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/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);