diff --git a/stsg/build.py b/stsg/build.py
index f7228ba..7ff91a9 100644
--- a/stsg/build.py
+++ b/stsg/build.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ArticleTranslation:
 
         self.context: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
-        # setting the location of the article translation
+        # initializing the location of the article translation
         self.language_code = stem_to_language_code(self.file.stem)
         self.location_in_tree = [self.language_code, *self.article.location_in_tree]
         self.url = "/" + "/".join(self.location_in_tree)
@@ -146,13 +146,16 @@ class Article:
         self.context: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         self.context_meta = self.context["meta"] = {}
 
-        article_config = {}
-        if (self.directory / "index.toml").exists():
-            article_config = toml.load(self.directory / "index.toml")
+        # initializing the config values of the article
+        config_file = self.directory / "index.toml"
+        self.config = toml.load(config_file) if config_file.exists() else {}
 
-        self.slug = article_config.get("name", self.directory.name) 
-
-        self.article_written = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(article_config["datetime"]) if "datetime" in article_config else datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.directory.stat().st_mtime)
+        # initializing the location and slug of the article
+        self.slug = self.config.get("name", self.directory.name) 
+        if self.slug in ARTICLE_LAKE:
+            logger.error("two articles have the same name at %s and %r", ARTICLE_LAKE[self.slug].directory, self.directory)
+            exit(1)
+        ARTICLE_LAKE[self.slug] = self
 
         self.location_in_tree: List[str] = location_in_tree or []
         if not is_root:
@@ -160,10 +163,10 @@ class Article:
         self.url = "/" + "/".join(self.location_in_tree)
         self.dist_path = Path(config.setup.dist_directory, *self.location_in_tree)
 
-        if self.slug in ARTICLE_LAKE:
-            logger.error("two articles have the same name at %s and %r", ARTICLE_LAKE[self.slug].directory, self.directory)
-            exit(1)
-        ARTICLE_LAKE[self.slug] = self
+
+
+        self.article_written = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(article_config["datetime"]) if "datetime" in article_config else datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.directory.stat().st_mtime)
+
 
         self.child_articles: List[Article] = []
         self.article_translations: List[ArticleTranslation] = []