diff --git a/mumbleBot.py b/mumbleBot.py
index 2c5a74b..62558bc 100644
--- a/mumbleBot.py
+++ b/mumbleBot.py
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@ import util
 
 
 class MumbleBot:
-    def __init__(self, args):
+    def __init__(self, args, config):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.ctrl_caught)
 
-        self.config = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
-        self.config.read("configuration.ini", encoding='latin-1')
-
-
+        self.config = config
         self.volume = self.config.getfloat('bot', 'volume')
 
         self.channel = args.channel
@@ -332,7 +329,11 @@ def start_web_interface(addr, port):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Bot for playing radio stream on Mumble')
+    global __CONFIG
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Bot for playing music on Mumble')
+
+    # General arguments
+    parser.add_argument("--config", dest='config', type=str, default='configuration.ini', help='Load configuration from this file. Default: configuration.ini')
 
     # Mumble arguments
     parser.add_argument("-s", "--server", dest="host", type=str, required=True, help="The server's hostame of a mumble server")
@@ -346,4 +347,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument('--wi-addr', dest='wi_addr', type=str, default=None, help='Listening address of the web interface')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    botamusique = MumbleBot(args)
+    __CONFIG = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
+    parsed_configs = __CONFIG.read(args.config, encoding='latin-1')
+    if len(parsed_configs) == 0:
+        print('Could not read configuration from file \"{}\"'.format(args.config), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit()
+
+    botamusique = MumbleBot(args, __CONFIG)
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 5d720ac..bc591bd 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-import configparser
 import hashlib
 import magic
 import os
 import variables as var
 import zipfile
 
-__CONFIG = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
-__CONFIG.read("configuration.ini", encoding='latin-1')
-
 def get_recursive_filelist_sorted(path):
+    global __CONFIG
+
     filelist = []
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
         relroot = root.replace(path, '')
@@ -38,6 +36,8 @@ def get_recursive_filelist_sorted(path):
 #       - hash is a sha1 of the string representation of the directories' contents (which are
 #           zipped)
 def zipdir(zippath, zipname_prefix=None):
+    global __CONFIG
+
     zipname = __CONFIG.get('bot', 'tmp_folder')
     if zipname_prefix and '../' not in zipname_prefix:
         zipname += zipname_prefix.strip().replace('/', '_') + '_'