diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3eeba73..e99ba34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 ### Enhancements
 
+- store configuration in seperate files, see #4
+- possibility to exit with STRG+C
+- bit better messages on connection
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 ## [0.2.0] - 2020-09-04
@@ -24,4 +28,4 @@
 
 [unreleased]: https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/compare/v0.2.0...HEAD
 [0.2.0]: https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0
-[0.1.0]: https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/compare/e76bb37d3...v0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+[0.1.0]: https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/compare/e76bb37d3...v0.1.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9ac577..1376b66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # TeslaMate Telegram Bot
+
 A telegram bot which sends a message if an update for your Tesla is available (use TeslaMate MQTT)
 
 [![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot)](https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/releases/latest)
@@ -50,25 +51,22 @@ This setup is recommended only if you are running TeslaMate Telegram Bot **on yo
 
 Before the first install you need to set up a telegram bot. For doing so, see [Requirements](#requirements).
 
-Open the file ```src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py``` and adopt the following lines with your own config:
-```
-bot = Bot('api_key')
-```
-```
-chat_id='chat_id',
-```
-```
-client.connect(mqtt_config.mqtt_data['mqtt_broker_host', 'mqtt_broker_port', 60)
+Open the files ```src/mqtt_config.py``` and ```src/telegram_config.py``` and adopt according to your own config.
+
+You also need to install the required pip packages
+
+```shell
+python -m pip install -r ./src/requirements.txt
 ```
 
 ## Usage
-Execute the file ```src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py.sh``` from linux bash with ```python ./src/check_for_tesla_update_and_send_telegram.sh``` or, depending on your system ```python3 ./src/check_for_tesla_update_and_send_telegram.sh```
+
+Execute the file ```src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py``` from linux bash with ```python ./src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py``` or, depending on your system ```python3 ./src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py```
 
 ## Update
 
 Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/JakobLichterfeld/TeslaMate_Telegram_Bot/releases) before upgrading!
 
-
 ## Contributing
 
 All contributions are welcome and greatly appreciated!
diff --git a/src/mqtt_config.py b/src/mqtt_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a928d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mqtt_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mqtt_data = {
+    'mqtt_broker_host': 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
+    'mqtt_broker_port': '1883'
+}
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40568b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+paho-mqtt==1.5.0
+python-telegram-bot==12.8
diff --git a/src/telegram_config.py b/src/telegram_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01adcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/telegram_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+telegram_bot_data = {
+    'api_key': 'SECRET_API_KEY',
+    'chat_id': 'CHAT_ID'
+}
diff --git a/src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py b/src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py
index d2cde5c..3777afa 100644
--- a/src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py
+++ b/src/teslamte_telegram_bot.py
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
+# import config data
+import telegram_config
+import mqtt_config
+
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 
+import time
+
 from telegram.bot import Bot
 from telegram.parsemode import ParseMode
 
 # initializing the bot with API
-bot = Bot('api_key')
+bot = Bot(telegram_config.telegram_bot_data['api_key'])
 
 # The callback for when the client receives a CONNACK response from the server.
 
 
 def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
-    print("Connected successfully to broker")
+    print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
+    if rc == 0:
+        print("Connected successfully to broker")
+    else:
+        print("Connection failed")
 
     # Subscribing in on_connect() means that if we lose the connection and
     # reconnect then subscriptions will be renewed.
@@ -28,7 +38,7 @@ def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
     if msg.payload.decode() == "true":
         print("A new SW update for your Tesla is available!")
         bot.send_message(
-            chat_id='chat_id',
+            chat_id=telegram_config.telegram_bot_data['chat_id'],
             # text="<b>"+"SW Update"+"</b>\n"+"A new SW update for your Tesla is available!\n\n<b>"+msg.topic+"</b>\n"+str(msg.payload.decode()),
             text="<b>"+"SW Update"+"</b>\n"+"A new SW update for your Tesla is available!",
             parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML,
@@ -39,7 +49,8 @@ def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
 client.on_connect = on_connect
 client.on_message = on_message
 
-client.connect(mqtt_config.mqtt_data['mqtt_broker_host', 'mqtt_broker_port', 60)
+client.connect(mqtt_config.mqtt_data['mqtt_broker_host'], int(
+    mqtt_config.mqtt_data['mqtt_broker_port']), 60)
 
 
 # Blocking call that processes network traffic, dispatches callbacks and
@@ -50,6 +61,16 @@ def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
 
 
 client.loop_start()  # start the loop
+try:
+
+    while True:
+
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+
+    print("exiting")
+
 
 client.disconnect()