diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/Config.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/Config.cs
index 3cb99a40..13f08da9 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/Config.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/Config.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         static Config()
         {
             JsonConfigProvider.RegisterConfig();
+            IniConfigProvider.RegisterConfig();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -115,10 +116,10 @@ namespace IPA.Config
             registeredProviders.Add(ext.Extension, type);
         }
 
-        private static List<Tuple<Ref<DateTime>, IConfigProvider>> configProviders = new List<Tuple<Ref<DateTime>, IConfigProvider>>();
+        private static List<Tuple<Ref<DateTime>, IConfigProvider>> lastModTimeConfigProvider = new List<Tuple<Ref<DateTime>, IConfigProvider>>();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets an <see cref="IConfigProvider"/> using the specified list pf preferred config types.
+        /// Gets an <see cref="IConfigProvider"/> using the specified list of preferred config types.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="configName">the name of the mod for this config</param>
         /// <param name="extensions">the preferred config types to try to get</param>
@@ -130,8 +131,8 @@ namespace IPA.Config
             var provider = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as IConfigProvider;
             if (provider != null)
             {
-                provider.Filename = Path.Combine(BeatSaber.UserDataPath, configName);
-                configProviders.Add(Tuple.Create(Ref.Create(provider.LastModified), provider));
+                provider.Filename = Path.Combine(BeatSaber.UserDataPath, (configName + "." + chosenExt));
+                lastModTimeConfigProvider.Add(Tuple.Create(Ref.Create(provider.LastModified), provider));
             }
 
             return provider;
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config
             return GetProviderFor(modName, prefs);
         }
 
-        private static Dictionary<IConfigProvider, Action> linkedProviders =
+        private static Dictionary<IConfigProvider, Action> ProviderChangeDelegate =
             new Dictionary<IConfigProvider, Action>();
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -167,10 +168,10 @@ namespace IPA.Config
                 onChange?.Invoke(config, @ref);
             }
 
-            if (linkedProviders.ContainsKey(config))
-                linkedProviders[config] = (Action) Delegate.Combine(linkedProviders[config], (Action) ChangeDelegate);
+            if (ProviderChangeDelegate.ContainsKey(config))
+                ProviderChangeDelegate[config] = (Action) Delegate.Combine(ProviderChangeDelegate[config], (Action) ChangeDelegate);
             else
-                linkedProviders.Add(config, ChangeDelegate);
+                ProviderChangeDelegate.Add(config, ChangeDelegate);
 
             ChangeDelegate();
 
@@ -183,21 +184,21 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         /// <param name="config">the <see cref="IConfigProvider"/> to unlink</param>
         public static void RemoveLinks(this IConfigProvider config)
         {
-            if (linkedProviders.ContainsKey(config))
-                linkedProviders.Remove(config);
+            if (ProviderChangeDelegate.ContainsKey(config))
+                ProviderChangeDelegate.Remove(config);
         }
 
         internal static void Update()
         {
-            foreach (var provider in configProviders)
+            foreach (var timeProviderTuple in lastModTimeConfigProvider)
             {
                 
-                if (provider.Item2.LastModified > provider.Item1.Value)
+                if (timeProviderTuple.Item2.LastModified > timeProviderTuple.Item1.Value)
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        provider.Item2.Load(); // auto reload if it changes
-                        provider.Item1.Value = provider.Item2.LastModified;
+                        timeProviderTuple.Item2.Load(); // auto reload if it changes
+                        timeProviderTuple.Item1.Value = timeProviderTuple.Item2.LastModified;
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
@@ -205,12 +206,12 @@ namespace IPA.Config
                         Logging.Logger.config.Error(e);
                     }
                 }
-                if (provider.Item2.HasChanged)
+                if (timeProviderTuple.Item2.HasChanged)
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        provider.Item2.Save();
-                        provider.Item1.Value = DateTime.Now;
+                        timeProviderTuple.Item2.Save();
+                        timeProviderTuple.Item1.Value = DateTime.Now;
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
@@ -219,13 +220,13 @@ namespace IPA.Config
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (provider.Item2.InMemoryChanged)
+                if (timeProviderTuple.Item2.InMemoryChanged)
                 {
-                    provider.Item2.InMemoryChanged = false;
+                    timeProviderTuple.Item2.InMemoryChanged = false;
                     try
                     {
-                        if (linkedProviders.ContainsKey(provider.Item2))
-                            linkedProviders[provider.Item2]();
+                        if (ProviderChangeDelegate.ContainsKey(timeProviderTuple.Item2))
+                            ProviderChangeDelegate[timeProviderTuple.Item2]();
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
@@ -238,11 +239,11 @@ namespace IPA.Config
 
