diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c712ac17..0778b143 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler32"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -26,6 +44,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.14"
@@ -100,7 +124,7 @@ checksum = "16e62a023e7c117e27523144c5d2459f4397fcc3cab0085af8e2224f643a0193"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -111,7 +135,7 @@ checksum = "c980ee35e870bd1a4d2c8294d4c04d0499e67bca1e4b5cefcc693c2fa00caea9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -258,6 +282,46 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5db83dced34638ad474f39f250d7fea9598bdd239eaced1bdf45d597da0f433f"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7e204572485eb3fbf28f871612191521df159bc3e15a9f5064c66dba3a8c05f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c780290ccf4fb26629baa7a1081e68ced113f1d3ec302fa5948f1c381ebf06c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b82cf0babdbd58558212896d1a4272303a57bdb245c2bf1147185fb45640e70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -351,6 +415,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core2"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b49ba7ef1ad6107f8824dbe97de947cbaac53c44e7f9756a1fba0d37c1eec505"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -400,6 +473,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dary_heap"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7762d17f1241643615821a8455a0b2c3e803784b058693d990b11f2dce25a0ca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dashmap"
 version = "6.0.1"
@@ -474,15 +553,18 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
+ "clap",
  "config",
  "console-subscriber",
  "env_logger",
  "ferrumc_macros",
  "ferrumc_net",
  "ferrumc_utils",
+ "include-flate",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "serde",
+ "spinners",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
@@ -494,7 +576,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ferrumc_utils",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -652,6 +734,10 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hdrhistogram"
@@ -666,6 +752,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -748,6 +846,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "include-flate"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df49c16750695486c1f34de05da5b7438096156466e7f76c38fcdf285cf0113e"
+dependencies = [
+ "include-flate-codegen",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libflate",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "include-flate-codegen"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c5b246c6261be723b85c61ecf87804e8ea4a35cb68be0ff282ed84b95ffe7d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libflate",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -818,6 +939,30 @@ version = "0.2.151"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "302d7ab3130588088d277783b1e2d2e10c9e9e4a16dd9050e6ec93fb3e7048f4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45d9dfdc14ea4ef0900c1cddbc8dcd553fbaacd8a4a282cf4018ae9dd04fb21e"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler32",
+ "core2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "dary_heap",
+ "libflate_lz77",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate_lz77"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6e0d73b369f386f1c44abd9c570d5318f55ccde816ff4b562fa452e5182863d"
+dependencies = [
+ "core2",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "rle-decode-fast",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -840,6 +985,12 @@ version = "0.4.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1013,7 +1164,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1044,7 +1195,7 @@ checksum = "2f38a4412a78282e09a2cf38d195ea5420d15ba0602cb375210efbc877243965"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1094,7 +1245,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1198,6 +1349,12 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rle-decode-fast"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3582f63211428f83597b51b2ddb88e2a91a9d52d12831f9d08f5e624e8977422"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ron"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1261,7 +1418,7 @@ checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1338,6 +1495,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spinners"
+version = "4.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0ef947f358b9c238923f764c72a4a9d42f2d637c46e059dbd319d6e7cfb4f82"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "maplit",
+ "strum",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "063e6045c0e62079840579a7e47a355ae92f60eb74daaf156fb1e84ba164e63f"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.24.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e385be0d24f186b4ce2f9982191e7101bb737312ad61c1f2f984f34bcf85d59"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.1",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.67"
@@ -1372,7 +1579,7 @@ checksum = "46c3384250002a6d5af4d114f2845d37b57521033f30d5c3f46c4d70e1197533"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1432,7 +1639,7 @@ checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1571,7 +1778,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1821,3 +2028,23 @@ checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
 dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae87e3fcd617500e5d106f0380cf7b77f3c6092aae37191433159dda23cfb087"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15e934569e47891f7d9411f1a451d947a60e000ab3bd24fbb970f000387d1b3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b780b016..fb4214d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ byteorder = "1.5.0"
 ferrumc_net = { path = "src/crates/ferrumc_net"}
 ferrumc_macros = { path = "src/crates/ferrumc_macros"}
 ferrumc_utils = { path = "src/crates/ferrumc_utils"}
+clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive"] }
+spinners = "4.1.1"
+include-flate = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 3d989866..9e11689a 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+# The network address to bind to. Usually just 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 if you don't want to expose the server to the internet.s
 host = "0.0.0.0"
+# The port to bind to. Default is 25565.
 port = 25565
+# The message displayed in the server list.
 motd = "A Minecraft Server written in Rust"
-max_players = 20
\ No newline at end of file
+# The maximum number of players that can be connected at once.
+max_players = 20
+# How many network updates to process per second per user. 0 means no limit.
+# This is the number of times per second the server will send updates to the client.
+# Having this too low will cause noticable lag for clients but may improve server performance.
+network_tick_rate = 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/crates/ferrumc_net/src/lib.rs b/src/crates/ferrumc_net/src/lib.rs
index 1b95feb7..f3915027 100644
--- a/src/crates/ferrumc_net/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/crates/ferrumc_net/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use rand::random;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use ferrumc_utils::config::get_global_config;
 
