diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 8110354..9b091ae 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     "network": {
         "host": "127.0.0.1",
     },
+    "diarization": {
+        "enabled": False,
+        "hf_token": "",
+    },
     "pid_file": os.path.expanduser("~/.local/run/tueit-transcriber.pid"),
 }
 
@@ -63,4 +67,5 @@ def _write_defaults():
             f.write('[whisper]\nmodel = "large-v3"\nlanguage = "de"\ndevice = "auto"\nbase_url = ""\n\n')
             f.write('[audio]\ndevice = ""\n\n')
             f.write('[server]\nport = 8765\n\n')
-            f.write(f'[output]\npath = "{DEFAULTS["output"]["path"]}"\n')
+            f.write(f'[output]\npath = "{DEFAULTS["output"]["path"]}"\n\n')
+            f.write('[diarization]\nenabled = false\nhf_token = ""\n\n')
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 22fa016..367133f 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -35,3 +35,16 @@ def test_config_has_audio_and_whisper_base_url():
             assert "audio" in cfg
             assert cfg["audio"]["device"] == ""
             assert cfg["whisper"]["base_url"] == ""
+
+
+def test_config_has_diarization_defaults():
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+    import tempfile, os
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        cfg_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "config.toml")
+        with patch("config.CONFIG_PATH", cfg_path):
+            import config
+            cfg = config.load()
+            assert "diarization" in cfg
+            assert cfg["diarization"]["enabled"] is False
+            assert cfg["diarization"]["hf_token"] == ""