diff --git a/scripts/config.sh b/scripts/config.sh
index 112857f..c3b9a69 100755
--- a/scripts/config.sh
+++ b/scripts/config.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ fingers_defaults=( \
   [fingers-hint-position-nocompact]="right" \
   [fingers-hint-format-nocompact]="#[fg=yellow,bold][%s]" \
   [fingers-highlight-format-nocompact]="#[fg=yellow,nobold,dim]%s" \
+
+  [fingers-keyboard-layout]="qwerty" \
 )
 
 set_tmux_env 'fingers-patterns'
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ set_tmux_env 'fingers-hint-position-nocompact'
 set_tmux_env 'fingers-hint-format-nocompact' process_format
 set_tmux_env 'fingers-highlight-format-nocompact' process_format
 
+set_tmux_env 'fingers-keyboard-layout'
 
 for option in fingers-{hint,highlight}-format{,-nocompact}; do
   env_name="$(envify "$option")_NOCOLOR"
diff --git a/scripts/hinter.awk b/scripts/hinter.awk
index 0c5bfb8..1ee2802 100644
--- a/scripts/hinter.awk
+++ b/scripts/hinter.awk
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 END {
-  # TODO read alphabet root dir from ENVIRON
-  hints_path = "/home/morantron/hacking/tmux-fingers/alphabets/qwerty/" n_matches
+  hints_path = ENVIRON["FINGERS_ALPHABET_DIR"] n_matches
   getline raw_hints < hints_path
   split(raw_hints, hints, " ")
 
diff --git a/scripts/hints.sh b/scripts/hints.sh
index ccdaedf..eeed009 100755
--- a/scripts/hints.sh
+++ b/scripts/hints.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ function show_hints() {
   local fingers_pane_id=$1
   local compact_hints=$2
 
+  FINGERS_ALPHABET_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR/../alphabets/$FINGERS_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT/"
+
   clear_screen "$fingers_pane_id"
-  get_stdin | FINGERS_COMPACT_HINTS="$compact_hints" gawk -f $CURRENT_DIR/hinter.awk 3> $match_lookup_table
+  get_stdin | FINGERS_COMPACT_HINTS="$compact_hints" FINGERS_ALPHABET_DIR="$FINGERS_ALPHABET_DIR" gawk -f $CURRENT_DIR/hinter.awk 3> $match_lookup_table
 }
 
 function show_hints_and_swap() {