diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 7f1b3df..187a7af 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CLI struct {
-	NoConfigFile bool   `short:"C" default:"false" help:"Disable config file creation."`
-	ConfigFile   Config `embed:"" prefix:""`
+	NoConfigFile   bool   `short:"C" default:"false" help:"Disable config file creation."`
+	ConfigFilePath string `short:"c" default:"plm.toml" type:"path" help:"Config file path."`
+	ConfigFile     Config `embed:"" prefix:""`
 }
 
 type Config struct {
 	Port                string            `toml:"port" short:"p" default:"8080" help:"Port to listen on for the server." comment:"Port to listen on for the server."`
-	DatabaseFilePath    string            `toml:"database-file-path" short:"d" default:"plm.db" help:"Path to sqlite database file." comment:"Path to sqlite database file."`
-	DemoDataPath        string            `toml:"demo-data-path" help:"Path to the sql file to load for demo data." comment:"Path to the sql file to load for demo data."`
+	DatabaseFilePath    string            `toml:"database-file-path" short:"d" default:"plm.db" type:"path" help:"Path to sqlite database file." comment:"Path to sqlite database file."`
+	DemoDataPath        string            `toml:"demo-data-path" type:"path" help:"Path to the sql file to load for demo data." comment:"Path to the sql file to load for demo data."`
 	JWTKey              string            `toml:"jwt-key" help:"Key used to encrypt JWT." comment:"Key used to encrypt the generated JWT. Encoded in base64. If empty a random one will be generated on every restart."`
-	ImageFolderPath     string            `toml:"image-folder-path" short:"i" default:"img" help:"Folder where uploaded files will be stored." comment:"Folder where uploaded files will be stored."`
+	ImageFolderPath     string            `toml:"image-folder-path" short:"i" default:"img" type:"path" help:"Folder where uploaded files will be stored." comment:"Folder where uploaded files will be stored."`
 	Limit               int               `toml:"limit" default:"100" help:"A single API call will return at most this number of records." comment:"A single API call will return at most this number of records."`
 	InventaireUrl       string            `toml:"inventaire-url" default:"https://inventaire.io" help:"An inventaire.io instance URL." comment:"An inventaire.io instance URL."`
 	DisableRegistration bool              `toml:"disable-registration" short:"n" default:"false" help:"Disable new account creation." comment:"Disable new account creation."`
@@ -55,13 +56,19 @@ func defaultConfig() CLI {
 		DemoUsername:        "demo",
 		AddUser:             []string{},
 	}
-	return CLI{NoConfigFile: false, ConfigFile: c}
+	return CLI{NoConfigFile: false, ConfigFilePath: "plm.toml", ConfigFile: c}
 }
 
-func LoadConfig(configPath string) Config {
-	f, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
+func LoadConfig() Config {
 
 	var cfg CLI
+
+	//parse first to get config path
+	kong.Parse(&cfg)
+
+	configPath := cfg.ConfigFilePath
+
+	f, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
 	configFileNotExist := false
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) Config {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
+
 	//parse in configs and cli
 	kong.Parse(&cfg, kong.Configuration(kongtoml.Loader, configPath))
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 90c07b6..4197a28 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	c := config.LoadConfig("plm.toml")
+	c := config.LoadConfig()
 	r := setup.Setup(&c)
 	r.Run(":" + c.Port)
 }