diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 953ccd3..51bdb68 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "crypto-utils",
- "dirs",
  "hex",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df23107..c943d09 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ members = [
     "types",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+opt-level = 'z'
+codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
index 5bdd99e..c36bd4f 100644
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/main.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ pub const DATABASE_FILE: &str = "homedisk.db";
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    // initialize logger
     logger::init();
 
-    // parse config
-    let config = Config::parse().expect("parse config");
+    let config = Config::parse().expect("Failed to parse configuration file");
 
     // open database connection
     let db =
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index a03309f..405d1d0 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-config = ["toml", "dirs"]
+config = ["toml"]
 database = ["crypto-utils", "hex", "sqlx"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0.62"
 serde = { version = "1.0.144", features = ["derive"] }
 axum = { version = "0.5.15", optional = true }
 toml = { version = "0.5.9", optional = true }
-dirs = { version = "4.0.0", optional = true }
 crypto-utils = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["sha"], optional = true }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["sqlite"], optional = true }
diff --git a/types/src/config/types.rs b/types/src/config/types.rs
index b897958..918f4be 100644
--- a/types/src/config/types.rs
+++ b/types/src/config/types.rs
@@ -46,15 +46,10 @@ impl Config {
     /// let config = Config::parse().unwrap();
     /// ```
     pub fn parse() -> anyhow::Result<Config> {
-        // get path to the user's config directory
-        let sys_config_dir = dirs::config_dir().unwrap();
-        // path to the homedisk config file
-        let config_path = format!("{}/homedisk/config.toml", sys_config_dir.to_string_lossy());
+        let config = fs::read_to_string("config.toml")?;
 
-        // read file content to string
-        let config = fs::read_to_string(config_path)?;
+        let serialized = toml::from_str(&config)?;
 
-        // parse config and return it
-        Ok(toml::from_str(&config)?)
+        Ok(serialized)
     }
 }