         internal static void Save()
         {
-            foreach (var provider in configProviders)
-                if (provider.Item2.HasChanged)
+            foreach (var timeProviderTuple in lastModTimeConfigProvider)
+                if (timeProviderTuple.Item2.HasChanged)
                     try
                     {
-                        provider.Item2.Save();
+                        timeProviderTuple.Item2.Save();
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/IniConfigProvider.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/IniConfigProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a18db0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/IniConfigProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+using IPA.Logging;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.IO;
+using IniParser;
+using IniParser.Model;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace IPA.Config.ConfigProviders
+{
+    [Config.Type("ini")]
+    internal class IniConfigProvider : IConfigProvider
+    {
+        public static void RegisterConfig()
+        {
+            Config.Register<IniConfigProvider>();
+        }
+
+        private IniData _iniData;
+
+        // TODO: create a wrapper that allows empty object creation
+        public dynamic Dynamic => _iniData;
+
+
+        public bool HasChanged { get; private set; }
+        public bool InMemoryChanged { get; set; }
+
+        public DateTime LastModified => File.GetLastWriteTime(Filename);
+
+        private string _filename;
+
+        public string Filename
+        {
+            get => _filename;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_filename != null)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Can only assign to Filename once");
+                _filename = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Load file
+        public void Load()
+        {
+            Logger.config.Debug($"Loading file {Filename}");
+
+            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(Filename);
+            if (fileInfo.Exists)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var parser = new FileIniDataParser();
+                    parser.Parser.Configuration.CaseInsensitive = true;
+
+                    _iniData = parser.ReadFile(fileInfo.FullName);
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    Logger.config.Error($"Error parsing INI in file {Filename}; resetting to empty INI");
+                    Logger.config.Error(e);
+
+                    _iniData = new IniData();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger.config.Debug($"File {fileInfo.FullName} doesn't exist");
+                _iniData = new IniData();
+            }
+
+            InMemoryChanged = true;
+        }
+
+
+        // This is basically trying to deserialize from INI data to a config object
+        public T Parse<T>()
+        {
+            // Create an instance of the config object to return
+            T configObj = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
+
+            // Get a list of the fields declared in the config object
+            Type configObjType = typeof(T);
+
+            // Create a dictionary to record which fields are found in the class files
+            Dictionary<string, FieldInfo> classConfigField = new Dictionary<string, FieldInfo>();
+
+            // This goes through each field of the class to set values
+            // if found in the configuration file
+            foreach (FieldInfo field in configObjType.GetFields())
+            {
+                Type fieldType = field.FieldType;
+
+                // If thie field is an object, loop through its fields ("subfields")
+                if (Type.GetTypeCode(fieldType) == TypeCode.Object)
+                {
+
+                    // Get the sub object value from the config object
+                    object configObjSubObj = field.GetValue(configObj);
+
+                    foreach (FieldInfo subField in fieldType.GetFields())
+                    {
+
+                        // If the INI file has a section/key pair corresponding to the field/subfield,
+                        // set the subfield value and store the field info in dictionary
+                        if (_iniData.Sections.ContainsSection(field.Name) && _iniData[field.Name].ContainsKey(subField.Name))
+                        {
+                            SetFieldValue(subField, configObjSubObj, _iniData[field.Name][subField.Name]);
+                            string fieldName = field.Name + "." + subField.Name;
+                            classConfigField[fieldName.ToUpper()] = subField;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            Logger.config.Debug($"{field.Name}.{subField.Name} doesn't have a configuration value! Keeping existing value {subField.GetValue(configObjSubObj)}");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // If a field in the configuration object isn't itself an object, then it's a primitive type
+                    // declared in the global section of the INI file
+                    if (_iniData.Global.ContainsKey(field.Name))
+                    {
+                        SetFieldValue(field, configObj, _iniData.Global[field.Name]);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Logger.config.Debug($"{field.Name} doesn't have a configuration value! Keeping existing value {field.GetValue(configObj)}");
+                    }
+                    string fieldName = field.Name;
+
+                    // store field info in dictionary (case insensitive)
+                    classConfigField[fieldName.ToUpper()] = field;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Loop through the global section of the INI file and see if any of those keys
+            // don't correspond to a field in the object class by using dictionary
+
