diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 3a61d45..bc0766c 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ title = "Example Site"
     
 [params]
     postSection = "post"
-    emoji = "🍥"
-    avatar = "img/avatar.png"
-    subtitle = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
-    postLicense = "Licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
     favicon = ""
+    [params.sidebar]
+        emoji = "🍥"
+        avatar = "img/avatar.png"
+        subtitle = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
+    [params.article]
+        defaultLicense = "Licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
     [params.widgets]
         enabled = ['archive', 'tag-cloud']
         [params.widgets.archive]
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html b/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
index 223710a..39fc8d8 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     </section>
     {{ end }}
 
-    {{ if .Site.Params.postLicense }}
+    {{ if .Site.Params.article.defaultLicense }}
     <section class="article-copyright">
         {{ (resources.Get "icons/copyright.svg").Content | safeHTML }}
-        <span>{{ .Site.Params.postLicense }}</span>
+        <span>{{ .Site.Params.article.defaultLicense }}</span>
     </section>
     {{ end }}
 </footer>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar/left.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar/left.html
index dacc85b..334fb13 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar/left.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar/left.html
@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@
     </button>
 
     <header class="site-info">
-        {{ if .Site.Params.avatar }}
+        {{ with .Site.Params.sidebar.avatar }}
             <figure class="site-avatar">
-                {{ $avatar := resources.Get (.Site.Params.avatar) }}
-                {{ $avatarResized := $avatar.Resize "300x300" }}
-                <img src="{{ $avatarResized.RelPermalink }}" width="{{ $avatarResized.Width }}"
-                    height="{{ $avatarResized.Height }}" class="site-logo" loading="lazy" alt="Avatar">
-                <span class="emoji">{{ .Site.Params.emoji }}</span>
+                {{ $avatar := resources.Get (.) }}
+
+                {{ if $avatar }}
+                    {{ $avatarResized := $avatar.Resize "300x300" }}
+                    <img src="{{ $avatarResized.RelPermalink }}" width="{{ $avatarResized.Width }}"
+                        height="{{ $avatarResized.Height }}" class="site-logo" loading="lazy" alt="Avatar">
+                {{ else }}
+                    {{ errorf "Failed loading avatar from %q" . }}
+                {{ end }}
+
+                <span class="emoji">{{ $.Site.Params.sidebar.emoji }}</span>
             </figure>
         {{ end }}
         <h1 class="site-name"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Title }}</a></h1>
-        <h2 class="site-description">{{ .Site.Params.subtitle }}</h2>
+        <h2 class="site-description">{{ .Site.Params.sidebar.subtitle }}</h2>
     </header>
 
     <nav class="menu" id="main-menu">