diff --git a/code/python/README.md b/code/python/README.md
index 01b7049..86c7ff1 100644
--- a/code/python/README.md
+++ b/code/python/README.md
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@ Man kann auch mit einem guten Editor/IDE die Tests einzeln ausführen.
 ## Testfälle durch Config-Datei ##
 
 Statt den Code immer anfassen zu müssen, kann man Fälle für die verschiedenen Algorithmen
-in der **[./assets/commands](assets/commands.yaml)** erfassen und (mittels `just run`)
+in der **[./assets/commands.yaml](assets/commands.yaml)** erfassen und (mittels `just run`)
 das Programm ausführen.
+
+Weitere globale Einstellungen (z. B. über Verbosity, Penalty-Konstanten, usw.) kann man in
+**[./assets/config.yaml](assets/config.yaml)** einstellen.
diff --git a/code/python/assets/commands.yaml b/code/python/assets/commands.yaml
index 1b648c2..95ec3a2 100644
--- a/code/python/assets/commands.yaml
+++ b/code/python/assets/commands.yaml
@@ -6,28 +6,24 @@
     - [2, 5, 0, 5]
     - [2, 7, 4, 0]
   optimise: MIN
-  verbose: true
-## Beispiele für Seminarwoche 10 (Blatt 9)
-- &command_hirschberg
-  name: HIRSCHBERG
-  once: true
-  verbose:
-    - COSTS
-    - MOVES
-  # show:
-  #   # - ATOMS
-  #   - TREE
+# Beispiele für Seminarwoche 10 (Blatt 9)
+- name: HIRSCHBERG
   word1: 'happily ever after'
   word2: 'apples'
-- <<: *command_hirschberg
-  word1: 'ANSTRENGEN'
-  word2: 'ANSPANNEN'
-- <<: *command_hirschberg
-  word1: 'ACGAAG'
-  word2: 'AGAT'
-- <<: *command_hirschberg
-  word1: 'happily ever, lol'
-  word2: 'apple'
-- <<: *command_hirschberg
+  once: false
+- name: HIRSCHBERG
   word1: 'happily'
   word2: 'applses'
+  once: false
+- name: HIRSCHBERG
+  word1: 'happily ever, lol'
+  word2: 'apple'
+  once: false
+- name: HIRSCHBERG
+  word1: 'ACGAAG'
+  word2: 'AGAT'
+  once: false
+- name: HIRSCHBERG
+  word1: 'ANSTRENGEN'
+  word2: 'ANSPANNEN'
+  once: false
diff --git a/code/python/assets/config.yaml b/code/python/assets/config.yaml
index ca65d67..d0d18b9 100644
--- a/code/python/assets/config.yaml
+++ b/code/python/assets/config.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@ info:
     Ein Code-Projekt, das Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen aus dem Kurs
     ADS2 an der Universität Leipzig (Sommersemester 2022)
     implementiert.
-options: {}
+options:
+  tsp:
+    verbose: true
+  hirschberg:
+    penality-missmatch: 1
+    penality-gap: 1
+    verbose:
+      - COSTS
+      - MOVES
+    # show:
+    #   # - ATOMS
+    #   - TREE
diff --git a/code/python/main.py b/code/python/main.py
index 8802794..4d85160 100644
--- a/code/python/main.py
+++ b/code/python/main.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from src.graphs.tarjan import *;
 from src.tsp import *;
 from src.hirschberg import *;
 
-
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # GLOBAL CONSTANTS/VARIABLES
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -39,15 +38,15 @@ def enter():
             tsp_algorithm(
                 dist = np.asarray(command.dist, dtype=float),
                 optimise = min if command.optimise == EnumTspOptimise.min else max,
-                verbose = command.verbose,
+                verbose = OPTIONS.tsp.verbose,
             );
         elif isinstance(command, CommandHirschberg):
             hirschberg_algorithm(
                 X = command.word1,
                 Y = command.word2,
                 once = command.once,
-                verb = command.verbose,
-                show = command.show,
+                verb = OPTIONS.hirschberg.verbose,
+                show = OPTIONS.hirschberg.show,
             );
     return;
 
