diff --git a/utils/.config.template.toml b/utils/.config.template.toml
index 222fbf4..98b65a2 100644
--- a/utils/.config.template.toml
+++ b/utils/.config.template.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ storymodemethod= { optional = true, default = 1, example = 1, explanation = "Sty
 storymode_max_length = { optional = true, default = 1000, example = 1000, explanation = "Max length of the storymode video in characters. 200 characters are approximately 50 seconds.", type = "int", nmin = 1, oob_error = "It's very hard to make a video under a second." }
 resolution_w = { optional = false, default = 1080, example = 1440, explantation = "Sets the width in pixels of the final video" }
 resolution_h = { optional = false, default = 1920, example = 2560, explantation = "Sets the height in pixels of the final video" }
+text_size = { optional = false, default = 56, example = 75, explantation = "Sets the font size for the captions" }
+text_padding = { optional = false, default = 5, example = 10, explantation = "Sets the line spacing for the captions" }
+text_wrap = { optional = false, default = 30, example = 40, explantation = "Sets the number of characters per line, before it is wrapped to another line" }
 zoom = { optional = true, default = 1, example = 1.1, explanation = "Sets the browser zoom level. Useful if you want the text larger.", type = "float", nmin = 0.1, nmax = 2, oob_error = "The text is really difficult to read at a zoom level higher than 2" }
 
 [settings.background]
diff --git a/utils/imagenarator.py b/utils/imagenarator.py
index 1a4ef42..779e208 100644
--- a/utils/imagenarator.py
+++ b/utils/imagenarator.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import textwrap
 import os
 import json
 
+from utils import settings
+
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 from rich.progress import track
 from TTS.engine_wrapper import process_text
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ def draw_multiple_line_text(
         y += line_height + padding
 
 
-def imagemaker(theme, reddit_obj: dict, txtclr, padding=5, transparent=False) -> None:
+def imagemaker(theme, reddit_obj: dict, txtclr, transparent=False) -> None:
     """
     Render Images for video
     """
@@ -81,24 +83,25 @@ def imagemaker(theme, reddit_obj: dict, txtclr, padding=5, transparent=False) ->
     id = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
 
     if transparent:
-        font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), 100)
-        tfont = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), 100)
+        font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), int(settings.config["settings"]["text_size"])) # changed
+        tfont = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), int(settings.config["settings"]["text_size"])) # changed
     else:
-        tfont = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), 100)  # for title
-        font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Regular.ttf"), 100)
-    size = (1920, 1080)
+        tfont = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), int(settings.config["settings"]["text_size"]))  # for title # changed
+        font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Regular.ttf"), int(settings.config["settings"]["text_size"])) # changed
+
+    size = (int(settings.config["settings"]["resolution_w"]), int(settings.config["settings"]["resolution_h"]))
 
     image = Image.new("RGBA", size, theme)
 
     # for title
-    draw_multiple_line_text(image, title, tfont, txtclr, padding, wrap=30, transparent=transparent)
+    draw_multiple_line_text(image, perform_text_replacements(title), tfont, txtclr, int(settings.config["settings"]["text_padding"]), wrap=int(settings.config["settings"]["text_wrap"]), transparent=transparent)
 
     image.save(f"assets/temp/{id}/png/title.png")
 
     for idx, text in track(enumerate(texts), "💬 Rendering captions...", total=len(texts)):
         image = Image.new("RGBA", size, theme)
         text = process_text(text, False)
-        draw_multiple_line_text(image, perform_text_replacements(text), font, txtclr, padding, wrap=30, transparent=transparent)
+        draw_multiple_line_text(image, perform_text_replacements(text), font, txtclr, int(settings.config["settings"]["text_padding"]), wrap=int(settings.config["settings"]["text_wrap"]), transparent=transparent)
         image.save(f"assets/temp/{id}/png/img{idx}.png")
     print_substep("Captions rendered successfully!", style="bold green")
 
diff --git a/utils/version.py b/utils/version.py
index 0818c87..ba13de2 100644
--- a/utils/version.py
+++ b/utils/version.py
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@ from utils.console import print_step
 
 
 def checkversion(__VERSION__: str):
-    response = requests.get(
-        "https://api.github.com/repos/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/releases/latest"
-    )
-    latestversion = response.json()["tag_name"]
-    if __VERSION__ == latestversion:
-        print_step(f"You are using the newest version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot")
-        return True
-    elif __VERSION__ < latestversion:
-        print_step(
-            f"You are using an older version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot. Download the newest version ({latestversion}) from https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/releases/latest"
-        )
-    else:
-        print_step(
-            f"Welcome to the test version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot. Thanks for testing and feel free to report any bugs you find."
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/releases/latest"
         )
+        latestversion = response.json()["tag_name"]
+        if __VERSION__ == latestversion:
+            print_step(f"You are using the newest version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot")
+            return True
+        elif __VERSION__ < latestversion:
+            print_step(
+                f"You are using an older version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot. Download the newest version ({latestversion}) from https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/releases/latest"
+            )
+        else:
+            print_step(
+                f"Welcome to the test version ({__VERSION__}) of the bot. Thanks for testing and feel free to report any bugs you find."
+            )
+    except:
+        pass