+            // If any of them don't correspond to a field in the object class, add a comment to INI file
+            // mentioning those keys are being ignored
+            foreach (KeyData globalKey in _iniData.Global)
+            {
+                string fieldName = globalKey.KeyName;
+                if (!classConfigField.ContainsKey(fieldName.ToUpper()))
+                {
+                    string missingClassFieldComment = "***THE FOLLOWING VALUE IS BEING IGNORED!" + configObj.GetType() + " does not have a field corresponding to " + globalKey.KeyName;
+                    if(!globalKey.Comments.Contains(missingClassFieldComment))
+                        globalKey.Comments.Add(missingClassFieldComment);
+                    Logger.config.Debug($"{configObj.GetType()} does not have global section key {globalKey.KeyName}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Similarly, loop through the other section/key pairings of the INI file and check as well.
+            foreach (SectionData section in _iniData.Sections)
+            {
+                foreach (KeyData key in section.Keys)
+                {
+                    string fieldName = section.SectionName + "." + key.KeyName;
+                    if (!classConfigField.ContainsKey(fieldName.ToUpper()))
+                    {
+                        string missingClassFieldComment = "***THE FOLLOWING VALUE IS BEING IGNORED! " + configObj.GetType() + " does not have a member corresponding to " + fieldName;
+                        if (!key.Comments.Contains(missingClassFieldComment))
+                            key.Comments.Add(missingClassFieldComment);
+                        Logger.config.Debug($"{configObj.GetType()} not have {section.SectionName} section key {key.KeyName}");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return configObj;
+        }
+        internal static void SetFieldValue(FieldInfo fieldInfo, object obj, string str)
+        {
+            if (str == null)
+            {
+                Logger.config.Debug($"{fieldInfo.Name} doesn't have a configuration value! Keeping existing value {fieldInfo.GetValue(obj)}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            switch (Type.GetTypeCode(fieldInfo.FieldType))
+            {
+                case TypeCode.String:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, str);
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.Boolean:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, Boolean.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.DateTime:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, DateTime.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.Int16:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, Int16.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.Int32:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, Int32.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.Int64:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, Int64.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                case TypeCode.Double:
+                    fieldInfo.SetValue(obj, Double.Parse(str));
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Logger.config.Debug($"{fieldInfo.FieldType} not supported");
+                    throw new Exception();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Save()
+        {
+            Logger.config.Debug($"Saving file {Filename}");
+            if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(Filename)))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(Filename) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException());
+
+            var parser = new FileIniDataParser();
+            parser.WriteFile(Filename, _iniData);
+
+            HasChanged = false;
+        }
+
+
+        // This is basically serializing from an object to INI Data
+        public void Store<T>(T obj)
+        {
+            Type configObjType = typeof(T);
+
+            // Loop through each field in the config object and set the corresponding 
+            // value in the INI Data object.
+
+            // Note if there isn't a corresponding value defined in the INI data object,
+            // it will add one implicitly by accessing it with the brackets
+            foreach (FieldInfo field in configObjType.GetFields())
+            {
+                Type fieldType = field.FieldType;
+
+                // if the field is not a primitive type, loop through its subfields
+                if (Type.GetTypeCode(fieldType) == TypeCode.Object)
+                {
+                    FieldInfo[] subFields = fieldType.GetFields();
+                    foreach (FieldInfo subField in subFields)
+                    {
+                        if (Type.GetTypeCode(subField.FieldType) != TypeCode.Object)
+                            _iniData[field.Name][subField.Name] = subField.GetValue(field.GetValue(obj)).ToString();
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _iniData.Global[field.Name] = field.GetValue(obj).ToString();
+                }
+            }
+
+            HasChanged = true;
+            InMemoryChanged = true;
+        }
+        public string ReadValue(string section, string key)
+        {
+            return _iniData[section][key];
+        }
+        public string ReadValue(string key)
+        {
+            return _iniData.Global[key];
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/JsonConfigProvider.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/JsonConfigProvider.cs
index be81baea..7c038945 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/JsonConfigProvider.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/ConfigProviders/JsonConfigProvider.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config.ConfigProviders
         public bool HasChanged { get; private set; }
         public bool InMemoryChanged { get; set; }
 
