diff --git a/borg_interface.cfg b/borg_interface.cfg
index 098a682..67a9a09 100644
--- a/borg_interface.cfg
+++ b/borg_interface.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-#server: fileserver.2li.local
-#user: borg
+# server: fileserver.2li.local
+# user: borg
 repository_path: /home/andreas/test
 password: foo
diff --git a/borg_interface/interface_functions.py b/borg_interface/interface_functions.py
index 23951c1..215e1f3 100644
--- a/borg_interface/interface_functions.py
+++ b/borg_interface/interface_functions.py
@@ -44,9 +44,20 @@ def restore_archive():
 def configuration():
     # setup the config parser
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    # read config file
-    config.read('borg_interface.cfg')
-    # assign the repository variable
+    # check whether the config file exists either in the home folder or next to
+    # the binary
+    home = os.getenv('HOME')
+    if os.path.isfile(home + '/.config/borg_interface/borg_interface.cfg'):
+        config.read(home + '/.config/borg_interface/borg_interface.cfg')
+    elif os.path.isfile(home + '/.borg_interface.cfg'):
+        config.read(home + '/.borg_interface.cfg')
+    elif os.path.isfile('borg_interface.cfg'):
+        config.read('borg_interface.cfg')
+    else:
+        print("Configuration file not found.")
+        quit()
+    # assign the repository variable depending wheter it's a remote or a local
+    # repository
     if 'server' in config['DEFAULT']:
         repository = (config['DEFAULT']['user']
                      + "@"