diff --git a/modules/CarConfig/CarConfig b/modules/CarConfig/CarConfig
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..beafaae748b85be2376a7b3cc63af4260613e56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/CarConfig/CarConfig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/bethke/Repositories/Semesterprojekt/Gruppe-A-intern/modules/CarConfig/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/CarConfig/environment.config b/modules/CarConfig/environment.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ee0d91d01dfc35bc4b7bcb70f095a527abc65e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/CarConfig/environment.config
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Numbers on name representing indicies
+// current car state
+x1: 0
+x2: 0
+// covariance matrix
+p11: 10
+p22: 10
+// dynamic model
+f11: 1
+f12: 0.001
+f21: 0
+f22: 1
+// process error
+q11: 1
+q22: 1
+// measure vector
+h1: 1
+h2: 0
+// measurement error
+r: 5
diff --git a/modules/CarConfig/platoon.config b/modules/CarConfig/platoon.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..76a1da8f7b6b75fa64677cd79953dcae0ca0ee43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/CarConfig/platoon.config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+VehicleId: 1 use 1,2 or 3 here depending on the position of the car in platoon; 1 = LEADER
+BroadCast: 10.255.255.255
diff --git a/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/environment/Environment.cpp b/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/environment/Environment.cpp
index f021c34b1031bb1b786d51c2cbbb262741c20abb..7fb8a84c5386518fd0c0104b94c2ad10c4fd6acb 100644
--- a/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/environment/Environment.cpp
+++ b/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/environment/Environment.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void Environment::readConfigFile()
     // open config file
     std::string userHome = getenv("HOME");
     std::ifstream configFile;
-    configFile.open(userHome + "/.CarConfig/environment.config", std::ifstream::in);
+    configFile.open(userHome + "/CarConfig/environment.config", std::ifstream::in);
     if (!configFile.is_open()) { throw FileNotFound(); }
 
     // desired parameters
diff --git a/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/mainNode/MainNode.cpp b/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/mainNode/MainNode.cpp
index 7a98560f7c6734fcdc8840fe189b2349aba39a41..11d44623bd919d81f9ba69a5fca94a6aaeca9482 100644
--- a/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/mainNode/MainNode.cpp
+++ b/modules/catkin_ws/src/car/src/mainNode/MainNode.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ platoonProtocol::NetworkInfo readNetworkInfo() {
   // open config file
   std::string userHome = getenv("HOME");
   std::ifstream configFile;
-  configFile.open(userHome + "/.CarConfig/platoon.config", std::ifstream::in);
+  configFile.open(userHome + "/CarConfig/platoon.config", std::ifstream::in);
   if (!configFile.is_open()) { throw FileNotFound(); }
 
   // desired parameters