diff --git a/OBM.go b/OBM.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b8146d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OBM.go
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"image/png"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/logger"
+	"github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/manager"
+	"github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/settings"
+)
+
+var (
+	WG sync.WaitGroup
+)
+
+// creates a complete black image file
+func createBlackBG(width, height int) error {
+	bgfile, err := os.Create("blackBG.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not create black background file : %s", err))
+	}
+	image := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, width, height))
+	bounds := image.Bounds()
+
+	for y := 0; y < bounds.Max.Y; y++ {
+		for x := 0; x < bounds.Max.X; x++ {
+			image.Set(x, y, color.Black)
+		}
+	}
+	err = png.Encode(bgfile, image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not encode an image : %s", err))
+	}
+	err = bgfile.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not close the background file : %s", err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// a basic implementation of a concurrent worker
+func worker(paths <-chan string, replacementImage string, successful, failed *uint64, WG *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer WG.Done()
+	for songPath := range paths {
+		s, f := manager.ReplaceBackgrounds(songPath, replacementImage)
+		*successful += s
+		*failed += f
+	}
+
+}
+
+func init() {
+	exists, err := settings.CheckSettingsFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(true, err)
+	}
+	if exists {
+		logger.LogInfo("Found settings file")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// settings file does not exist, so create it and exit
+	settings.CreateSettingsFile()
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	startingTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	settings := settings.GetSettings()
+
+	// process the given settings
+	if settings.CreateBlackBGImage {
+		err := createBlackBG(1920, 1080)
+		if err == nil {
+			logger.LogInfo("Successfully created black background")
+		} else {
+			logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("Could not create black background : %s; continuing to run...", err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	osuSongsDir, err := manager.GetSongsDir(settings.OsuDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(true, err)
+	}
+
+	if settings.ReplacementImagePath == "" || settings.ReplacementImagePath == " " {
+		logger.LogError(true, "Image path not specified ! Specify `pathToimage` in settings file !")
+	}
+
+	// reading contents of `Songs` folder
+	osuSongsDirContents, err := os.ReadDir(osuSongsDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(true, fmt.Sprintf("Error reading osu songs directory : %s", err.Error()))
+	}
+
+	// storing all paths to each beatmap
+	songPaths := make(chan string, len(osuSongsDirContents))
+	for _, songDir := range osuSongsDirContents {
+		if songDir.IsDir() {
+			songPaths <- filepath.Join(osuSongsDir, songDir.Name())
+		}
+	}
+	logger.LogInfo(fmt.Sprintf("Found %d song folders", len(songPaths)))
+
+	// check if there is less job than workers
+	if settings.Workers > len(songPaths) {
+		settings.Workers = len(songPaths)
+	}
+
+	// replacing backgrounds for each beatmap concurrently
+	var successful, failed uint64 = 0, 0
+	for i := 0; i < int(settings.Workers); i++ {
+		WG.Add(1)
+		go worker(songPaths, settings.ReplacementImagePath, &successful, &failed, &WG)
+	}
+
+	close(songPaths)
+	WG.Wait()
+
+	endTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	logger.LogInfo(fmt.Sprintf("\n\nDONE in %v . %d successful; %d failed", endTime.Sub(startingTime), successful, failed))
+
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f03253a..6f9dc53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ There is no way to return removed original backgrounds unless you delete all bea
 ## Installation 
 
 ### From source
-1. git clone [https://github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM.git](https://github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM.git) or download and unzip the archive
+1. `git clone https://github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM.git` or download and unzip the archive
 2. cd into the directory
-3. go build
+3. `go build`
 
 ### From release
 1. go to the [releases](https://github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/releases) page
 2. choose your OS and download the archive
 3. cd to the location of the downloaded version
-4. unzip (7z x **archive_name**) - for 7z archives 
+4. unzip (`7z x **archive_name**`) - for 7z archives 
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6826c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM
+
+go 1.16
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d44cb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+var (
+	infoLogger    *log.Logger
+	warningLogger *log.Logger
+	errorLogger   *log.Logger
+)
+
+// creates directory for logs and sets output to file
+func createLogsfile() *os.File {
+	logsDir := filepath.Join(".", "logs")
+	err := os.MkdirAll(logsDir, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	logfile, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(logsDir, "logs.log"))
+	log.SetOutput(logfile)
+
+	return logfile
+}
+
+// creates new custom loggers
+func setUpLoggers(logfile *os.File) {
+	infoLogger = log.New(logfile, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
+	warningLogger = log.New(logfile, "WARNING: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
+	errorLogger = log.New(logfile, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	logfile := createLogsfile()
+	setUpLoggers(logfile)
+}
+
+func LogInfo(message ...interface{}) {
+	infoLogger.Println(message...)
+}
+
+func LogWarning(message ...interface{}) {
+	warningLogger.Println(message...)
+}
+
+func LogError(isFatal bool, message ...interface{}) {
+	if isFatal {
+		errorLogger.Fatal(message...)
+	}
+	errorLogger.Println(message...)
