diff --git a/config/template.localdb.json b/config/template.localdb.json
index 00b2452..3d49343 100644
--- a/config/template.localdb.json
+++ b/config/template.localdb.json
@@ -117,6 +117,58 @@
 		"useriso": {
 			"node": "examplenode1",
 			"storage": "cephfs"
+		},
+		"defaultuser": {
+			"resources": {
+				"cpu": [],
+				"cores": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"memory": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"swap": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"local": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"cephpl": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"network": {
+					"max": 0
+				},
+				"pci": []
+			},
+			"nodes": [],
+			"cluster": {
+				"vmid": {
+					"min": -1,
+					"max": -1
+				},
+				"pool": ""
+			},
+			"templates": {
+				"instances": {
+					"lxc": {},
+					"qemu": {}
+				}
+			},
+			"network": {
+				"lxc": {
+					"type": "veth",
+					"bridge": "vmbr0",
+					"vlan": 10,
+					"ip": "dhcp",
+					"ip6": "dhcp"
+				},
+				"qemu": {
+					"type": "virtio",
+					"bridge": "vmbr0",
+					"vlan": 10
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	},
 	"users": {
diff --git a/src/db.js b/src/db.js
index 37fed7b..f693293 100644
--- a/src/db.js
+++ b/src/db.js
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ class LocalDB {
 	constructor (path) {
 		try {
 			this.#path = path;
-			this.load();
-			this.pveAPI = this.getGlobalConfig().application.pveAPI;
-			this.pveAPIToken = this.getGlobalConfig().application.pveAPIToken;
-			this.listenPort = this.getGlobalConfig().application.listenPort;
-			this.hostname = this.getGlobalConfig().application.hostname;
-			this.domain = this.getGlobalConfig().application.domain;
+			this.#load();
+			this.pveAPI = this.getConfig().application.pveAPI;
+			this.pveAPIToken = this.getConfig().application.pveAPIToken;
+			this.listenPort = this.getConfig().application.listenPort;
+			this.hostname = this.getConfig().application.hostname;
+			this.domain = this.getConfig().application.domain;
 		}
 		catch {
 			console.log(`Error: ${path} was not found. Please follow the directions in the README to initialize localdb.json.`);
@@ -21,34 +21,63 @@ class LocalDB {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load db from local file system. Reads from file path store in filename.
+	 * Load db from local file system. Reads from file path store in path.
 	 */
-	load () {
+	#load () {
 		this.#data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(this.#path));
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save db to local file system. Saves to file path stored in filename.
+	 * Save db to local file system. Saves to file path stored in path.
 	 */
-	save () {
+	#save () {
 		writeFileSync(this.#path, JSON.stringify(this.#data));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets the global config object from db.
-	 * @returns {Object} global config data.
-	 */
-	getGlobalConfig () {
+	getGlobal () {
 		return this.#data.global;
 	}
+	
+	setGloal (config) {
+		this.#data.global = config;
+		this.#save();
+	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets a specific user's config from db.
-	 * @param {string} username of user to get config.
-	 * @returns {Object} specific user config data.
