diff --git a/global.sh b/global.sh
index 67182e05..cf432324 100755
--- a/global.sh
+++ b/global.sh
@@ -57,14 +57,23 @@ then
   echo "RetroDECK config file not found in $rd_conf"
   echo "Initializing"
 
-  echo "#!/bin/bash" >> $rd_conf
+  # Initializing the variables
   version="$hard_version"                                    # if we are here means that the we are in a new installation, so the version is valorized with the hardcoded one
   rdhome="$HOME/retrodeck"                                   # the retrodeck home, aka ~/retrodeck
   roms_folder="$rdhome/roms"                                 # the default roms folder path
-  media_folder="$rdhome/retrodeck/downloaded_media"            # the media folder, where all the scraped data is downloaded into
-  themes_folder="$rdhome/retrodeck/themes"                     # the themes folder
+  media_folder="$rdhome/retrodeck/downloaded_media"          # the media folder, where all the scraped data is downloaded into
+  themes_folder="$rdhome/retrodeck/themes"                   # the themes folder
   sdcard="$default_sd"                                       # Steam Deck SD default path
 
+  # Writing the variables for the first time
+  echo "#!/bin/bash"                          >> $rd_conf
+  echo "version=$version"                     >> $rd_conf
+  echo "rdhome=$rdhome"                       >> $rd_conf
+  echo "roms_folder=$roms_folder"             >> $rd_conf
+  echo "media_folder=$media_folder"           >> $rd_conf
+  echo "themes_folder=$themes_folder"         >> $rd_conf
+  echo "sdcard=$sdcard"                       >> $rd_conf
+
   # writing the needed variables in the config file
   conf_write