diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 492655f..3b84916 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
 
     /// The configuration file to load (defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/taskr/config.toml)
     #[arg(long, default_value = None)]
-    pub data_directory: Option<String>,
+    pub config_file_path: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 4951b2b..225bc3c 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, path::Path};
 
 use config::{builder::DefaultState, Config as CConfig, ConfigBuilder};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -20,36 +20,35 @@ pub struct Jira {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub version: u64,
-    pub gitlab: Option<Gitlab>,
-    pub jira: Option<Jira>,
+    pub gitlab: Gitlab,
+    pub jira: Jira,
 }
 
-const CONFIG_FILE_PATH: &str = "./conf.toml";
-
 impl Config {
-    pub fn load() -> Result<Self> {
-        let c = Self::builder()?.build()?;
+    pub fn load<P>(config_file_path: Option<P>) -> Result<Self>
+    where
+        P: AsRef<Path>,
+    {
+        let c = Self::builder(config_file_path)?.build()?;
         Ok(c.try_deserialize()?)
     }
 
-    pub fn builder() -> Result<ConfigBuilder<DefaultState>> {
-        let p = std::path::PathBuf::from(CONFIG_FILE_PATH);
-        if !p.exists() {
-            // TODO: this won't output since tracing is not setup before we load
-            // config, so we need something like
-            // https://docs.rs/tracing-capture/latest/tracing_capture/
-            // to capture trace events to be output _after_ configuration has
-            // loaded and the "actual" subscriber is setup
-            warn!(
-                "Config file '{}' doesn't exist, so defaults will likely be loaded!",
-                p.display(),
-            );
-        }
+    pub fn builder<P>(config_file_path: Option<P>) -> Result<ConfigBuilder<DefaultState>>
+    where
+        P: AsRef<Path>,
+    {
+        let config_file_path: Box<dyn AsRef<Path>> = config_file_path
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|s| Ok::<Box<dyn AsRef<Path>>, anyhow::Error>(Box::new(s.as_ref())))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                Ok(Box::new(
+                    xdg::BaseDirectories::new()?.get_config_file("taskr/config.toml"),
+                ))
+            })?;
 
-        // TODO: log whether or not we were able to load conf.toml?
         Ok(Self::default_builder()
             .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?
-            .add_source(config::File::from(p).required(false))
+            .add_source(config::File::from((*config_file_path).as_ref()).required(false))
             .add_source(config::Environment::with_prefix("taskr").separator("__")))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b00d950..08c2c8f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let conf = Config::load()?;
     let cli = Cli::new();
+    let conf = Config::load(cli.config_file_path)?;
 
     // this guard causes logs to be flushed when dropped (which is at the end of
     // this function which would be the end of our program)
diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index 2223f47..c306201 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -108,14 +108,8 @@ impl Tasks {
                         token
                     }
                 };
-                let result = GitLab::try_new(
-                    &format!(
-                        "{}/api/v4",
-                        self.config
-                            .require_or_prompt_and_set::<String>("gitlab.url")?
-                    ),
-                    &gl_token,
-                )?;
+                let result =
+                    GitLab::try_new(&format!("{}/api/v4", self.config.gitlab.url), &gl_token)?;
                 let _ = self.gitlab.set(result);
                 Ok(self.gitlab.get().unwrap())
                 // TODO: ensure the token works?
@@ -158,14 +152,7 @@ impl Tasks {
                     }
                 };
 
-                let result = Jira::try_new(
-                    &format!(
-                        "{}",
-                        self.config
-                            .require_or_prompt_and_set::<String>("jira.url")?
-                    ),
-                    &jira_token,
-                )?;
+                let result = Jira::try_new(&format!("{}", self.config.jira.url), &jira_token)?;
                 let _ = self.jira.set(result);
                 Ok(self.jira.get().unwrap())
                 // TODO: ensure the token works?