+}
diff --git a/manager/helpers.go b/manager/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..170751d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manager/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package manager
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// checks if given string contains ".osu" file extention
+func isBeatmap(filename string) bool {
+	if len(filename) < 5 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if filename[len(filename)-4:] == ".osu" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// checks if given string contains the image file extention
+func isImage(filename string) bool {
+	var imageExtentions []string = []string{"jpeg", "jpg", "png", "JPEG", "JPG", "PNG"}
+	for _, extention := range imageExtentions {
+		if strings.Contains(filename, extention) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// opens given files, copies one into another
+func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
+	srcFile, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not open src file : %s", err))
+	}
+	defer srcFile.Close()
+
+	dstFile, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not open dst file : %s", err))
+	}
+	defer dstFile.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(dstFile, srcFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not copy file : %s", err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d66d830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package manager
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/logger"
+)
+
+// filepath.Joins the main osu directory with its songs folder
+func GetSongsDir(osudir string) (string, error) {
+	songsDir := filepath.Join(osudir, "Songs")
+
+	stat, err := os.Stat(songsDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not read the given path : %s", err))
+	}
+	if !stat.IsDir() {
+		return "", errors.New("Given Osu! directory is not a directory !")
+	}
+
+	return songsDir, nil
+}
+
+// parses given .osu file and returns the filename of its background
+func GetBackgroundName(pathToOSUbeatmap string) (string, error) {
+	beatmapBytes, err := os.ReadFile(pathToOSUbeatmap)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	beatmapContents := string(beatmapBytes)
+
+	// get index of "[Events]" (this is where BG filename is stored)
+	eventsIndex := strings.Index(beatmapContents, "[Events]")
+	if eventsIndex == -1 {
+		return "", errors.New("Could not retrieve index of \"[Events]\"")
+	}
+	// get index of [TimingPoints] (this tag is right after the previous "[Events]" tag,
+	// so we can grab the whole "[Events]" tag contents)
+	timingPointsIndex := strings.Index(beatmapContents, "[TimingPoints]")
+	if timingPointsIndex == -1 {
+		return "", errors.New("Could not retrieve index of \"[TimingPoints]\"")
+	}
+	contentBetween := strings.Split(beatmapContents[eventsIndex:timingPointsIndex], ",")
+
+	for _, chunk := range contentBetween {
+		if isImage(chunk) {
+			return strings.Split(chunk, "\"")[1], nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", nil
+}
+
+// reads contents of given dir; searches for .osu files; parses them for background info;
+// removes original background and replaces it with copied version of given image
+func ReplaceBackgrounds(beatmapFolder, replacementPicPath string) (successful, failed uint64) {
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(beatmapFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(false, fmt.Sprintf("Wrong path : %s", err))
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		filename := file.Name()
+
+		if isBeatmap(filename) {
+			beatmap := filename
+
+			// getting BG filename
+			beatmapBackgroundFilename, err := GetBackgroundName(filepath.Join(beatmapFolder, beatmap))
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("BEATMAP: %s: Error getting background filename: %s", beatmap, err))
+				failed++
+				continue
+			}
+			if beatmapBackgroundFilename == "" {
+				logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("BEATMAP: %s Could not find background filename in this beatmap file", beatmap))
+				failed++
+				continue
+			}
+
+			backgroundPath := filepath.Join(beatmapFolder, beatmapBackgroundFilename)
+
+			// remove old background
+			err = os.Remove(backgroundPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				failed++
+				logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("BEATMAP: %s: Could not remove old background : %s", beatmap, err))
+			}
+
+			// create new background file
+			bgFile, err := os.Create(backgroundPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				failed++
+				logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("BEATMAP: %s: Could not create new background file : %s", beatmap, err))
+				continue
+			}
+			defer bgFile.Close()
+
+			// copy the contents of a given image to the newly created bg file
+			err = copyFile(replacementPicPath, backgroundPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("BEATMAP: %s: Could not copy file: %s", beatmap, err))
+				failed++
+				continue
+			}
+			successful++
+		}
+
+	}
+	return successful, failed
+}
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3135d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/Unbewohnte/OBM/logger"
+)
+
+// struct for json settings` file contents
+type Settings struct {
+	OsuDir               string `json:"pathToOsu"`
+	ReplacementImagePath string `json:"pathToimage"`
+	CreateBlackBGImage   bool   `json:"createBlackBackgoundImage"`
+	Workers              int    `json:"Workers"`
+}
+
+const (
+	settingsFilename string = "settings.json"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultSettings Settings = Settings{
+		OsuDir:               "",
+		ReplacementImagePath: "",
+		CreateBlackBGImage:   true,
+		Workers:              100,
+	}
+)
+
+// checks if the settings.json exists in current directory
+func CheckSettingsFile() (bool, error) {
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(".")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR : Unable to read current directory %s", err))
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if !file.IsDir() && file.Name() == settingsFilename {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// creates "settings.json" and sets the flag
+func CreateSettingsFile() error {
+	exists, err := CheckSettingsFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if exists {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.Create(settingsFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: Error creating settings file... : %s", err))
+	}
+
+	settingsJson, err := json.MarshalIndent(defaultSettings, "", " ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: Error creating settings file... : %s", err))
+	}
+	file.Write(settingsJson)
+
+	file.Close()
+	logger.LogInfo("Successfully created new settingsFile")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// unmarshalls settings.json into struct
+func GetSettings() Settings {
+	settingsFile, err := os.ReadFile(settingsFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(true, "Could not read settings file : ", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	var settings Settings
+	err = json.Unmarshal(settingsFile, &settings)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.LogError(true, "Could not unmarshal json file : ", err)
+	}
+
+	if settings.Workers <= 0 {
+		logger.LogInfo("`Workers` is set to 0 or less. Replaced with 1")
+		settings.Workers = 1
+	}
+
+	return settings
+}