diff --git a/cli/cli_game.py b/cli/cli_game.py
index 1017239..c55a02e 100644
--- a/cli/cli_game.py
+++ b/cli/cli_game.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def play_lan_client():
 def play_vs_computer():
 
     while True:
-        inp = input("Do you want to play as red or yellow? ")
+        inp = input("Do you want to play as red or yellow? ").lower()
         try:
             if not inp in ["r", "red", "y", "yellow"]:
                 raise ValueError
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9b2bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "display_mode": "coloured_background",
+    "cpu_search_depth": 5
+}
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