diff --git a/MainWindow.py b/MainWindow.py
index 469d87a..b0407e0 100644
--- a/MainWindow.py
+++ b/MainWindow.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 from typing import Any, cast
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import (
+    QByteArray,
     QDate,
     QModelIndex,
     QPersistentModelIndex,
     QPoint,
+    QSettings,
     Qt,
     Signal,
     Slot,
 )
 from PySide6.QtGui import (
+    QCloseEvent,
     QColor,
 )
 from PySide6.QtSql import QSqlTableModel
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
 )
 
 from docketModel import docketModel
-from lib.utils import QStyleOptionViewItemInit
+from lib.utils import QStyleOptionViewItemInit, readGeometry, writeGeometry
 from ui.MainWindow import Ui_MainWindow
 from workers import updateThread
 
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
         self.setupUi(self)
+        readGeometry(self)
 
         model = casesModel()
         model.setTable("cases")
@@ -167,6 +171,10 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         )
         return
 
+    def closeEvent(self, event: QCloseEvent) -> None:
+        writeGeometry(self)
+        super().closeEvent(event)
+        return
     @Slot(QModelIndex)  # type: ignore
     def rowClicked(self, index: QModelIndex) -> None:
         if not index.isValid():
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 8f952f4..2d859e2 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import NoReturn, cast
 
-from PySide6.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject, QRect, Signal
+from PySide6.QtCore import QByteArray, QCoreApplication, QObject, QRect, QSettings, Signal
 from PySide6.QtGui import QColor, QFont
 from PySide6.QtSql import QSqlQuery
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QStyleOptionViewItem, QWidget
@@ -28,3 +28,24 @@ class QStyleOptionViewItemInit(QStyleOptionViewItem):
     widget: QWidget
     font: QFont
     text: str
+
+def openSettings(group:str|None = None) -> QSettings:
+    settings = QSettings("Troglodite Services", "SCOTUS Watch")
+    if group is not None:
+        settings.beginGroup(group)
+    return settings
+
+def readGeometry(widget:QWidget) -> None:
+    settings = openSettings(widget.objectName())
+    geometry = settings.value('geometry', QByteArray())
+    assert isinstance(geometry, QByteArray)
+    if not geometry.isEmpty():
+        widget.restoreGeometry(geometry)
+    settings.endGroup()
+    return
+
+def writeGeometry(widget: QWidget) -> None:
+    settings = openSettings(widget.objectName())
+    settings.setValue('geometry', widget.saveGeometry())
+    settings.endGroup()
+    return
diff --git a/pdfView.py b/pdfView.py
index 09a3768..3a854f1 100644
--- a/pdfView.py
+++ b/pdfView.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import math
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import QFile, QModelIndex, QPoint, Signal, Slot
+from PySide6.QtGui import QCloseEvent
 from PySide6.QtPdf import QPdfBookmarkModel, QPdfDocument
 from PySide6.QtPdfWidgets import QPdfView
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QDialog, QMenuBar, QSpinBox, QWidget
 
+from lib.utils import readGeometry, writeGeometry
 from ui.pdfViewer import Ui_pdfViewer
 
 ZOOM_MULTIPLIER = math.sqrt(2.0)
@@ -81,7 +83,9 @@ class PDFViewer(QDialog, Ui_pdfViewer):
     def __init__(self, parent: QWidget | None) -> None:
         super(PDFViewer, self).__init__(parent)
         self.setupUi(self)
-
+        self.setObjectName('PDFViewer')
+        readGeometry(self)
+        print(self.objectName())
         self.zoomSelector = ZoomSelector(self)
         self.pageSelector = QSpinBox(self)
         self.document = QPdfDocument(self)
@@ -113,6 +117,11 @@ class PDFViewer(QDialog, Ui_pdfViewer):
         )
         return
 
+    def closeEvent(self, event: QCloseEvent) -> None:
+        writeGeometry(self)
+        super().closeEvent(event)
+        return
+
     @Slot(QFile)  # type: ignore
     def open(self, file: QFile) -> None:
         # assert file.exists()
diff --git a/scotus-pull.py b/scotus-pull.py
index ba2afe0..f97b94f 100755
--- a/scotus-pull.py
+++ b/scotus-pull.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import faulthandler
 import sys
 
+from PySide6.QtCore import QSettings
 from PySide6.QtSql import (
     QSqlDatabase,
 )
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QApplication,
 )
 
+from lib.utils import openSettings
+
 faulthandler.enable()
 
 from MainWindow import MainWindow
@@ -17,11 +20,13 @@ from MainWindow import MainWindow
 def main() -> int:
     #
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    settings = openSettings('database')
     db = QSqlDatabase.addDatabase("QMYSQL")
-    db.setHostName("ceph5")
-    db.setDatabaseName("scotus")
-    db.setUserName("scotus")
-    db.setPassword("lechOtvirf8Om/")
+    db.setHostName(settings.value("hostname"))
+    db.setDatabaseName(settings.value("databasename","scotus")) # type: ignore
+    db.setUserName(settings.value("user","scotus")) # type: ignore
+    db.setPassword(settings.value("password"))
+    settings.endGroup()
     db.open()
     import lib.dbConfig
 
diff --git a/tracker.org b/tracker.org
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e7f661..0000000
--- a/tracker.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#+AUTHOR: Christopher T. Johnson
-#+STARTUP: indent
-#+OPTIONS: num:nil toc:nil