 use ferrumc_utils::encoding::varint::read_varint;
 use ferrumc_utils::prelude::*;
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ pub async fn manage_conn(conn: &mut Arc<RwLock<Connection>>) -> Result<()> {
             conn.write().await.socket.shutdown().await?;
             break;
         }
+        
+        tokio::time::sleep(
+            if get_global_config().network_tick_rate > 0 {
+                std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000 / get_global_config().network_tick_rate as u64)
+            } else {
+                std::time::Duration::from_millis(0)
+            }
+        ).await;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/crates/ferrumc_utils/src/config.rs b/src/crates/ferrumc_utils/src/config.rs
index efa66f65..da798f5b 100644
--- a/src/crates/ferrumc_utils/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/crates/ferrumc_utils/src/config.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct ServerConfig {
     pub port: u32,
     pub motd: String,
     pub max_players: u32,
+    pub network_tick_rate: u32,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ impl Default for ServerConfig {
             port: DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT,
             motd: DEFAULT_MOTD.to_string(),
             max_players: DEFAULT_MAX_PLAYERS,
+            network_tick_rate: 0,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 58757afa..a7e81f35 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #![feature(box_into_inner)]
+#![feature(fs_try_exists)]
 
+use std::fs;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use clap::{Parser};
+
 use log::{debug, info, trace};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
@@ -11,12 +15,30 @@ use ferrumc_utils::prelude::*;
 mod prelude;
 mod tests;
 mod utils;
+mod setup;
 
 type SafeConfig = Arc<RwLock<ferrumc_utils::config::ServerConfig>>;
 
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "false")]
+    setup: bool,
+}
+
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    ferrumc_net::setup_tracer();
+
+    let args = Cli::parse();
+
+    // run setup if the flag is set or the config file does not exist in release mode
+    if args.setup || (!fs::try_exists("config.toml")? && !cfg!(debug_assertions)) {
+        setup::setup().await?;
+        return Ok(())
+    }
+
     utils::setup_logger();
     info!("Initializing server...");
 
@@ -57,21 +79,4 @@ async fn start_server(config: SafeConfig) -> Result<()> {
 
         tokio::task::spawn(ferrumc_net::handle_connection(socket));
     }
-}
-
-/*async fn handle_handshake(mut cursor: Cursor<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<()> {
-    trace!("Handling handshake packet");
-
-    let protocol_version = ferrumc_utils::encoding::varint::read_varint(&mut cursor).await?;
-    let server_address = ferrumc_utils::encoding::string::read_string(&mut cursor).await?;
-    let server_port = cursor.read_u16::<BigEndian>().unwrap();
-    let next_state = ferrumc_utils::encoding::varint::read_varint(&mut cursor).await?;
-
-    trace!("Protocol Version: {}", protocol_version);
-    trace!("Server Address: {}", server_address);
-    trace!("Server Port: {}", server_port);
-    trace!("Next State: {}", next_state);
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/setup.rs b/src/setup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0560f097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use tokio::fs;
+use std::env::current_exe;
+use ferrumc_utils::error::Error;
+use spinners::{Spinner, Spinners};
+use include_flate::flate;
+
+flate!(pub static BASE_CONFIG: [u8] from "config.toml");
+
+pub(crate) async fn setup() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut sp = Spinner::new(Spinners::Dots, "Setting up files...".into());
+    let exe = current_exe()?;
+    let dir = exe.parent().unwrap();
+    fs::write(dir.join("config.toml"), BASE_CONFIG.to_vec()).await?;
+    fs::create_dir(dir.join("logs")).await?;
+    fs::create_dir(dir.join("data")).await?;
+    fs::create_dir(dir.join("plugins")).await?;
+    fs::write(dir.join("plugins").join("README.txt"), "Unfortunately plugins are not yet available").await?;
+    fs::create_dir(dir.join("worlds")).await?;
+    sp.stop();
+    for _ in 0..36 {
+        print!("{}", 8u8 as char)
+    }
+    println!("Files setup successfully!");
+    Ok(())
+}
\ No newline at end of file