diff --git a/skywipe/configuration.py b/skywipe/configuration.py
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+"""Core configuration handling class and related logic."""
+
+import os
+import getpass
+from pathlib import Path
+import yaml
+from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
+
+
+class Configuration:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.config_file = Path.home() / ".config" / "skywipe" / "config.yml"
+        self.key_file = Path.home() / ".config" / "skywipe" / ".key"
+        self._fernet = None
+
+    def exists(self) -> bool:
+        return self.config_file.exists()
+
+    def _get_or_create_key(self) -> bytes:
+        if self.key_file.exists():
+            return self.key_file.read_bytes()
+
+        key = Fernet.generate_key()
+        config_dir = self.key_file.parent
+        config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        self.key_file.write_bytes(key)
+        os.chmod(self.key_file, 0o600)
+        return key
+
+    def _get_fernet(self) -> Fernet:
+        if self._fernet is None:
+            key = self._get_or_create_key()
+            self._fernet = Fernet(key)
+        return self._fernet
+
+    def encrypt_password(self, password: str) -> str:
+        fernet = self._get_fernet()
+        encrypted = fernet.encrypt(password.encode())
+        return encrypted.decode()
+
+    def decrypt_password(self, encrypted_password: str) -> str:
+        fernet = self._get_fernet()
+        decrypted = fernet.decrypt(encrypted_password.encode())
+        return decrypted.decode()
+
+    def create(self):
+        if self.exists():
+            overwrite = input(
+                "Configuration already exists. Overwrite? (y/N): ").strip().lower()
+            if overwrite not in ("y", "yes"):
+                return
+
+        config_dir = self.config_file.parent
+        config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        print("Skywipe Configuration")
+        print("=" * 50)
+        handle = input("Bluesky handle: ").strip()
+        password = getpass.getpass("Bluesky app password: ").strip()
+        batch_size = input("Batch size (default: 10): ").strip() or "10"
+        delay = input(
+            "Delay between batches in seconds (default: 1): ").strip() or "1"
+        verbose_input = input(
+            "Verbose mode (y/n, default: y): ").strip().lower() or "y"
+        verbose = verbose_input in ("y", "yes", "true", "1")
+
+        try:
+            batch_size = int(batch_size)
+            delay = int(delay)
+        except ValueError:
+            print("Error: batch_size and delay must be integers")
+            return
+
+        encrypted_password = self.encrypt_password(password)
+
+        config_data = {
+            "handle": handle,
+            "password": encrypted_password,
+            "batch_size": batch_size,
+            "delay": delay,
+            "verbose": verbose
+        }
+
+        with open(self.config_file, "w") as f:
+            yaml.dump(config_data, f, default_flow_style=False)
+
+        print(f"\nConfiguration saved to {self.config_file}")