diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7cb2ea7..eaf8d5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ build/
 .DS_Store
 
 ### Other Stuff ###
-**/resources/config*.json
-!**/resources/config.example.json
+config*.json
+config.example.json
 !**/resources/config.schema.json
 
 ### why would this not be here already ###
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6070d2..b0a5baf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,32 @@ A multipurpose Discord bot written in Java.
 
 ### Tested Operating Systems
 - macOS 14.4.1
-- Windows 10 (22H2)
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+- Windows 10 (22H2)
+
+---
+
+## Config file schema
+```json
+{
+  "token": "your_token",
+  "prefix": "oki!",
+  "mariadb": {
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "user": "db_user",
+    "password": "db_password",
+    "database": "doki_prod"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Commands
+
+| Command       | Description                                                                  | Arguments     | Aliases |
+|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------|
+| `leaderboard` | Gets the leaderboard for the current guild                                   | None          | `lb`    |
+| `rank`        | Gets the rank of the specified user (message author if none specified)       | `[user ping]` | None    |
+| `about`       | Gets information about the bot                                               | None          | None    |
+| `ping`        | Gets the bot's gateway & rest ping                                           | None          | None    |
+| `whois`       | Gets information about the specified user (message author if none specified) | `[user ping]` | None    |
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diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
index c6b233e..28bcbf8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ public class Config {
      */
     public static Config readConfig() throws IOException {
         Logger log = Logging.getLogger();
-        try (InputStream in=Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("config.json")) {
-            assert in != null;
+        try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream("./config.json")) {
             Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             log.info("Loaded config");
             return new Gson().fromJson(reader, Config.class);