diff --git a/convert.py b/convert.py
index da5d575..ac80b50 100644
--- a/convert.py
+++ b/convert.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import os
 import sys
 from PIL import Image
 import argparse
+import json
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    defaults=json.load(open('defaults.json'))
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--original', help='Path to the original images', default='original')
-    parser.add_argument('--webp', help='Path to the webp images', default='webp')
-    parser.add_argument('--quality', help='Quality of the webp images', default=90, type=int)
+    parser.add_argument('--original', help='Path to the original images', default=defaults['original'])
+    parser.add_argument('--webp', help='Path to the webp images', default=defaults['webp'])
+    parser.add_argument('--quality', help='Quality of the webp images', default=defaults['quality'], type=int)
     parser.add_argument('--overwrite', help='Overwrite existing images', action='store_true')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/defaults.json b/defaults.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40e763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "original": "../pictures", "webp": "../webp1", "quality": 90, "container": "tmp", "remote": "", "local": "../pictures", "ignore": []}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sync.py b/sync.py
index dfa18ed..f1a48cd 100644
--- a/sync.py
+++ b/sync.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ import os, uuid
 from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
 from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient, BlobClient, ContainerClient
 import argparse
+import json
+defaults=json.load(open('defaults.json'))
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-parser.add_argument('--container', help='Name of the container', default='blog')
-parser.add_argument('--remote', help='Path to the remote images', default='posts')
-parser.add_argument('--local', help='Path to the local images', default='webp')
-parser.add_argument('--ignore', help='Files to ignore', default=['background.webp'], action='append')
+parser.add_argument('--container', help='Name of the container', default=defaults['container'])
+parser.add_argument('--remote', help='Path to the remote images', default=defaults['remote'])
+parser.add_argument('--local', help='Path to the local images', default=defaults['local'])
+parser.add_argument('--ignore', help='Files to ignore', default=defaults['ignore'], action='append')
 parser.add_argument('--overwrite', help='Overwrite existing images', action='store_true')
 args=parser.parse_args()
 
-if args.remote[-1] != '/':
+if args.remote!='' and args.remote[-1] != '/':
     args.remote += '/'
 
 try: