diff --git a/paws_config/src/lib.rs b/paws_config/src/lib.rs
index e71174f..fd06bb6 100644
--- a/paws_config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/paws_config/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl From<String> for KittypawsConfig {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn load_config(path: &str) -> KittypawsConfig {
+pub fn load_config(path: PathBuf) -> KittypawsConfig {
     let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(path).expect("Should have been able to read the file");
 
     KittypawsConfig::from(contents)
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ pub fn load_config(path: &str) -> KittypawsConfig {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::{path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
+
     use super::load_config;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_correct_configs_loading() {
-        load_config("../configs/dumb_test.yml");
+        load_config(PathBuf::from_str("../configs/dumb_test.yml").unwrap());
     }
 }
diff --git a/paws_install/src/lib.rs b/paws_install/src/lib.rs
index 7d7db0c..d864e2e 100644
--- a/paws_install/src/lib.rs
+++ b/paws_install/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use zip::ZipArchive;
 
-fn get_kittypaws_home() -> PathBuf {
+pub fn get_kittypaws_home() -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from(env::var("PAWS_HOME").unwrap_or(unwrap_home_path("~/.kittypaws")))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 57703fc..58473e7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,19 +3,25 @@ mod plug;
 mod settings;
 mod stdout_styling;
 
-use paws_install::{list_plugins, install_from_github, remove_plugin};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use paws_install::{list_plugins, install_from_github, remove_plugin, get_kittypaws_home};
 use plug::start_main_loop;
 use paws_config::load_config;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
-const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH: &str = "paws.yml";
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "paws.yml";
+
+fn get_default_config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    get_kittypaws_home().join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
+}
 
 #[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
 pub enum Command {
     Run {
-        #[arg(long = "config", default_value_t = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH.to_string())]
-        config: String
+        #[arg(long = "config")]
+        config: Option<PathBuf>
     },
 
     List,
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     match args.command {
         Command::Run { config } => {
-            let config = load_config(&config);
+            let config = load_config(config.unwrap_or(get_default_config_path()));
             start_main_loop(config);
         },
         Command::List => list_plugins().unwrap(),