-        public DateTime LastModified => File.GetLastWriteTime(Filename + ".json");
+        public DateTime LastModified => File.GetLastWriteTime(Filename);
 
         private string _filename;
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config.ConfigProviders
 
         public void Load()
         {
-            Logger.config.Debug($"Loading file {Filename}.json");
+            Logger.config.Debug($"Loading file {Filename}");
 
-            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(Filename + ".json");
+            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(Filename);
             if (fileInfo.Exists)
             {
                 string json = File.ReadAllText(fileInfo.FullName);
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config.ConfigProviders
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
-                    Logger.config.Error($"Error parsing JSON in file {Filename}.json; resetting to empty JSON");
+                    Logger.config.Error($"Error parsing JSON in file {Filename}; resetting to empty JSON");
                     Logger.config.Error(e);
                     jsonObj = new JObject();
                     File.WriteAllText(fileInfo.FullName, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonObj, Formatting.Indented));
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ namespace IPA.Config.ConfigProviders
 
         public void Save()
         {
-            Logger.config.Debug($"Saving file {Filename}.json");
+            Logger.config.Debug($"Saving file {Filename}");
             if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(Filename)))
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(Filename) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException());
-            File.WriteAllText(Filename + ".json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonObj, Formatting.Indented));
+            File.WriteAllText(Filename, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonObj, Formatting.Indented));
 
             HasChanged = false;
         }
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/IConfigProvider.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/IConfigProvider.cs
index 88f23efe..f8cf3c5a 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/IConfigProvider.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/IConfigProvider.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         /// </summary>
         bool InMemoryChanged { get; set; }
         /// <summary>
-        /// Will be set with the filename (no extension) to save to. When saving, the implementation should add the appropriate extension. Should error if set multiple times.
+        /// Will be set with the filename to save to. Should error if set multiple times.
         /// </summary>
-        string Filename { set; }
+        string Filename { set; get; }
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the last time the config was modified.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
index 24575ab7..621670d8 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ namespace IPA.Config
     {
         private static IConfigProvider _loaderConfig;
 
+        private static void ConfigFileChangeDelegate(IConfigProvider configProvider, Ref<SelfConfig> selfConfigRef)
+        {
+            if (selfConfigRef.Value.Regenerate)
+                configProvider.Store(selfConfigRef.Value = new SelfConfig { Regenerate = false });
+
+            StandardLogger.Configure(selfConfigRef.Value);
+        }
         public static IConfigProvider LoaderConfig
         {
             get => _loaderConfig;
@@ -14,13 +21,10 @@ namespace IPA.Config
             {
                 _loaderConfig?.RemoveLinks();
                 value.Load();
-                SelfConfigRef = value.MakeLink<SelfConfig>((c, v) =>
-                {
-                    if (v.Value.Regenerate)
-                        c.Store(v.Value = new SelfConfig { Regenerate = false });
 
-                    StandardLogger.Configure(v.Value);
-                });
+                // This will set the instance reference to update to a
+                // new instance every time the config file changes
+                SelfConfigRef = value.MakeLink<SelfConfig>(ConfigFileChangeDelegate);
                 _loaderConfig = value;
             }
         }
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj b/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
index 7f3fd570..db04c493 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
+++ b/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Config\Config.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Config\ConfigProviders\IniConfigProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Config\ConfigProviders\JsonConfigProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Config\IConfigProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Config\SelfConfig.cs" />
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Utilities\Utils.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="ini-parser">
+      <Version>2.5.2</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Ionic.Zip">
       <Version>1.9.1.8</Version>
     </PackageReference>