diff --git a/vmpooler b/vmpooler
index fd8d557..30fe321 100755
--- a/vmpooler
+++ b/vmpooler
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 require 'rubygems' unless defined?(Gem)
 require 'lib/vmpooler'
 
-config = Vmpooler.config
+config = Vmpooler.config(ENV['VMPOOLER_CONFIG'] || 'vmpooler.yaml')
 redis_host = config[:redis]['server']
 logger_file = config[:config]['logfile']