diff --git a/homedir/homedir.go b/homedir/homedir.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61f77ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homedir/homedir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Package homedir helps with detecting and expanding the user's home directory
+
+// Copied verbatim from https://github.com/Atrox/homedir
+
+package homedir
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Dir returns the home directory for the executing user.
+// An error is returned if a home directory cannot be detected.
+func Dir() (string, error) {
+	currentUser, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if currentUser.HomeDir == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("cannot find user-specific home dir")
+	}
+
+	return currentUser.HomeDir, nil
+}
+
+// Expand expands the path to include the home directory if the path
+// is prefixed with `~`. If it isn't prefixed with `~`, the path is
+// returned as-is.
+func Expand(path string) (string, error) {
+	if len(path) == 0 {
+		return path, nil
+	}
+
+	if path[0] != '~' {
+		return path, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(path) > 1 && path[1] != '/' && path[1] != '\\' {
+		return "", errors.New("cannot expand user-specific home dir")
+	}
+
+	dir, err := Dir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Join(dir, path[1:]), nil
+}
diff --git a/wtf.go b/wtf.go
index 33f0411c..ebfba560 100644
--- a/wtf.go
+++ b/wtf.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/bamboohr"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/gcal"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/git"
+	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/homedir"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/jira"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/opsgenie"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/security"
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ import (
 var Config = loadConfig()
 
 func loadConfig() *config.Config {
-	cfg, err := config.ParseYamlFile("./config.yml")
+	configPath, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.wtf/config.yml")
+
+	cfg, err := config.ParseYamlFile(configPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}