diff --git a/gitea_hooks/conf.py b/gitea_hooks/conf.py
index 630a6e5..1082705 100644
--- a/gitea_hooks/conf.py
+++ b/gitea_hooks/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import yaml
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
 class BadConfig(Exception):
@@ -11,9 +12,11 @@ class Configuration:
     The configuration is a YAML file.
     """
 
+    BASE_CONFIG_PATH = Path.home() / "config.yml"
+
     def __init__(self):
         try:
-            with open("./config.yml", "r") as handle:
+            with self.BASE_CONFIG_PATH.open("r") as handle:
                 self.raw = yaml.safe_load(handle)
         except yaml.YAMLError as exn:
             raise BadConfig("Cannot parse yaml") from exn