diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index 626ef454..031523e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
                 AbstractRipper ripper = (AbstractRipper) constructor.newInstance(url);
                 return ripper;
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                System.err.println(constructor.getName());
-                e.printStackTrace();
                 // Incompatible rippers *will* throw exceptions during instantiation.
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index 841fd53d..3b4cda6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@ import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
 import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
@@ -49,9 +45,6 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MainWindow.class);
     
-    private static final String WINDOW_TITLE = "RipMe";
-    private static final String HISTORY_FILE = ".history";
-
     private static JFrame mainFrame;
     private static JTextField ripTextfield;
     private static JButton ripButton;
@@ -92,7 +85,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
     // TODO Configuration components
     
     public MainWindow() {
-        mainFrame = new JFrame(WINDOW_TITLE + " v" + UpdateUtils.getThisJarVersion());
+        mainFrame = new JFrame("RipMe v" + UpdateUtils.getThisJarVersion());
         mainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         //mainFrame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 180));
         //mainFrame.setResizable(false);
@@ -386,48 +379,13 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
     }
     
     private void loadHistory() {
-        File f; FileReader fr = null; BufferedReader br;
-        try {
-            f = new File(HISTORY_FILE);
-            fr = new FileReader(f);
-            br = new BufferedReader(fr);
-            String line;
-            while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null ) {
-                if (!line.trim().equals("")) {
-                    historyListModel.addElement(line.trim());
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            // Do nothing
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error("[!] Error while loading history file " + HISTORY_FILE, e);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (fr != null) {
-                    fr.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) { }
+        for (String url : Utils.getConfigList("download.history")) {
+            historyListModel.addElement(url.trim());
         }
     }
 
     private void saveHistory() {
-        FileWriter fw = null;
-        try {
-            fw = new FileWriter(HISTORY_FILE, false);
-            for (int i = 0; i < historyListModel.size(); i++) {
-                fw.write( (String) historyListModel.get(i) );
-                fw.write("\n");
-                fw.flush();
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error("[!] Error while saving history file " + HISTORY_FILE, e);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (fw != null) {
-                    fw.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) { }
-        }
+        Utils.setConfigList("download.history", Arrays.asList(historyListModel.toArray()));
     }
 
     private Thread ripAlbum(String urlString) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
index 0f66588e..d8948ef2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading.FileChangedReloadingStrategy;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ public class Utils {
                 configPath = configFile;
             }
             config = new PropertiesConfiguration(configPath);
+            config.setAutoSave(true);
+            config.setReloadingStrategy(new FileChangedReloadingStrategy());
             logger.info("Loaded " + config.getPath());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("[!] Failed to load properties file from " + configFile, e);
@@ -70,9 +74,23 @@ public class Utils {
     public static boolean getConfigBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
         return config.getBoolean(key, defaultValue);
     }
-    public static void setConfigBoolean(String key, boolean value) { config.setProperty(key, value); }
-    public static void setConfigString(String key, String value)   { config.setProperty(key, value); }
-    public static void setConfigInteger(String key, int value)     { config.setProperty(key, value); }
+    public static List<String> getConfigList(String key) {
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (Object obj : config.getList(key, new ArrayList<String>())) {
+            if (obj instanceof String) {
+                result.add( (String) obj);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+    public static void setConfigBoolean(String key, boolean value)  { config.setProperty(key, value); }
+    public static void setConfigString(String key, String value)    { config.setProperty(key, value); }
+    public static void setConfigInteger(String key, int value)      { config.setProperty(key, value); }
+    public static void setConfigList(String key, List<Object> list) {
+        config.clearProperty(key);
+        config.addProperty(key, list);
+    }
+
     public static void saveConfig() {
         try {
             config.save(config.getPath());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/rip.properties b/src/main/resources/rip.properties
index cb3240f8..dc30ebdc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/rip.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/rip.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ download.timeout = 60000
 # Maximum size of downloaded files in bytes (required)
 download.max_size = 104857600
 
+download.history = 
 # API creds
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 tumblr.auth = v5kUqGQXUtmF7K0itri1DGtgTs0VQpbSEbh1jxYgj9d2Sq18F8