diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 80ec788..5b00f77 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod event_reader;
 mod udev_monitor;
 mod active_client;
 
+use std::env;
 use tokio;
 use home;
 use config::Config;
@@ -13,7 +14,27 @@ use crate::udev_monitor::*;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let config_path = std::fs::read_dir(format!("{}/.config/makima", home::home_dir().unwrap().display())).unwrap();
+    let default_config_path = format!("{}/.config/makima", home::home_dir().unwrap().display());
+    let env_path: String = match env::var("MAKIMA_CONFIG") {
+        Ok(path) => {
+            println!("\nConfig directory set to {:?}.", path);
+            path
+        },
+        Err(_) => {
+            println!("\n\"MAKIMA_CONFIG\" environment variable is not set, defaulting to {:?}.", default_config_path);
+            default_config_path.clone()
+        },
+    };
+    let config_path: std::fs::ReadDir = match std::fs::read_dir(&env_path) {
+        Ok(config_path) => {
+            println!("Scanning for config files...\n");
+            config_path
+        },
+        Err(_) => {
+            println!("Directory not found, falling back to {:?}.\n", default_config_path);
+            std::fs::read_dir(default_config_path).unwrap()
+        },
+    };
     let mut config_files: Vec<Config> = Vec::new();
     for file in config_path {
         let filename: String = file.as_ref().unwrap().file_name().into_string().unwrap();