diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Logging/Sinks.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Logging/Sinks.hpp
index f2c4bb53..4a25e7ce 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Logging/Sinks.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Logging/Sinks.hpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ namespace Aurora::Logging
     {
         AuUInt32 uMaxLogsOrZeroBeforeCompress {};
         AuUInt32 uMaxLogsOrZeroBeforeDelete {};
-        AuUInt32 uMaxCumulativeFileSizeInMiBOrZeroBeforeDelete {};
         AuUInt32 uMaxCumulativeFileSizeInMiBOrZeroBeforeCompress {};
+        AuUInt32 uMaxCumulativeFileSizeInMiBOrZeroBeforeDelete {};
         AuUInt32 uMaxFileTimeInDeltaMSOrZeroBeforeCompress {};
         AuUInt32 uMaxFileTimeInDeltaMSOrZeroBeforeDelete {};
     };
diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Runtime.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Runtime.hpp
index ee74b1fb..03946b08 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Runtime.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Runtime.hpp
@@ -141,34 +141,28 @@ static inline void AuDebugBreak()
 namespace Aurora
 {
     // The following configuration structures are a mess you probably wont need to think about for a while.
-    // Let's assume it's safe to move onto some other for now, alright?
+    // Let's assume it's safe to move on for now, alright?
 
     struct LocalLogInfo
     {
-        bool     enableLogging         { true };
-        AuUInt32 maxSizeMB             { 128 * 1024 * 1024 }; // these numbers feel insane, but at least we have a max threshold
-        int      maxLogs               { 1024 * 2 };          // by default, we neither leak disk space or waste opportunities of being able to dig through old data
-        int      maxLogsBeforeCompress { 16 };                // 
-    #if defined(SHIP)
-        bool     writeLogsToUserDir    { true };              // use user directory
+        bool     bEnableLogging         { true };
+        AuLog::DirectoryLogger defaultFileLogger
+        {
+            /* uMaxLogsOrZeroBeforeCompress */ 16, /* uMaxLogsOrZeroBeforeDelete */ 0,
+            /* uMaxCumulativeFileSizeInMiBOrZeroBeforeCompress*/ 0, /* uMaxCumulativeFileSizeInMiBOrZeroBeforeDelete */ 128 * 1024 * 1024,
+            0, 0 
+        };
+
+    #if defined(AU_CFG_ID_SHIP)
+        bool     bWriteLogsToUserDir    { true };              // use user directory
     #else
-        bool     writeLogsToUserDir    { false };             // use cwd
+        bool     bWriteLogsToUserDir    { false };             // use cwd
     #endif
     };
 
-    // TODO: this struct is mostly placeholder BS
     struct TelemetryConfigDoc
     {
-        LocalLogInfo localLogging;
-        bool enabled                {false};
-        
-        AuString address;
-        AuUInt16 port               {45069};
-        AuString serviceIdnt        {"7b5f7a54-7122-4489-ac1a-3d75884b307e"};
-        
-        bool wantsActiveMonitoring  {false};
-        
-        bool privacyConsoleLog[255] {};
+        bool enabled                { false };
     };
     
     struct TelemetryConfig
@@ -177,15 +171,6 @@ namespace Aurora
         TelemetryConfigDoc defaultConfig;
     };
 
-    // TODO: this struct is mostly placeholder BS
-    struct SocketConsole
-    {
-        bool enableLogging          {false};
-        bool binaryProto            {false};
-        AuString path;
-        //AuIONet::ConnectionEndpoint net;
-    };
-
     struct ConsoleConfig
     {
         /// Enables Aurora::Console::xxxStd functions; defer to enableStdXX for default logger behaviour
@@ -242,28 +227,18 @@ namespace Aurora
         LocalLogInfo fileConfiguration;
 
         /// Socket config
-        SocketConsole socketConfiguration;
+        // tbd
     };
     
     struct CryptoConfig
     {
         /// Defer to the rationales in the implementation
+        /// Update  2023: world war 3 hasnt happened yet
         bool allowChineseCerts {false};
         
         /// Defer to the rationales in the implementation
+        /// Update 2023: spoilers it had nothing to do with the 2020 russia trolling directly, but who didn't see it coming?
         bool allowRussianCerts {true};
-        
-    // TODO: we have no live or cached builtin CRL and CA retrieval and storage
-        /// WIP
-        bool allowHTTPRetrievalOfCerts {true};
-        
-        /// 
-        bool enablePinning     {true};
-
-        ///
-    // TODO: these placeholder bits will be made redundant once AuCrypto is overhauled
-        AuList<AuString> blacklistedCerts{};
-        AuList<AuString> whitelistedCerts{};
     };
     
     struct AsyncConfig
@@ -367,9 +342,9 @@ namespace Aurora
         AsyncConfig async;
         FIOConfig fio;
         DebugConfig debug;
+        ThreadingConfig threadingConfig;
         bool bFIODisableBatching { true };
         bool bIOLinuxHasProcIpcPerms { false };
-        ThreadingConfig threadingConfig;
     };
     
     /**
diff --git a/Source/Console/ConsoleFIO/ConsoleFIO.cpp b/Source/Console/ConsoleFIO/ConsoleFIO.cpp
index 47a5a6de..9f1ec709 100644
--- a/Source/Console/ConsoleFIO/ConsoleFIO.cpp
+++ b/Source/Console/ConsoleFIO/ConsoleFIO.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Console::ConsoleFIO
         AuString path;
         AuString procName;
 
-        if ((!gLogConfig.writeLogsToUserDir) || (!AuIOFS::GetProfileDomain(path)))
+        if ((!gLogConfig.bWriteLogsToUserDir) || (!AuIOFS::GetProfileDomain(path)))
         {
             path = ".";
         }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Console::ConsoleFIO
 
     static bool OpenLogFile()
     {
-        gFileSink = NewDirectorySinkUnique(GetLogDirectory(), AuLog::DirectoryLogger {(AuUInt32)gRuntimeConfig.console.fio.maxLogsBeforeCompress, (AuUInt32)gRuntimeConfig.console.fio.maxLogs, gRuntimeConfig.console.fio.maxSizeMB});
+        gFileSink = NewDirectorySinkUnique(GetLogDirectory(), gRuntimeConfig.console.fio.defaultFileLogger);
         return static_cast<bool>(gFileSink);
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Console::ConsoleFIO
 
     void Init()
     {
-        if (!gLogConfig.enableLogging)
+        if (!gLogConfig.bEnableLogging)
         {
             return;
         }