diff --git a/.config.template.toml b/.config.template.toml
index 7f4a277..9fbf3f3 100644
--- a/.config.template.toml
+++ b/.config.template.toml
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ client_id = { optional = false, nmin = 12, nmax = 30, explanation = "the ID of y
 client_secret = { optional = false, nmin = 20, nmax = 40, explanation = "the SECRET of your Reddit app of SCRIPT type", example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", regex = "^[-a-zA-Z0-9._~+/]+=*$", input_error = "The client ID can only contain printable characters.", oob_error = "The secret should be over 20 and under 40 characters, double check your input." }
 username = { optional = false, nmin = 3, nmax = 20, explanation = "the username of your reddit account", example = "asdfghjkl", regex = "^[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", oob_error = "A username HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
 password = { optional = false, nmin = 8, explanation = "the password of your reddit account", example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", oob_error = "Password too short" }
-2fa = { optional = true, type = "bool", options = [
+2fa = { optional = false, type = "bool", options = [
   true,
   false,
 ], default = false, explanation = "Whether you have Reddit 2FA enabled, Valid options are True and False", example = true }
 
 
 [reddit.thread]
-random = { optional = true, options = [
+random = { optional = false, options = [
   true,
   false,
 ], default = false, type = "bool", explanation = "If set to no, it will ask you a thread link to extract the thread, if yes it will randomize it. Default: 'False'", example = "True" }
 subreddit = { optional = false, regex = "[_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", nmin = 3, nmax = 21, explanation = "what subreddit to pull posts from, the name of the sub, not the URL", example = "AskReddit", oob_error = "A subreddit name HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
-post_id = { optional = true, regex = "^((?!://|://).)*$", explanation = "Used if you want to use a specific post.", example = "urdtfx" }
+post_id = { optional = false, default = "", regex = "^((?!://|://).)*$", explanation = "Used if you want to use a specific post.", example = "urdtfx" }
 max_comment_length = { default = 500, optional = false, nmin = 10, nmax = 10000, type = "int", explanation = "max number of characters a comment can have. default is 500", example = 500, oob_error = "the max comment length should be between 10 and 10000" }
-post_lang = { optional = true, explanation = "The language you would like to translate to - leave blank for none.", example = "es-cr"}
+post_lang = { default = "", optional = false, explanation = "The language you would like to translate to - leave blank for none.", example = "es-cr"}
 
 [settings]
 allow_nsfw = { optional = false, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ theme = { optional = false, default = "light", example = "dark", options = [
 ], explanation = "sets the Reddit theme, either LIGHT or DARK" }
 times_to_run = { optional = false, default = 1, example = 2, explanation = "used if you want to run multiple times. set to an int e.g. 4 or 29 or 1", type = "int", nmin = 1, oob_error = "It's very hard to run something less than once." }
 opacity = { optional = false, default = 0.9, example = 0.8, explanation = "Sets the opacity of the comments when overlayed over the background", type = "float", nmin = 0, nmax = 1, oob_error = "The opacity HAS to be between 0 and 1", input_error = "The opacity HAS to be a decimal number between 0 and 1" }
-storymode = { optional = true, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [
+storymode = { optional = false, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [
   true,
   false,
 ] }
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ storymode = { optional = true, type = "bool", default = false, example = false,
 aws_polly_voice = { optional = false, default = "Matthew", example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for AWS Polly" }
 streamlabs_polly_voice = { optional = false, default = "Matthew", example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for Streamlabs Polly" }
 tiktok_voice = { optional = false, default = "en_us_006", example = "en_us_006", explanation = "The voice used for TikTok TTS" }
-choice = { optional = true, example = "streamlabspolly", explanation = "The backend used for TTS generation" }
+choice = { optional = false, default = "", options = [ "streamlabspolly", "tiktok", "googletranslate", "awspolly", ""], example = "streamlabspolly", explanation = "The backend used for TTS generation. This can be left blank and you will be prompted to choose at runtime." }