diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
index 5bdd99e..75416d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/main.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ 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");
 
     // open database connection
diff --git a/types/src/config/mod.rs b/types/src/config/mod.rs
index 164a40d..66508a9 100644
--- a/types/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/types/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! # Configuration file
 //!
-//! Path to a config file is `config.toml` in the system configuration directory (`~/.config/homedisk/config.toml`).
+//! Path to a config file is `config.toml` in the work directory.
 //!
 //! ## Example config
 //!
diff --git a/types/src/config/types.rs b/types/src/config/types.rs
index b897958..9ee7d61 100644
--- a/types/src/config/types.rs
+++ b/types/src/config/types.rs
@@ -45,16 +45,11 @@ 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());
+    pub fn parse() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let config_str = fs::read_to_string("config.toml")?;
 
-        // read file content to string
-        let config = fs::read_to_string(config_path)?;
+        let config = toml::from_str(&config_str)?;
 
-        // parse config and return it
-        Ok(toml::from_str(&config)?)
+        Ok(config)
     }
 }