diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9cd469..68c03b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ matrix_patterns
 build
 dist
 .env
-weather.py
+config-local.yaml
 __pycache__/
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diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index c27eba6..11cd958 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ quadrants:
     scope: panel
     args:
       file: zigzag.json
-      path: snapshot_files/left
+      path: snapshot_files
       panel: left
   top-right:
   - app:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ quadrants:
     scope: panel
     args:
       file: every-third-row.json
-      path: snapshot_files/right
+      path: snapshot_files
       panel: right
   bottom-right:
   - app:
diff --git a/led_system_monitor.py b/led_system_monitor.py
index 3103f6c..cbb9c59 100644
--- a/led_system_monitor.py
+++ b/led_system_monitor.py
@@ -69,10 +69,16 @@ def find_keyboard_device():
         log.warning(f"Warning: Could not auto-detect keyboard device: {e}")
     return None
 
-def get_config(config_file):
-    config_file = os.environ.get("CONFIG_FILE", None) or config_file
+def get_config():
     current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, config_file)
+    config_file_name = 'config-local.yaml'
+    config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, config_file_name)
+    if os.path.exists(config_file):
+        log.debug(f"using local config file {config_file}")
+    else:
+        config_file_name = 'config.yaml'
+        config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, config_file_name)
+        log.debug(f"Using default config file {config_file}")
     with open(config_file, 'r') as f:
         return safe_load(f)
 
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ def app(args, base_apps, plugin_apps):
     ################################################################################
     ### Parse config file to enable control of apps by quadrant and by time slice ##
     ################################################################################
-    config = get_config(args.config_file)
+    config = get_config()
     duration = config['duration'] #Default config to be applied if not set in an app
     quads = config['quadrants']
     top_left,  bottom_left, top_right, bottom_right, = \
@@ -469,14 +475,12 @@ def main(args):
     mode_group.add_argument("--help", "-h", action="help",
         help="Show this help message and exit")
     
-    mode_group.add_argument("-config-file", "-cf", type=str, default="config.yaml", help="File that specifies which apps to run in each panel quadrant")
     mode_group.add_argument("--no-key-listener", "-nkl", action="store_true", help="Do not listen for key presses")
     mode_group.add_argument("--disable-plugins", "-dp", action="store_true", help="Do not load any plugin code")
     mode_group.add_argument("--list-apps", "-la", action="store_true", help="List the installed apps, and exit")
     
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.no_key_listener: print("Key listener disabled")
-    log.info(f"Using config file {args.config_file}")
     app(args, base_apps, plugin_apps)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -491,6 +495,6 @@ def main(args):
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=level,
         format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s",
-)
+    )
     main(sys.argv)
 
diff --git a/plugins/time_weather_plugin.py b/plugins/time_weather_plugin.py
index 460349f..6e05fc3 100644
--- a/plugins/time_weather_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/time_weather_plugin.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 @cache
 # Cache results so we avoid exceeding the API rate limit
+# No need to invalidate cache since location per given zip is fixed
 def get_location_by_zip(zip_info, weather_api_key):
     zip_code, country = zip_info
     result = requests.get(f"{OPENWEATHER_HOST}/geo/1.0/zip?zip={zip_code},{country}&appid={weather_api_key}").json()
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ def get_location_by_zip(zip_info, weather_api_key):
     return loc
 
 @cache
+# Cache results so we avoid exceeding the API rate limit
+# No need to invalidate cache since location per given IP address is generally fixed
 def get_location_by_ip(ip_api_key, ip):
     client = IPLocateClient(api_key=ip_api_key)
     result = client.lookup(ip)
@@ -173,7 +176,8 @@ def wrapper():
     Timer(interval, wrapper).start()
 
 
-# Get fresh weather data every 30 secs
+# Get fresh weather data every 30 secs. Two calls per minute will be well within the openweather API
+# free tierlimit of 60 calls/minute and 1,000,000 calls/month
 repeat_function(30, weather_monitor.get.cache_clear)
 
