diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index fda5ad5e..fe70c72d 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ var Conf Config
 // Version contains the current gophish version
 var Version = "0.3"
 
-func init() {
+func LoadConfig(filepath string) {
 	// Get the config file
-	config_file, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./config.json")
+	config_file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("File error: %v\n", err)
 	}
diff --git a/gophish.go b/gophish.go
index 9034ca01..81e1e3ec 100644
--- a/gophish.go
+++ b/gophish.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
+	"gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
+
 	"github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler"
 	"github.com/gophish/gophish/auth"
 	"github.com/gophish/gophish/config"
@@ -42,9 +44,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/handlers"
 )
 
-var Logger = log.New(os.Stdout, " ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+var (
+	Logger = log.New(os.Stdout, " ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+
+	configPath = kingpin.Flag("config", "Location of config.json.").Default("./config.json").String()
+)
 
 func main() {
+	// Parse the CLI flags and load the config
+	kingpin.Parse()
+	config.LoadConfig(*configPath)
 	// Setup the global variables and settings
 	err := models.Setup()
 	if err != nil {