diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index bbec079..ad38c31 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-import { App, Plugin, View} from 'obsidian';
+import { App, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, View, Setting} from 'obsidian';
 
+interface EasyGraphSearchSettings {
+	defaultSearchString: string;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: EasyGraphSearchSettings = {
+	defaultSearchString: ''
+}
 
 export default class EasyGraphSearch extends Plugin {
+	settings: EasyGraphSearchSettings;
+
 	async onload() {
+		await this.loadSettings();
 
 		// This adds an editor command that can perform some operation on the current editor instance
 		this.addCommand({
@@ -11,34 +21,77 @@ export default class EasyGraphSearch extends Plugin {
 			hotkeys: [{ modifiers: ["Alt"], key: "f" }],
 			checkCallback: (checking: boolean) => {
 				// Conditions to check				
-				const graphView = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(View);
-				console.log(graphView);
+				const graphView = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(View);				
 				// Check if null
 				if (graphView) {
 					// Check if the active view is a graph
 					if (graphView.getViewType() == "graph") {	
 						// make sure that the graph controls is visable
-						graphView.dataEngine.controlsEl.getElementsByClassName("clickable-icon graph-controls-button mod-open")[0].click()
+						graphView.dataEngine.controlsEl.getElementsByClassName("clickable-icon graph-controls-button mod-open")[0].click();
 						// make sure that the filter options are not collapsed
-						graphView.dataEngine.filterOptions.setCollapsed(false)
+						graphView.dataEngine.filterOptions.setCollapsed(false);
 						// define the searchbox element
-						const searchBox = graphView.dataEngine.filterOptions.search.inputEl;
-						// select the input field TODO: copy search to clipboard? or add to settings
-						searchBox.select(true)
+						const searchBox = graphView.dataEngine.filterOptions.search;
+						const searchBoxEl = searchBox.inputEl;
+						// select the input field
+						searchBoxEl.select(true);
+						// input a default search term from the settings into the search (only if one exists)
+						if(this.settings.defaultSearchString)
+						{
+							console.log(this.settings.defaultSearchString);				
+							searchBox.setValue(this.settings.defaultSearchString);
+						}
 						// Put the cursor in the end of the input field
-						searchBox.setSelectionRange(searchBox.selectionEnd, searchBox.selectionEnd)
+						searchBoxEl.setSelectionRange(searchBoxEl.selectionEnd, searchBoxEl.selectionEnd);
 					}
 				}
 				
 			}
 		});
 
+		// This adds a settings tab so the user can configure various aspects of the plugin
+		this.addSettingTab(new EasyGraphSearchSettingsTab(this.app, this));
+
 	}
 
 	onunload() {
 
 	}
 
+	async loadSettings() {
+		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
+	}
+
+	async saveSettings() {
+		await this.saveData(this.settings);
+	}
 }
 
 
+class EasyGraphSearchSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+	plugin: EasyGraphSearch;
+
+	constructor(app: App, plugin: EasyGraphSearch) {
+		super(app, plugin);
+		this.plugin = plugin;
+	}
+
+	display(): void {
+		const {containerEl} = this;
+
+		containerEl.empty();
+
+		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for the Graph Search Hotkey Plugin:'});
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Default search string')
+			.setDesc('Search String to put into Graph search, this is especially useful if you have certain folders you dont want to show in your graph, e.g. \"-path:journal\". Leave this blank to always put the curso in the end.')
+			.addText(text => text
+				.setPlaceholder('Enter your search string')
+				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.defaultSearchString)
+				.onChange(async (value) => {					
+					this.plugin.settings.defaultSearchString = value;
+					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				}));
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index dbb51d2..2a3b216 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "obsidian-graph-search-hotkey",
 	"name": "Graph Search Hotkey",
-	"version": "1.0.0",
+	"version": "1.0.1",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "This is a simple plugin so you can set a hotkey to switch to the search bar in the Graph view. It is Alt+f as a default.",
 	"author": "Johannes Geisler",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e70e82d..67f9562 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-graph-search-hotkey",
-	"version": "1.0.0",
+	"version": "1.0.1",
 	"description": "This is a simple plugin so you can set a hotkey to switch to the search bar in the Graph view. It is Alt+f as a default.",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		"version": "node version-bump.mjs && git add manifest.json versions.json"
 	},
 	"keywords": [],
-	"author": "",
+	"author": "Johannes Geisler",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/node": "^16.11.6",