diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index b60f103..a89df29 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -50,17 +50,38 @@ preflight_env() {
 
 gather_config() {
   section "config"
+  local config_file="$HOME/.config/travel-bootstrap/config"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$config_file")"
+
+  local DEFAULT_FORGEJO_URL="" DEFAULT_KEY_NAME=""
+  if [ -f "$config_file" ]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+    source "$config_file"
+  fi
+
   if [ -z "${FORGEJO_URL:-}" ]; then
-    read -rp "Forgejo instance URL (e.g. https://git.example.com): " FORGEJO_URL
+    if [ -n "$DEFAULT_FORGEJO_URL" ]; then
+      read -rp "Forgejo instance URL [$DEFAULT_FORGEJO_URL]: " FORGEJO_URL
+      FORGEJO_URL="${FORGEJO_URL:-$DEFAULT_FORGEJO_URL}"
+    else
+      read -rp "Forgejo instance URL (e.g. https://git.example.com): " FORGEJO_URL
+    fi
   fi
   FORGEJO_URL="${FORGEJO_URL%/}"
 
   if [ -z "${KEY_NAME:-}" ]; then
-    read -rp "Label for this device's SSH key [travel-laptop]: " KEY_NAME
+    local key_default="${DEFAULT_KEY_NAME:-travel-laptop}"
+    read -rp "Label for this device's SSH key [$key_default]: " KEY_NAME
+    KEY_NAME="${KEY_NAME:-$key_default}"
   fi
-  KEY_NAME="${KEY_NAME:-travel-laptop}"
   KEYFILE="$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519_${KEY_NAME}"
 
+  cat > "$config_file" <<EOF
+DEFAULT_FORGEJO_URL="$FORGEJO_URL"
+DEFAULT_KEY_NAME="$KEY_NAME"
+EOF
+  chmod 600 "$config_file"
+
   step_ok "config gathered" "FORGEJO_URL=$FORGEJO_URL KEY_NAME=$KEY_NAME"
 }