diff --git a/anonstream/__main__.py b/anonstream/__main__.py
index 212bdce..67b5792 100644
--- a/anonstream/__main__.py
+++ b/anonstream/__main__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 parser.add_argument(
     '--config', '-c',
     metavar='FILE',
-    default=os.environ.get('ANONSTREAM_CONFIG', 'config.toml'),
+    default=os.environ.get('ANONSTREAM_CONFIG', DEFAULT_CONFIG),
     help=(
         'location of config.toml '
         f'(default: $ANONSTREAM_CONFIG or {want_rel(DEFAULT_CONFIG)})'