diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 866544a..a1a8c79 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Checks if the given path exists by calling stat().
  *
  */
-static bool path_exists(const char *path) {
+bool path_exists(const char *path) {
     struct stat buf;
     return (stat(path, &buf) == 0);
 }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static bool path_exists(const char *path) {
 /*
  * This function resolves ~ in pathnames.
  */
-static char* resolveTilde(const char *path) {
+char* resolveTilde(const char *path) {
 	static glob_t globbuf;
 	static char *ret = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 0983340..738f617 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned int port;
 } Config;
 
-static bool path_exists(const char *path);
-static char* resolveTilde(const char *path);
+bool path_exists(const char *path);
+char* resolveTilde(const char *path);
 Config* configDefaults();
 char* getConfigDir();
 char* getDefaultUserConfigLoc();
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7740c57..5ec5751 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -29,22 +29,19 @@ void printHelp(){
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char**argv){
-	char *database = DEFAULT_DATABASE;
-	char *config = DEFAULT_CONFIG;
-	unsigned int port = DEFAULT_PORT;
-	
-	Config *defaultconfig = configDefaults();
+	Config *config = configDefaults();
 
 
 	for ( unsigned int i = 1; i < argc; i++ ){
 		if ( strcmp( argv[i], "--config" ) == 0 ){
 			if ( i + 2 < argc ){
-				setConfig( defaultconfig, argv[i + 1], argv[i + 2] );
+				setConfig( config, argv[i + 1], argv[i + 2] );
+				i += 2;
 			} else {
 				printf("--config requires 2 positional arguments\n");
 			}
 		} else if ( strcmp( argv[i], "--print-config" ) == 0 ){
-			printConfig(defaultconfig);
+			printConfig(config);
 			return 0;
 		} else if ( strcmp( argv[i], "--help" ) == 0 ){
 			printHelp();
@@ -54,12 +51,20 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv){
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ( !db_file_exists(database) ){
+	if (path_exists( config->userConfig ) ){
+		printf("User config file exists but still needs to be parsed\n");
+	}
+
+	if (path_exists( config->localConfig ) ){
+		printf("Local config file exists but still needs to be parsed\n");
+	}
+
+	if ( !db_file_exists(config->database) ){
 		printf("Creating DB");
-		db_create(database);
+		db_create(config->database);
 	}
 
-	proxy_startListener(port);
+	proxy_startListener(config->port);
 
 	return 0;
 }