diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f8dd4c0..c87787b 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     char *config_path = default_config_path();
 
+    FILE *config_file = fopen(config_path, "r");
+
+    if (config_file == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to open config at: %s\n", config_path);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    Config config = parse_config(config_file);
+
+    fclose(config_file);
+    free(config_path);
+
     for (size_t i = 1; i < (size_t)argc; ++i) {
         if (strcmp(argv[i], "-c") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "--config") == 0) {
             if (i == (size_t)argc - 1) {
@@ -47,18 +59,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
     }
 
-    FILE *config_file = fopen(config_path, "r");
-
-    if (config_file == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to open config at: %s\n", config_path);
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
-    Config config = parse_config(config_file);
-
-    fclose(config_file);
-    free(config_path);
-
     fetch(config);
 
     return 0;