-	 */
-	getUserConfig (username) {
-		return this.#data.users[username];
+	addUser (username, config = null) {
+		config = config ? config : this.#data.global.defaultuser;
+		this.#data.users[username] = config;
+		this.#save();
+	}
+
+	getUser (username) {
+		if (this.#data.users[username]) {
+			return this.#data.users[username];
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	setUser (username, config) {
+		if (this.#data.users[username]) {
+			this.#data.users[username] = config;
+			this.#save();
+			return true;
+		}
+		else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	delUser (username) {
+		if (this.#data.users[username]) {
+			delete this.#data.users[username];
+			this.#save();
+			return true;
+		}
+		else {
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/cluster.js b/src/routes/cluster.js
index c72078f..fe0121a 100644
--- a/src/routes/cluster.js
+++ b/src/routes/cluster.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ router.get(`/:node(${nodeRegexP})/pci`, async (req, res) => {
 	if (!auth) {
 		return;
 	}
-	const userNodes = db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username).nodes;
+	const userNodes = db.getUser(req.cookies.username).nodes;
 	if (!userNodes.includes(params.node)) {
 		res.status(401).send({ auth: false, path: params.node });
 		res.end();
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ router.post(`${basePath}/create`, async (req, res) => {
 		return;
 	}
 	// get user db config
-	const user = await db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
+	const user = await db.getUser(req.cookies.username);
 	const vmid = Number.parseInt(params.vmid);
 	const vmidMin = user.cluster.vmid.min;
 	const vmidMax = user.cluster.vmid.max;
diff --git a/src/routes/cluster/disk.js b/src/routes/cluster/disk.js
index e0f0a2f..11d514d 100644
--- a/src/routes/cluster/disk.js
+++ b/src/routes/cluster/disk.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ router.post("/:disk/attach", async (req, res) => {
 	}
 	// target disk must be allowed according to source disk's storage options
 	const diskConfig = await getDiskInfo(params.node, config, `unused${params.source}`); // get target disk
-	const resourceConfig = db.getGlobalConfig().resources;
+	const resourceConfig = db.getGlobal().resources;
 	if (!resourceConfig[diskConfig.storage].disks.some(diskPrefix => params.disk.startsWith(diskPrefix))) {
 		res.status(500).send({ error: `Requested target ${params.disk} is not in allowed list [${resourceConfig[diskConfig.storage].disks}].` });
 		res.end();
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ router.post("/:disk/create", async (req, res) => {
 			return;
 		}
 		// target disk must be allowed according to storage options
-		const resourceConfig = db.getGlobalConfig().resources;
+		const resourceConfig = db.getGlobal().resources;
 		if (!resourceConfig[params.storage].disks.some(diskPrefix => params.disk.startsWith(diskPrefix))) {
 			res.status(500).send({ error: `Requested target ${params.disk} is not in allowed list [${resourceConfig[params.storage].disks}].` });
 			res.end();
diff --git a/src/routes/cluster/net.js b/src/routes/cluster/net.js
index 46012e6..77ae1eb 100644
--- a/src/routes/cluster/net.js
+++ b/src/routes/cluster/net.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ router.post("/:netid/create", async (req, res) => {
 		return;
 	}
 	// setup action
-	const nc = db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username).templates.network[params.type];
+	const nc = db.getUser(req.cookies.username).network[params.type];
 	let action = {};
 	if (params.type === "lxc") {
 		action[`net${params.netid}`] = `name=${params.name},bridge=${nc.bridge},ip=${nc.ip},ip6=${nc.ip6},tag=${nc.vlan},type=${nc.type},rate=${params.rate}`;
diff --git a/src/routes/cluster/pci.js b/src/routes/cluster/pci.js
index e41abfe..d96e904 100644
--- a/src/routes/cluster/pci.js
+++ b/src/routes/cluster/pci.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ router.post("/:hostpci/modify", async (req, res) => {
 	action[`hostpci${params.hostpci}`] = `${params.device},pcie=${params.pcie}`;
 	action = JSON.stringify(action);
 	// commit action
-	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobalConfig().application.pveroot));
+	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobal().application.pveroot));
 	if (!(rootauth.status === 200)) {
 		res.status(rootauth.status).send({ auth: false, error: "API could not authenticate as root user." });
 		res.end();
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ router.post("/create", async (req, res) => {
 	action[`hostpci${hostpci}`] = `${params.device},pcie=${params.pcie}`;
 	action = JSON.stringify(action);
 	// commit action
-	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobalConfig().application.pveroot));
