diff --git a/cmd/mop/main.go b/cmd/mop/main.go
index 2418a52..0e7e8e8 100644
--- a/cmd/mop/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mop/main.go
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/eiannone/keyboard"
 	"github.com/mop-tracker/mop"
 	"github.com/nsf/termbox-go"
 )
@@ -138,7 +142,29 @@ func main() {
 	profileName := flag.String("profile", path.Join(usr.HomeDir, defaultProfile), "path to profile")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	profile := mop.NewProfile(*profileName)
+	profile, err := mop.NewProfile(*profileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "The profile read from `%s` is corrupted.\n\tError: %s\n\n", *profileName, err)
+
+		// Loop until we get a "y" or "n" answer.
+		// Note: This is only for the interactive mode. Once we have the "one-shot", this should be skipped
+		for {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Do you want to overwrite the current profile with the default one? [y/n]")
+			rne, _, _ := keyboard.GetSingleKey()
+			res := strings.ToLower(string(rne))
+			if res != "y" && res != "n" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Invalid answer `%s`\n\n", res)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if res == "y" {
+				profile.InitDefaultProfile()
+				break
+			} else {
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	screen := mop.NewScreen(profile)
 	defer screen.Close()
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b08be4e..8fb4af4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.0+incompatible
+	github.com/eiannone/keyboard v0.0.0-20200508000154-caf4b762e807
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
 	github.com/nsf/termbox-go v1.1.1
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ffcb180..13a636e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.0+incompatible h1:7o6+MAPhYTCF0+fdvoz1xDedhRb4f6s9Tn1Tt7/WTEg=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r7JcOSlj0wfOMncg0iLm8Leh48TZaKVeNIfJntJ2wa0=
+github.com/eiannone/keyboard v0.0.0-20200508000154-caf4b762e807 h1:jdjd5e68T4R/j4PWxfZqcKY8KtT9oo8IPNVuV4bSXDQ=
+github.com/eiannone/keyboard v0.0.0-20200508000154-caf4b762e807/go.mod h1:Xoiu5VdKMvbRgHuY7+z64lhu/7lvax/22nzASF6GrO8=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
@@ -10,3 +12,5 @@ github.com/nsf/termbox-go v1.1.1 h1:nksUPLCb73Q++DwbYUBEglYBRPZyoXJdrj5L+TkjyZY=
 github.com/nsf/termbox-go v1.1.1/go.mod h1:T0cTdVuOwf7pHQNtfhnEbzHbcNyCEcVU4YPpouCbVxo=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8 h1:OH54vjqzRWmbJ62fjuhxy7AxFFgoHN0/DPc/UrL8cAs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/profile.go b/profile.go
index d6a3779..93bbfaa 100644
--- a/profile.go
+++ b/profile.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type Profile struct {
 	filename         string                         // Path to the file in which the configuration is stored
 }
 
+// Checks if a string represents a supported color or not.
 func IsSupportedColor(colorName string) bool {
 	switch colorName {
 	case
@@ -70,41 +71,51 @@ func IsSupportedColor(colorName string) bool {
 
 // Creates the profile and attempts to load the settings from ~/.moprc file.
 // If the file is not there it gets created with default values.
-func NewProfile(filename string) *Profile {
+func NewProfile(filename string) (*Profile, error) {
 	profile := &Profile{filename: filename}
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
-	if err != nil { // Set default values:
-		profile.MarketRefresh = 12 // Market data gets fetched every 12s (5 times per minute).
-		profile.QuotesRefresh = 5  // Stock quotes get updated every 5s (12 times per minute).
-		profile.Grouped = false    // Stock quotes are *not* grouped by advancing/declining.
-		profile.Tickers = []string{`AAPL`, `C`, `GOOG`, `IBM`, `KO`, `ORCL`, `V`}
-		profile.SortColumn = 0   // Stock quotes are sorted by ticker name.
-		profile.Ascending = true // A to Z.
-		profile.Filter = ""
-		profile.Colors.Gain = defaultGainColor
-		profile.Colors.Loss = defaultLossColor
-		profile.Colors.Tag = defaultTagColor
-		profile.Colors.Header = defaultHeaderColor
-		profile.Colors.Time = defaultTimeColor
-		profile.Colors.Default = defaultColor
-		profile.Save()
+	if err == nil {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(data, profile)
+
+		if err == nil {
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Gain, defaultGainColor)
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Loss, defaultLossColor)
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Tag, defaultTagColor)
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Header, defaultHeaderColor)
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Time, defaultTimeColor)
+			InitColor(&profile.Colors.Default, defaultColor)
+
+			profile.SetFilter(profile.Filter)
+		}
 	} else {
-		json.Unmarshal(data, profile)
-
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Gain, defaultGainColor)
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Loss, defaultLossColor)
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Tag, defaultTagColor)
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Header, defaultHeaderColor)
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Time, defaultTimeColor)
-		InitColor(&profile.Colors.Default, defaultColor)
-
-		profile.SetFilter(profile.Filter)
+		profile.InitDefaultProfile()
+		err = nil
 	}
 	profile.selectedColumn = -1
 
-	return profile
+	return profile, err
+}
+
+// Initializes a profile with the default values
+func (profile *Profile) InitDefaultProfile() {
+	profile.MarketRefresh = 12 // Market data gets fetched every 12s (5 times per minute).
+	profile.QuotesRefresh = 5  // Stock quotes get updated every 5s (12 times per minute).
+	profile.Grouped = false    // Stock quotes are *not* grouped by advancing/declining.
+	profile.Tickers = []string{`AAPL`, `C`, `GOOG`, `IBM`, `KO`, `ORCL`, `V`}
+	profile.SortColumn = 0   // Stock quotes are sorted by ticker name.
+	profile.Ascending = true // A to Z.
+	profile.Filter = ""
+	profile.Colors.Gain = defaultGainColor
+	profile.Colors.Loss = defaultLossColor
+	profile.Colors.Tag = defaultTagColor
+	profile.Colors.Header = defaultHeaderColor
+	profile.Colors.Time = defaultTimeColor
+	profile.Colors.Default = defaultColor
+	profile.Save()
 }
 
+// Initializes a color to the given string, or to the default value if the given
+// string does not represent a supported color.
 func InitColor(color *string, defaultValue string) {
 	*color = strings.ToLower(*color)
 	if !IsSupportedColor(*color) {