diff --git a/src/bot.rs b/src/bot.rs
index 35c9902..8b0a61a 100644
--- a/src/bot.rs
+++ b/src/bot.rs
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(data: Arc<RwLock<SharedData>>) {
 
         {
             let mut write = data.write().await;
-            write.post_history = match SeriesHistory::load_history() {
-                Ok(data) => data,
-                Err(_) => continue,
-            };
+            write.post_history = SeriesHistory::load_history();
         }
 
         {
@@ -243,14 +240,7 @@ async fn handle_series(
         series_history.set_part(post_part_info.as_string().as_str(), part_history);
         let mut write = data.write().await;
         write.post_history.set_series(series.slug.as_str(), series_history);
-        let _ = match write.post_history.save_history() {
-            Ok(data) => data,
-            Err(e) => {
-                let err_msg = format!("{e}");
-                write_error(err_msg);
-                return Err(())
-            }
-        };
+        write.post_history.save_history();
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/post_history.rs b/src/post_history.rs
index 7f8e1a3..364f444 100644
--- a/src/post_history.rs
+++ b/src/post_history.rs
@@ -1,69 +1,25 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::fs;
-use std::fs::OpenOptions;
-use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::Path;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::write_error;
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default, Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct SeriesHistory {
     pub(crate) series: HashMap<String, PostHistory>,
 }
 
 impl SeriesHistory {
-    pub(crate) fn load_history() -> Result<Self, ()> {
-        let path = confy::get_configuration_file_path(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "config").expect("Something went wrong with confy");
-        let config_dir = path.parent().expect("Something went wrong with confy");
-
-
-        let path = format!("{}/history.toml", config_dir.to_str().expect("Conversion to str should not fail for a dir"));
-        match Path::new(path.as_str()).exists() {
-            true => {
-                let file_contents: String = match fs::read_to_string(path.as_str()) {
-                    Ok(data) => data,
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        let err_msg = format!("{e}");
-                        write_error(err_msg);
-                        return Err(())
-                    },
-                };
-
-                let history: Result<SeriesHistory, toml::de::Error> = match file_contents.len() {
-                    0 => return Ok(SeriesHistory {
-                        series: HashMap::new(),
-                    }),
-                    _ => toml::from_str(file_contents.as_str()),
-                };
-
-                match history {
-                    Ok(data) => Ok(data),
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        let err_msg = format!("{e}");
-                        write_error(err_msg);
-                        Err(())
-                    }
-                }
-            },
-            false => {
-                Ok(SeriesHistory {
-                    series: HashMap::new(),
-                })
-            }
+    pub(crate) fn load_history() -> Self {
+        match confy::load(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "history") {
+            Ok(data) => data,
+            Err(e) => panic!("history.toml not found: {e}"),
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn save_history(&self) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
-        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-            .read(true)
-            .write(true)
-            .create(true)
-            .open("history.toml")
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let json_data = toml::to_string_pretty(&self).unwrap();
-
-        file.write(json_data.as_bytes())
+    pub(crate) fn save_history(&self) {
+        if let Err(e) = confy::store(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "history", self) {
+            let err_msg = format!("Unexpected error saving to history.toml: {e}");
+            write_error(err_msg);
+        }
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn check_for_post(&self, series: &str, part: &str, title: &str) -> bool {