
@@ -771,6 +861,8 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       fi
   fi
 
+  data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+  trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15
   dialog --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
       --inputbox "Your email address" 10 30 "$MY_USERNAME@$DOMAIN_NAME" 2> $data
   sel=$?
@@ -783,7 +875,17 @@ function interactive_configuration {
       exit 8357
   fi
 
-  #clear
+  save_configuration_file
+
+  dialog --title "Encrypted backup to other servers" \
+      --backtitle "Freedombone Configuration" \
+      --defaultno \
+      --yesno "\nDo you wish to configure some remote backup locations?" 7 60
+  sel=$?
+  case $sel in
+      0) interactive_configuration_remote_backups;;
+  esac
+
   exit 0
 }