diff --git a/src/file_type_config.zig b/src/file_type_config.zig
index b588f9a..dbdba4d 100644
--- a/src/file_type_config.zig
+++ b/src/file_type_config.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+name: []const u8 = "none",
 description: ?[]const u8 = null,
 extensions: ?[]const []const u8 = null,
 icon: ?[]const u8 = null,
@@ -7,11 +8,13 @@ formatter: ?[]const []const u8 = null,
 language_server: ?[]const []const u8 = null,
 first_line_matches_prefix: ?[]const u8 = null,
 first_line_matches_content: ?[]const u8 = null,
+first_line_matches: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
 include_files: []const u8 = "",
 
-pub fn from_file_type(file_type: *const FileType) @This() {
+fn from_file_type(file_type: *const syntax.FileType) @This() {
     return .{
+        .name = file_type.name,
         .color = file_type.color,
         .icon = file_type.icon,
         .description = file_type.description,
@@ -24,4 +27,103 @@ pub fn from_file_type(file_type: *const FileType) @This() {
     };
 }
 
-const FileType = @import("syntax").FileType;
+pub fn get_default(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file_type_name: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+    const file_type = syntax.FileType.get_by_name_static(file_type_name) orelse return error.UnknownFileType;
+    const config = from_file_type(file_type);
+    var content = std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8).empty;
+    defer content.deinit(allocator);
+    root.write_config_to_writer(@This(), config, content.writer(allocator)) catch {};
+    return content.toOwnedSlice(allocator);
+}
+
+const cache_allocator = std.heap.c_allocator;
+var cache_mutex: std.Thread.Mutex = .{};
+var cache: std.StringHashMapUnmanaged(*@This()) = .{};
+
+pub fn get(file_type_name: []const u8) !?@This() {
+    cache_mutex.lock();
+    defer cache_mutex.unlock();
+
+    const self = if (cache.get(file_type_name)) |self| self.* else blk: {
+        const file_name = try get_config_file_path(cache_allocator, file_type_name);
+        defer cache_allocator.free(file_name);
+
+        const file: ?std.fs.File = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(file_name, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch null;
+        if (file) |f| {
+            defer f.close();
+            const stat = try f.stat();
+            const buf = try cache_allocator.alloc(u8, @intCast(stat.size));
+            defer cache_allocator.free(buf);
+            const size = try f.readAll(buf);
+            std.debug.assert(size == stat.size);
+            var self: @This() = .{};
+            var bufs_: [][]const u8 = &.{}; // cached, no need to free
+            try root.parse_text_config_file(@This(), cache_allocator, &self, &bufs_, file_name, buf);
+            break :blk self;
+        } else break :blk if (syntax.FileType.get_by_name_static(file_type_name)) |ft| from_file_type(ft) else null;
+    };
+
+    return self;
+}
+
+pub fn get_config_file_path(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file_type: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+    var stream = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    const writer = stream.writer();
+    _ = try writer.writeAll(try root.get_config_dir());
+    _ = try writer.writeByte(std.fs.path.sep);
+    _ = try writer.writeAll("file_type");
+    _ = try writer.writeByte(std.fs.path.sep);
+    std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(stream.items) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
+        else => return e,
+    };
+    _ = try writer.writeAll(file_type);
+    _ = try writer.writeAll(".conf");
+    return stream.toOwnedSlice();
+}
+
+pub fn guess_file_type(file_path: ?[]const u8, content: []const u8) ?@This() {
+    return guess(file_path, content);
+}
+
+fn guess(file_path: ?[]const u8, content: []const u8) ?@This() {
+    if (guess_first_line(content)) |ft| return ft;
+    for (syntax.FileType.static_file_types) |*static_file_type| {
+        const file_type = get(static_file_type.name) catch unreachable orelse unreachable;
+        if (file_path) |fp| if (syntax.FileType.match_file_type(file_type.extensions orelse static_file_type.extensions, fp))
+            return file_type;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn guess_first_line(content: []const u8) ?@This() {
+    const first_line = if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, content, "\n")) |pos| content[0..pos] else content;
+    for (syntax.FileType.static_file_types) |*static_file_type| {
+        const file_type = get(static_file_type.name) catch unreachable orelse unreachable;
+        if (syntax.FileType.match_first_line(file_type.first_line_matches_prefix, file_type.first_line_matches_content, first_line))
+            return file_type;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+pub fn create_syntax(file_type_config: @This(), allocator: std.mem.Allocator, query_cache: *syntax.QueryCache) !*syntax {
+    return syntax.create(
+        syntax.FileType.get_by_name_static(file_type_config.name) orelse return error.FileTypeNotFound,
+        allocator,
+        query_cache,
+    );
+}
+
+pub fn create_syntax_guess_file_type(
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    content: []const u8,
+    file_path: ?[]const u8,
+    query_cache: *syntax.QueryCache,
+) !*syntax {
+    const file_type = guess(file_path, content) orelse return error.NotFound;
+    return create_syntax(file_type, allocator, query_cache);
+}
+
+const syntax = @import("syntax");
+const std = @import("std");
+const root = @import("root");