diff --git a/conf.toml.sops b/conf.toml.sops
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7208ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf.toml.sops
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+	"data": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:jVTiiuy0//yVa0QwCvx34IzKFJao3Dd/a9vympEUvqrGXoW2Tx847R1cRQ1UvSJ1/aK+Nzui7MiTCntNORAsIgAr5EkqX54AS/aW5uc0Dk54LM/Sp++wlNeAvNTFFQ7PjVZVEEwcAAGijZpA6QPYu9nMfb3W05OULAqiYj4im+yY/eruYl/lnAQ8Kfn6HERVfNegsPM63wAdyNFgKA==,iv:hhbCMrsoIMSvEMxJXGX8H7SHWKsAtFC7G+JBWBgL2TA=,tag:b+EOgaz9shJWhfcPT05aiQ==,type:str]",
+	"sops": {
+		"kms": null,
+		"gcp_kms": null,
+		"azure_kv": null,
+		"hc_vault": null,
+		"age": [
+			{
+				"recipient": "age1stdue5q5teskee057ced6rh9pzzr93xsy66w4sc3zu49rgxl7cjshztt45",
+				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBuOGgwVFlUeGRTTUVFVjN6\nYVlXRnAzUWo5Y01FaSsrdklGSWtKL0tjY0cwCm9tY3FuZGtLcUUyalpTNUNQeDJa\nVHp5azU2T1FIc0RaYkxCenkwYkRBdGMKLS0tIGQwV0RGQlVnbFRodVkvL0FKZmFX\nTGFsazZNVWxXTUFiL2MxN3JNL0RBU2MKKtK+szuRYu/csPo232Ge/jzlHBqQHNIK\nr8NEFL+Px2pBVXdJh/tibV7b5iUx4s7x9ghmEklhl1ZqwsCkjsmsKQ==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
+			}
+		],
+		"lastmodified": "2024-04-13T15:48:26Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:BEgO8PoSNO3dIkmiNZ2yXmOWVyrohTT1UT6fpvhGXapUujhZIBNMqTvrTZGJldoeeBOz9FQRdPZGNN+GZAWHZfdMryvym9D0Tj3Rjqbvn6ukJ1uaXblGaB9C4SLfeQ50vK5gEq0Nn2KPtKnPeCFXYFT8ikt2bgo9dROmqkLtmXc=,iv:6O2HP3zwDPhucNruSZ/rrUTy3BeGwXokFblwTStQZf0=,tag:r7DOkdbG2dIWoBmZGbaJPg==,type:str]",
+		"pgp": null,
+		"unencrypted_suffix": "_unencrypted",
+		"version": "3.8.1"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index f268fde..afbd74b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, fs::File};
 
 use config::{builder::DefaultState, Config as CConfig, ConfigBuilder};
 use redact::serde::redact_secret;
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub open_ai: Option<OpenAI>,
 }
 
+const CONFIG_FILE_PATH: &str = "./conf.toml";
+
 impl Config {
     pub fn load() -> Result<Self> {
         let c = Self::builder()?.build()?;
@@ -34,10 +36,17 @@ impl Config {
     }
 
     pub fn builder() -> Result<ConfigBuilder<DefaultState>> {
+        let p = std::path::PathBuf::from(CONFIG_FILE_PATH);
+        if !p.exists() {
+            warn!(
+                "Config file '{}' doesn't exist, so defaults will likely be loaded!",
+                p.display(),
+            );
+        }
         // TODO: log whether or not we were able to load conf.toml?
         Ok(Self::default_builder()
             .map_err(Error::from)?
-            .add_source(config::File::from(std::path::PathBuf::from("./conf.toml")).required(false))
+            .add_source(config::File::from(p).required(false))
             .add_source(config::Environment::with_prefix("chatbot").separator("__")))
     }