diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a74b3d74..7b4bb9bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ You can now run LoRA Manager independently from ComfyUI:
      ```
 
 2. **For non-ComfyUI users**:
-   - Copy the provided `settings.json.example` file to the LoRA Manager settings folder (`%APPDATA%/ComfyUI-LoRA-Manager/`, `~/Library/Application Support/ComfyUI-LoRA-Manager/`, or `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/ComfyUI-LoRA-Manager/`) and rename it to `settings.json`
+   - Copy the provided `settings.json.example` file to create a new file named `settings.json`
    - Edit `settings.json` to include your correct model folder paths and CivitAI API key
    - Install required dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
    - Run standalone mode:
diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index 51998c89..a75a979c 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -1,28 +1,5 @@
 {
   "civitai_api_key": "your_civitai_api_key_here",
-  "active_library": "default",
-  "libraries": {
-    "default": {
-      "display_name": "Default Library",
-      "folder_paths": {
-        "loras": [
-          "C:/path/to/your/loras_folder",
-          "C:/path/to/another/loras_folder"
-        ],
-        "checkpoints": [
-          "C:/path/to/your/checkpoints_folder",
-          "C:/path/to/another/checkpoints_folder"
-        ],
-        "embeddings": [
-          "C:/path/to/your/embeddings_folder",
-          "C:/path/to/another/embeddings_folder"
-        ]
-      },
-      "default_lora_root": "C:/path/to/your/loras_folder",
-      "default_checkpoint_root": "C:/path/to/your/checkpoints_folder",
-      "default_embedding_root": "C:/path/to/your/embeddings_folder"
-    }
-  },
   "folder_paths": {
     "loras": [
       "C:/path/to/your/loras_folder",
@@ -36,8 +13,5 @@
       "C:/path/to/your/embeddings_folder",
       "C:/path/to/another/embeddings_folder"
     ]
-  },
-  "default_lora_root": "C:/path/to/your/loras_folder",
-  "default_checkpoint_root": "C:/path/to/your/checkpoints_folder",
-  "default_embedding_root": "C:/path/to/your/embeddings_folder"
-}
+  }
+}
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