 draw_chars = getattr(drawing, 'draw_chars')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 453f1c3..9f5dc2e 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-pyserial
-numpy
-psutil
-evdev
-pynput
-pyyaml
+pyserial >= 3.5
+numpy >= 2.4.1
+psutil >= 7.2.1
+evdev >= 1.9.2
+pynput >= 1.8.1
+pyyaml >= 6.0.3
 pyinstaller
 requests >= 2.32.5
 python-iplocate >= 1.0.0
-dotenv >= 0.9.9
+python-dotenv >= 1.2.1
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diff --git a/weather.py b/weather.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ba7f4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weather.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import os, sys
+import requests
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+from iplocate import IPLocateClient
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+OPENWEATHER_HOST = 'https://api.openweathermap.org'
+IPIFY_HOST = 'https://api.ipify.org'
+
+TEST_CONFIG = {
+    'zip_info': ('10001', 'US'),  # New York, NY
+    'lat_lon': (40.7128, -74.0060),  # New York, NY
+    'units': 'metric',
+    'forecast_day': 1,  # 1=tomorrow, 2=day after tomorrow, etc.
+    'forecast_hour': 12,  # Hour of the day for forecast (0-23)
+}
+
+def get_weather(forecast):
+    zip_info = TEST_CONFIG['zip_info']
+    lat_lon =TEST_CONFIG['lat_lon']
+    units =TEST_CONFIG['units']
+    forecast_day = TEST_CONFIG['forecast_day']
+    forecast_hour =TEST_CONFIG['forecast_hour']
+    mist_like = ['Mist', 'Fog', 'Dust', 'Haze', 'Smoke', 'Squall', 'Ash', 'Sand', 'Tornado']
+
+    ip = requests.get(IPIFY_HOST).text
+    ip_api_key = os.environ.get("IP_LOCATE_API_KEY", None)
+    weather_api_key = os.environ.get("OPENWEATHER_API_KEY", None)
+
+    try:
+        if lat_lon:
+            loc = lat_lon
+        elif zip_info:
+            loc = get_location_by_zip(zip_info, weather_api_key)
+        elif ip_api_key:
+            loc = get_location_by_ip(ip_api_key, ip)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("No location method configured")
+        
+        temp_symbol = 'degC'if units == 'metric' else 'degF' if units == 'imperial' else 'degK'
+
+        if forecast:
+            forecast = requests.get(f"{OPENWEATHER_HOST}/data/2.5/forecast?lat={loc[0]}&lon={loc[1]}&appid={weather_api_key}&units={units}").json()
+            fc = forecast['list'][0]
+            temp = fc['main']['temp']
+            cond = fc['weather'][0]['main']
+            target_date = (datetime.now(ZoneInfo('GMT')).date() + timedelta(days=forecast_day))
+            for fc in forecast['list']:
+                dt = datetime.strptime(fc['dt_txt'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+                if dt.date() == target_date and dt.hour >= forecast_hour:
+                    temp = fc['main']['temp']
+                    cond = fc['weather'][0]['main']
+                    if cond in mist_like: cond = 'mist-like'
+                    _forecast = [temp, temp_symbol, cond]
+                    print(f"Forecast weather for time {fc['dt_txt']}")
+                    return _forecast
+            temp = forecast['list'][-1]['main']['temp']
+            cond = forecast['list'][-1]['weather'][0]['main']
+            if cond in mist_like: cond = 'mist-like'
+            _forecast = [temp, temp_symbol, cond]
+            print(f"Forecast weather for time {fc['dt_txt']}")
+            return _forecast
+        else:
+            current = requests.get(f"{OPENWEATHER_HOST}/data/2.5/weather?lat={loc[0]}&lon={loc[1]}&appid={weather_api_key}&units={units}").json()
+
+            _current = [current['main']['temp'], temp_symbol, current['weather'][0]['main']]
+            if _current[2] in mist_like: _current[2] = 'mist-like'
+            return _current
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error getting weather: {e}")
+        return None
+
+    
+
+def get_time():
+    """
+    Return the current time as a tuple (HHMM, is_pm). is_pm is False if 24-hour format is used.
+    Represent in local time or GMT, and in 24-hour or 12-hour format, based on configuration.
+    """
+    from datetime import datetime
+    # TODOD get from config file
+    format_24_hour =  False
+    use_gmt = False
+    now = datetime.now(ZoneInfo("GMT")) if use_gmt else datetime.now().astimezone()
+    if format_24_hour   :
+        return (now.strftime("%H%M"), False)
+    else:
+        return (now.strftime("%I%M"),now.strftime("%p") == 'PM' )
+
+def get_location_by_zip(zip_info, weather_api_key):
+    zip_code, country = zip_info
+    result = requests.get(f"http://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/zip?zip={zip_code},{country}&appid={weather_api_key}").json()
+    lat = result['lat']
+    lon = result['lon']
+    loc = lat, lon
+    return loc
+
+def get_location_by_ip(ip_api_key, ip):
+    client = IPLocateClient(api_key=ip_api_key)
+    result = client.lookup(ip)
+    if result.country: print(f"Country: {result.country}")
+    if result.city: print(f"City: {result.city}")
+    if result.privacy.is_vpn: print(f"VPN: {result.privacy.is_vpn}")
+    if result.privacy.is_proxy: print(f"Proxy: {result.privacy.is_proxy}")
+    loc = result.latitude, result.longitude
+    return loc
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from dotenv import load_dotenv
+    load_dotenv()
+    current_time = get_time()
+    print(f"Time: {current_time[0]} {'PM' if current_time[1] else 'AM/24-hour'}")
+    fc = get_weather(forecast=True)
+    current = get_weather(forecast=False)
+    print(f"Weather: Current: {current}, Forecast: {fc}")
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