diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f107b79..371f3bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is a Rust implementation of cinnamon’s [Seasonal Hours Clock](https://git
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Create a file `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/seasonal-clock.toml` (where `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is `~/.config` on Linux systems) with the following content:
+Create a file `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/seasonal-clock.toml` (where `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is `~/.config` on Linux systems) with the following content (or use/modify [example-config.toml](example-config.toml)):
 
 ```
 [seasonal-clock]
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ You can pass `-n` or `--now` to the app to only print the current hour’s name.
 
 This can be used in scripts, or in i3/sway panels, for example.
 
+### Use a different config
+
+Pass `-c FILE` or `--config FILE` to use `FILE` as the configuration file (instead of the default).  I’m not sure if it can be useful; i only did this to show off my Rust skills ^_^
+
 ## Features
 
 ### Seasonal hours!
diff --git a/example-config.toml b/example-config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53c5647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[seasonal-clock]
+# This is somewhere arond Hungary
+latitude = 47.65
+longitude = 19.28
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a046d96..7cdd834 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
@@ -14,17 +15,23 @@ struct CompleteConfig {
     seasonal_clock: Config,
 }
 
-pub fn get_config() -> Option<Config> {
-    let xdg_dirs = xdg::BaseDirectories::new().unwrap();
-    let config_path = xdg_dirs
-        .place_config_file("seasonal-clock.toml")
-        .expect("cannot create configuration directory");
+pub fn get_config(filename: Option<String>) -> Option<Config> {
+    let config_path = match filename {
+        Some(v) => PathBuf::from(v),
+        None => {
+            let xdg_dirs = xdg::BaseDirectories::new().unwrap();
+            xdg_dirs
+                .place_config_file("seasonal-clock.toml")
+                .expect("cannot create configuration directory")
+        }
+    };
     let data: std::io::Result<String> = fs::read_to_string(config_path);
 
     if let Ok(..) = data {
         let complete_config: CompleteConfig = toml::from_str(&data.unwrap()).unwrap();
         Some(complete_config.seasonal_clock)
     } else {
+        eprintln!("Could not parse config file {:?}", data);
         None
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 44ca5ee..7718ddc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ struct Args {
     /// Print the current hour’s name and exit
     #[clap(short, long)]
     now: bool,
+
+    /// Use FILE as the configuration file
+    #[clap(short, long, value_name = "FILE")]
+    config: Option<String>,
 }
 
 sctk::default_environment!(SeasonalClock, desktop);
@@ -32,7 +36,8 @@ fn main() {
         println!("{}", get_current_hour_name());
         std::process::exit(0);
     }
-    let config = get_config();
+
+    let config = get_config(args.config);
 
     run_windowed(&config);
 }