diff --git a/code/python/models/commands-schema.yaml b/code/python/models/commands-schema.yaml
index 32a6a23..6a90a08 100644
--- a/code/python/models/commands-schema.yaml
+++ b/code/python/models/commands-schema.yaml
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ components:
               type: number
         optimise:
           $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumTSPOptimise'
-        verbose:
-          type: boolean
-          default: false
     # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     # Command - Algorithm: Hirschberg
     # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -87,16 +84,6 @@ components:
         once:
           type: boolean
           default: false
-        verbose:
-          type: array
-          items:
-            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumHirschbergVerbosity'
-          default: []
-        show:
-          type: array
-          items:
-            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumHirschbergShow'
-          default: []
     # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     # Enum Algorithm Names
     # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -118,23 +105,3 @@ components:
       enum:
         - MIN
         - MAX
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    # Enum Hirschberg - Verbosity options
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    EnumHirschbergVerbosity:
-      description: |-
-        Enumeration of verbosity options for Hirschberg
-      type: string
-      enum:
-        - COSTS
-        - MOVES
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    # Enum Hirschberg - display options
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    EnumHirschbergShow:
-      description: |-
-        Enumeration of verbosity options for Hirschberg
-      type: string
-      enum:
-        - TREE
-        - ATOMS
diff --git a/code/python/models/config-schema.yaml b/code/python/models/config-schema.yaml
index 2ac4c5a..85248ed 100644
--- a/code/python/models/config-schema.yaml
+++ b/code/python/models/config-schema.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,49 @@ components:
       description: |-
         Options pertaining to the rudimentary setup of the app.
       type: object
+      properties:
+        tsp:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            verbose:
+              type: boolean
+              default: false
+        hirschberg:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            penality-missmatch:
+              type: number
+              default: 1
+            penality-gap:
+              type: number
+              default: 1
+            verbose:
+              type: array
+              items:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumHirschbergVerbosity'
+              default: []
+            show:
+              type: array
+              items:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumHirschbergShow'
+              default: []
+    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    # Enum Hirschberg - Verbosity options
+    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    EnumHirschbergVerbosity:
+      description: |-
+        Enumeration of verbosity options for Hirschberg
+      type: string
+      enum:
+        - COSTS
+        - MOVES
+    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    # Enum Hirschberg - display options
+    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    EnumHirschbergShow:
+      description: |-
+        Enumeration of verbosity options for Hirschberg
+      type: string
+      enum:
+        - TREE
+        - ATOMS
diff --git a/code/python/src/hirschberg/algorithms.py b/code/python/src/hirschberg/algorithms.py
index 5eb07e9..ab6103d 100644
--- a/code/python/src/hirschberg/algorithms.py
+++ b/code/python/src/hirschberg/algorithms.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from src.thirdparty.types import *;
 from src.thirdparty.maths import *;
 
-from models.generated.commands import *;
+from models.generated.config import *;
 from src.hirschberg.constants import *;
 from src.hirschberg.display import *;
 from src.hirschberg.matrix import *;
diff --git a/code/python/src/hirschberg/constants.py b/code/python/src/hirschberg/constants.py
index 2579407..d9be9c3 100644
--- a/code/python/src/hirschberg/constants.py
+++ b/code/python/src/hirschberg/constants.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 from src.thirdparty.types import *;
+from src.setup.config import *;
 
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # EXPORTS
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class Directions(Enum):
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 def gap_penalty(x: str):
-    return 1;
+    return OPTIONS.hirschberg.penality_gap;
 
 def missmatch_penalty(x: str, y: str):
-    return 0 if x == y else 1;
+    return 0 if x == y else OPTIONS.hirschberg.penality_missmatch;
diff --git a/code/python/src/hirschberg/display.py b/code/python/src/hirschberg/display.py
index 02331d5..c9c7c88 100644
--- a/code/python/src/hirschberg/display.py
+++ b/code/python/src/hirschberg/display.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from src.thirdparty.types import *;
 from src.thirdparty.maths import *;
 
-from models.generated.commands import *;
+from models.generated.config import *;
 from src.hirschberg.constants import *;
 
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~