diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b3dab35..f08a1bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ target
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 Cargo.lock
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b26e293..4c9e510 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
 struct Settings {
     nas_host: String,
     nas_user: String,
@@ -14,12 +15,21 @@ struct Settings {
     cookies_file: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct AppConfig {
+    profiles: HashMap<String, Settings>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Args {
     /// The URL of the video/music to download
     #[arg(name = "URL")]
     url: String,
+
+    /// Profile name to use from config (falls back to 'default')
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "default")]
+    profile: String,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -48,10 +58,37 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     println!("[INFO] Using config file at: {}", config_path.display());
 
-    let settings = config::Config::builder()
-        .add_source(config::File::from(config_path))
-        .build()?
-        .try_deserialize::<Settings>()?;
+    let cfg = config::Config::builder()
+        .add_source(config::File::from(config_path.clone()))
+        .build()?;
+
+    let selected_profile = args.profile.clone();
+    let settings: Settings = match cfg.clone().try_deserialize::<AppConfig>() {
+        Ok(app_cfg) => {
+            if let Some(s) = app_cfg.profiles.get(&selected_profile).cloned() {
+                println!("[INFO] Using profile: {}", selected_profile);
+                s
+            } else if let Some(s) = app_cfg.profiles.get("default").cloned() {
+                if selected_profile != "default" {
+                    println!("[WARN] Profile '{}' not found. Falling back to 'default'.", selected_profile);
+                    let available = app_cfg.profiles.keys().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ");
+                    println!("[INFO] Available profiles: {}", available);
+                } else {
+                    println!("[INFO] Using profile: default");
+                }
+                s
+            } else {
+                anyhow::bail!("No profile '{}' found and no 'default' profile defined in config.", selected_profile);
+            }
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            if selected_profile != "default" {
+                println!("[WARN] Requested profile '{}' but config file uses single-profile format. Using that single profile.", selected_profile);
+            }
+            println!("[INFO] Using legacy single-profile configuration.");
+            cfg.try_deserialize::<Settings>()?
+        }
+    };
 
     // Create temp directory
     let temp_dir = TempDir::new().context("Failed to create temporary directory")?;