diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index 07e4853ba..5c90b7a57 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use async_timing_util::Timelength;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
-use monitor_types::{CoreConfig, MongoConfig};
+use monitor_types::{CoreConfig, MongoConfig, PeripheryConfig};
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, Rng};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -57,14 +57,43 @@ pub fn gen_core_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
 
     write_to_toml(&path, config);
 
-    println!("core config has been generated ✅");
+    println!("\ncore config has been generated ✅");
 }
 
 pub fn start_mongo(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {}
 
 pub fn start_core(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {}
 
-pub fn get_periphery_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {}
+pub fn gen_periphery_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    let path = sub_matches
+        .get_one::<String>("path")
+        .map(|p| p.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("$HOME/.monitor/config.toml")
+        .to_string();
+    let port = sub_matches
+        .get_one::<String>("port")
+        .map(|p| p.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("9000")
+        .parse::<u16>()
+        .expect("invalid port");
+    let repo_dir = sub_matches
+        .get_one::<String>("repo_dir")
+        .map(|p| p.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("/repos")
+        .to_string();
+
+    let config = PeripheryConfig {
+        port,
+        repo_dir,
+        secrets: Default::default(),
+        github_accounts: Default::default(),
+        docker_accounts: Default::default(),
+    };
+
+    write_to_toml(&path, config);
+
+    println!("\nperiphery config has been generated ✅");
+}
 
 pub fn start_periphery(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {}
 
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 461499d7e..383b73ce4 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,22 @@ fn cli() -> Command {
                 .subcommand_required(true)
                 .arg_required_else_help(true)
                 .allow_external_subcommands(true)
-                .subcommand(Command::new("config_gen").about("generate a periphery config"))
+                .subcommand(
+                    Command::new("config_gen")
+                        .about("generate a periphery config")
+                        .arg(
+                            arg!(--path <PATH> "sets path of generated config file. default is '~/.monitor/config.toml'")
+                                .required(false)
+                        )
+                        .arg(
+                            arg!(--port <PORT> "sets port periphery will run on. default is 9001")
+                                .required(false)
+                        )
+                        .arg(
+                            arg!(--repo_dir <PATH> "sets folder that repos will be cloned into. default is /repos")
+                                .required(false)
+                        )
+                )
                 .subcommand(Command::new("start").about("start up monitor periphery")),
         )
 }
@@ -80,7 +95,7 @@ fn main() {
                 "invalid call, should be 'monitor_cli periphery <config_gen, start> <flags>'",
             );
             match periphery_command {
-                ("config_gen", sub_matches) => get_periphery_config(sub_matches),
+                ("config_gen", sub_matches) => gen_periphery_config(sub_matches),
                 ("start", sub_matches) => start_periphery(sub_matches),
                 _ => {
                     println!("invalid call, should be 'monitor_cli core <config_gen, start_mongo, start> <flags>'")
diff --git a/lib/types/src/lib.rs b/lib/types/src/lib.rs
index 098b0d477..b68acd07d 100644
--- a/lib/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -531,20 +531,18 @@ fn default_core_mongo_db_name() -> String {
     "monitor".to_string()
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct PeripheryConfig {
     #[serde(default = "default_periphery_port")]
     pub port: u16,
+    #[serde(default = "default_repo_dir")]
+    pub repo_dir: String,
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub is_builder: bool,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub docker_accounts: DockerAccounts,
+    pub secrets: SecretsMap,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub github_accounts: GithubAccounts,
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub secrets: SecretsMap,
-    #[serde(default = "default_repo_dir")]
-    pub repo_dir: String,
+    pub docker_accounts: DockerAccounts,
 }
 
 fn default_periphery_port() -> u16 {
diff --git a/periphery/Users/max/monitor_repos/periphery b/periphery/Users/max/monitor_repos/periphery
deleted file mode 160000
index b1e2328d5..000000000
--- a/periphery/Users/max/monitor_repos/periphery
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b1e2328d54a41c213681d2012dff439d25dbe95e