diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 40c56a8..1d1bd14 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
           pname = "hyprman";
           version = "unstable";
           src = cleanSource ./.;
-          nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-OqyB91B9bjyZXavb4Ikv2wMpH8UPsTGn2dmqiX8IFT0=";
+          nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-tDhf7CrHtgtu9NNFzp3swnfeMYBFrvHsFwR0JeYul7Q=";
         };
       });
       formatter = forAllSystems (pkgs: pkgs.nixfmt-rfc-style);
diff --git a/hyprman.nimble b/hyprman.nimble
index 1ad017e..2c2999c 100644
--- a/hyprman.nimble
+++ b/hyprman.nimble
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ bin           = @["hyprman"]
 requires "nim >= 2.0.8"
 requires "yaml"
 requires "jsony"
-requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#65a952e"
+requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#f1cc95f8"
diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
index 6ba2716..918798d 100644
--- a/nimble.lock
+++ b/nimble.lock
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   "packages": {
     "hwylterm": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
-      "vcsRevision": "65a952e9f0d75659d39f8a3b146753e291ee0a66",
+      "vcsRevision": "f1cc95f86edcc00665fc8280f57edc0e83d461f9",
       "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
       "downloadMethod": "git",
       "dependencies": [],
       "checksums": {
-        "sha1": "10894d492bbe1d0ea32ee9bb0686abfcd3b0b0fe"
+        "sha1": "433522bac3b8f3caae252a1a42867ed8dc91f4d2"
       }
     },
     "jsony": {
diff --git a/src/hyprman.nim b/src/hyprman.nim
index bc9f38f..6b6b575 100644
--- a/src/hyprman.nim
+++ b/src/hyprman.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## hyprman, the hyprland companion
 
-import std/[osproc, strformat]
+import std/[os, osproc, strformat]
 import hwylterm/hwylcli
 import ./[
   hyprland,
@@ -10,8 +10,17 @@ import ./[
 
 hwylCli:
   name "hyprman"
+  flags:
+    [global]
+    config:
+      i configPath
+      T string
+      ? "path to config file"
+      * (getConfigDir() / "hyprman" / "config.yml")
+      - c
+  preSub:
+    config.load(configPath)
   subcommands:
-
     [mako]
     ... "interact with mako"
     flags:
@@ -19,7 +28,6 @@ hwylCli:
         T int
         ? "# of notifications"
         * 10
-        - c
       json:
         ? "output as json"
         - j
diff --git a/src/lib.nim b/src/lib.nim
index 7afffeb..79ef5fc 100644
--- a/src/lib.nim
+++ b/src/lib.nim
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ type
     `no-client`*: string
     `default-icon`*: string
 
-proc loadConfig*(): Config =
-  let configPath = getConfigDir() / "hyprman" / "config.yml"
-  if fileExists(configPath):
-    var s = newFileStream(configPath)
-    load(s, result)
-    result.wallpapers = expandTilde(result.wallpapers)
+var config*: Config
+
+proc load*(c: var Config, p: string) = 
+  if fileExists(p):
+    var s = newFileStream(p)
+    load(s, c)
+    c.wallpapers = expandTilde(c.wallpapers)
 
 func pickIcon*(
   c: Config,
@@ -35,5 +36,3 @@ func pickIcon*(
     if class in k: result = v
   if result == "":
     result = c.`default-icon`
-
-let config* = loadConfig()