diff --git a/CBUILD_VERSION b/CBUILD_VERSION
index 0476155..cc6612c 100644
--- a/CBUILD_VERSION
+++ b/CBUILD_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.4
\ No newline at end of file
+2.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 003736b..67177c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.3.0
++ added ***project user config***! Read more in `./project.config.user.default`
++ renamed default config to `project.config.default`
+
 ## 2.2.4
 + **default config**: C standard changed to C99
 + **default config**: enabled more warnings
diff --git a/cbuild.sh b/cbuild.sh
index 5111239..b1eee5b 100644
--- a/cbuild.sh
+++ b/cbuild.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-INSTALLED_CBUILD_VERSION=2.2.4
+INSTALLED_CBUILD_VERSION=2.3.0
 
 # set \t size to 4 spaces
 tabs 4
@@ -92,19 +92,23 @@ do
 
             # create project config
             project_config_path="$new_project_dir/project.config"
-            cp "$CBUILD_INSTALL_DIR/default.config" "$project_config_path.temp"
-            myprint "Enter project name: "
+            cp "$CBUILD_INSTALL_DIR/project.config.default" "$project_config_path.temp"
+            myprint "${WHITE}Enter project name: "
             read -r project_name
             sed "s,\%PROJECT_NAME\%,$project_name,g" \
                 "$project_config_path.temp" > "$project_config_path"
             rm "$project_config_path.temp"
-            myprint "${GREEN}created config at '$project_config_path'"
+            myprint "${GREEN}Created '$project_config_path'"
+            # create project user default config
+            project_user_config_path="$new_project_dir/project.config.user.default"
+            cp "$CBUILD_INSTALL_DIR/project.config.user.default" "$project_user_config_path"
+            myprint "${GREEN}Created '$project_user_config_path'"
 
-            if ask_yn "Copy default .gitignore?"; then
+            if ask_yn "${WHITE}Copy default .gitignore?"; then
                 cp -v "$CBUILD_INSTALL_DIR/.gitignore" "$new_project_dir/"
             fi
 
-            if ask_yn "Copy default .vscode launch tasks?"; then
+            if ask_yn "${WHITE}Copy default .vscode launch tasks?"; then
                 new_project_vscode_dir="$new_project_dir/.vscode"
                 mkdir -pv "$new_project_vscode_dir"
                 for vscode_dir_f in $(find "$CBUILD_INSTALL_DIR/default_vscode/" -type f); do
@@ -133,15 +137,17 @@ function call_task {
     load_config "$project_config_path" "$task" true
 
     if [ ! -z "$PRE_TASK_SCRIPT" ]; then
-        myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}$TASK_SCRIPT"
+        myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}'$PRE_TASK_SCRIPT'"
         include "$PRE_TASK_SCRIPT"
     fi
 
-    myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}$TASK_SCRIPT"
-    include "$TASK_SCRIPT"
+    if [ ! -z "$TASK_SCRIPT" ]; then
+        myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}'$TASK_SCRIPT'"
+        include "$TASK_SCRIPT"
+    fi
 
     if [ ! -z "$POST_TASK_SCRIPT" ]; then
-        myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}$POST_TASK_SCRIPT"
+        myprint "${BLUE}executing ${WHITE}'$POST_TASK_SCRIPT'"
         include "$POST_TASK_SCRIPT"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 29f9497..6486768 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function load_config {
     TASK="$2"
     local quiet=$3
 
-    myprint "${BLUE}loading config ${WHITE}'$(realpath $project_config_path)'"
+    myprint "${BLUE}loading ${WHITE}'$project_config_path'"
 
     if [ -z "$project_config_path" ]; then
         error "config path is null"
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ function load_config {
     # throw error on undefined variable usage
     set -u
     include "$project_config_path"
+    
+    # load project user config
+    local project_user_config_path="$project_config_path.user"
+    if [ ! -f "$project_user_config_path" ]; then
+        myprint "${YELLOW}creating default project user config ${WHITE}$project_user_config_path"
+        cp "$project_user_config_path.default" "$project_user_config_path"
+    fi
+    myprint "${BLUE}loading ${WHITE}'$project_user_config_path'"
+    include "$project_user_config_path"
 
     mkdir -p "$OUTDIR"
     mkdir -p "$OBJDIR/objects"
@@ -60,5 +69,5 @@ function load_config {
     # dont thorw error on undefined variable
     set +u
 
-    myprint_quiet $quiet "${GREEN}loaded cbuild config"
+    myprint_quiet $quiet "${GREEN}config loading completed"
 }
diff --git a/default.config b/project.config.default
similarity index 99%
rename from default.config
rename to project.config.default
index 43a14fe..473ae6a 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/project.config.default
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-CBUILD_VERSION=2.2.4
+CBUILD_VERSION=2.3.0
 
 PROJECT="%PROJECT_NAME%"
 CMP_C="gcc"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SRC_CPP="$(find src -name '*.cpp')"
 
 # Directory with dependency configs.
 # See cbuild/example_dependency_configs
-DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR='.'
+DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR='dependencies'
 # List of dependency config files in DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR separated by space.
 ENABLED_DEPENDENCIES=''
 
diff --git a/project.config.user.default b/project.config.user.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..901aa1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project.config.user.default
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Project user config is ignored by git.
+# Here you can add variables that users might want to change
+# on their local machine, without commiting to the repository.
+
+# Directory where you install dependencies.
+# Do not confuse with DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR
+# Example:
+#    libexample source code is at `../libexample`, and dependency config
+#    that specifies how to build this lib is at `dependencies/libexample.config`
+DEPENDENCIES_DIR=".."