+	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobal().application.pveroot));
 	if (!(rootauth.status === 200)) {
 		res.status(rootauth.status).send({ auth: false, error: "API could not authenticate as root user." });
 		res.end();
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ router.delete("/:hostpci/delete", async (req, res) => {
 	// setup action
 	const action = JSON.stringify({ delete: `hostpci${params.hostpci}` });
 	// commit action, need to use root user here because proxmox api only allows root to modify hostpci for whatever reason
-	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobalConfig().application.pveroot));
+	const rootauth = await requestPVE("/access/ticket", "POST", null, JSON.stringify(db.getGlobal().application.pveroot));
 	if (!(rootauth.status === 200)) {
 		res.status(rootauth.status).send({ auth: false, error: "API could not authenticate as root user." });
 		res.end();
diff --git a/src/routes/global.js b/src/routes/global.js
index 2f2b6da..efd32ac 100644
--- a/src/routes/global.js
+++ b/src/routes/global.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ router.get("/config/:key", async (req, res) => {
 	}
 	const allowKeys = ["resources"];
 	if (allowKeys.includes(params.key)) {
-		const config = db.getGlobalConfig();
+		const config = db.getGlobal();
 		res.status(200).send(config[params.key]);
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/src/routes/sync.js b/src/routes/sync.js
index 076a8ba..c3de968 100644
--- a/src/routes/sync.js
+++ b/src/routes/sync.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let prevState = {};
 // target ms value
 let targetMSTime = null;
 
-const schemes = db.getGlobalConfig().clientsync.schemes;
-const resourceTypes = db.getGlobalConfig().clientsync.resourcetypes;
+const schemes = db.getGlobal().clientsync.schemes;
+const resourceTypes = db.getGlobal().clientsync.resourcetypes;
 /**
  * GET - get list of supported synchronization schemes
  * responses:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if (schemes.interrupt.enabled) {
 		}
 		else {
 			wsServer.handleUpgrade(req, socket, head, (socket) => {
-				const pool = db.getUserConfig(cookies.username).cluster.pool;
+				const pool = db.getUser(cookies.username).cluster.pool;
 				wsServer.emit("connection", socket, cookies.username, pool);
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 41afe86..0535c44 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ router.get("/config/:key", async (req, res) => {
 	}
 	const allowKeys = ["resources", "cluster", "nodes"];
 	if (allowKeys.includes(params.key)) {
-		const config = db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
+		const config = db.getUser(req.cookies.username);
 		res.status(200).send(config[params.key]);
 	}
 	else {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ router.get("/iso", async (req, res) => {
 		return;
 	}
 	// get user iso config
-	const userIsoConfig = db.getGlobalConfig().useriso;
+	const userIsoConfig = db.getGlobal().useriso;
 	// get all isos
 	const isos = (await requestPVE(`/nodes/${userIsoConfig.node}/storage/${userIsoConfig.storage}/content?content=iso`, "GET", { token: pveAPIToken })).data.data;
 	const userIsos = [];
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 3bcc699..9346b33 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export async function checkAuth (cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
 	const db = global.db;
 	let auth = false;
 
-	if (db.getUserConfig(cookies.username) === null) {
+	if (db.getUser(cookies.username) === null) {
 		auth = false;
 		res.status(401).send({ auth, path: vmpath ? `${vmpath}/config` : "/version", error: `User ${cookies.username} not found in localdb.` });
 		res.end();
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export async function checkAuth (cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
  */
 export async function getUserResources (req, username) {
 	const db = global.db;
-	const dbResources = db.getGlobalConfig().resources;
+	const dbResources = db.getGlobal().resources;
 	const used = await getUsedResources(req, dbResources);
-	const userResources = db.getUserConfig(username).resources;
+	const userResources = db.getUser(username).resources;
 	Object.keys(userResources).forEach((k) => {
 		if (dbResources[k] && dbResources[k].type === "list") {
 			userResources[k].forEach((listResource) => {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export async function getUserResources (req, username) {
  */
 export async function approveResources (req, username, request) {
 	const db = global.db;
-	const dbResources = db.getGlobalConfig().resources;
+	const dbResources = db.getGlobal().resources;
 	const userResources = await getUserResources(req, username);
 	let approved = true;
 	Object.keys(request).forEach((key) => {