diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4189ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Byte-compiled
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Virtual environment
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+.env.*
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Project: session & data files
+*.session
+*.session-journal
+*.session-backup
+*.txt
+mxu.rocksdb/
+
+# Docker
+docker-compose.override.yml
+src/mxuserbot/community
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# uv
+uv.lock
diff --git a/src/mxuserbot/core/module.py b/src/mxuserbot/core/module.py
index cbb2116..497d1a9 100644
--- a/src/mxuserbot/core/module.py
+++ b/src/mxuserbot/core/module.py
@@ -152,11 +152,14 @@ async def _internal_init(self, name, db, loader_or_dict, is_core: bool):
         self.friendly_name = self.strings.get("name") or self.config.get("name") or self.__class__.__name__
 
         schema = getattr(self.__class__, "config", {})
-        self.config = ModuleConfig(
-            self._get,
-            self._set,
-            schema
-        )
+        if is_core:
+            async def _cfg_get(key: str, default=None):
+                return await db.get(name, key, default)
+            async def _cfg_set(key: str, value):
+                return await db.set(name, key, value)
+            self.config = ModuleConfig(_cfg_get, _cfg_set, schema)
+        else:
+            self.config = ModuleConfig(self._get, self._set, schema)
         await self.config._load_from_db()
 
         self._commands = {}
diff --git a/src/mxuserbot/modules/help.py b/src/mxuserbot/modules/help.py
index ac737d0..669d4a7 100644
--- a/src/mxuserbot/modules/help.py
+++ b/src/mxuserbot/modules/help.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 class Meta:
     name = "HelperModule"
     description = "helper Centre"
-    version = "2.2.0"
+    version = "2.3.0"
     dependencies = ["patchlib"]
     tags = ["helper"]
 
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ class Strings(BaseModel):
 class HelperModule(loader.Module):
     strings = locales
 
+    config = {
+        "banner_url": loader.ConfigValue(
+            default="mxc://matrix.org/YiqPIkdkkiJqMqizxJQTBqVx",
+            description="Banner image URL for .info command",
+        ),
+    }
+
     def _module_name(self, mod) -> str:
         return getattr(getattr(mod, "Meta", None), "name", mod.__class__.__name__)
 
@@ -403,17 +410,14 @@ async def on_page(ctx: utils.EmojiCallbackContext) -> None:
     @loader.command()
     async def info(self, mx, event: MessageEvent):
         """System information card"""
-        banner_url = await mx._get_core_conf("banner_url") or "mxc://matrix.org/YiqPIkdkkiJqMqizxJQTBqVx"
         await utils.answer(
             mx,
             room_id=event.room_id,
             media=Image(
-                url=banner_url,
+                url=self.config["banner_url"],
                 caption=self.strings["info_caption"].format(version=mx.version),
                 filename="info.png",
                 mimetype="image/png",
-                w=600,
-                h=335,
             ),
         )