diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa7f489..cd6df67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ watch_frontend:
 
 watch_backend:
 	@echo "Building Opengist binary..."
-	DEV=1 ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --watch '**/*' -e html,yml,go,js --signal SIGTERM --exec 'go' run .
+	DEV=1 ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --watch '**/*' -e html,yml,go,js --signal SIGTERM --exec 'go run . --config config.yml'
 
 watch:
 	@bash ./watch.sh
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 69bb9a5..8f82138 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -70,16 +70,27 @@ func InitConfig(configPath string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	file, err := os.Open(configPath)
-	if err == nil {
-		fmt.Println("Using config file: " + configPath)
+	if configPath != "" {
+		absolutePath, _ := filepath.Abs(configPath)
+		absolutePath = filepath.Clean(absolutePath)
+		file, err := os.Open(absolutePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return err
+			}
+			fmt.Println("No YML config file found at " + absolutePath)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("Using config file: " + absolutePath)
 
-		// Override default values with values from config.yml
-		d := yaml.NewDecoder(file)
-		if err = d.Decode(&c); err != nil {
-			return err
+			// Override default values with values from config.yml
+			d := yaml.NewDecoder(file)
+			if err = d.Decode(&c); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer file.Close()
 		}
-		defer file.Close()
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("No config file specified. Using default values.")
 	}
 
 	// Override default values with environment variables (as yaml)
@@ -105,7 +116,6 @@ func InitLog() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(), file)
 
 	var level zerolog.Level
 	level, err = zerolog.ParseLevel(C.LogLevel)
@@ -113,7 +123,12 @@ func InitLog() {
 		level = zerolog.InfoLevel
 	}
 
-	log.Logger = zerolog.New(multi).Level(level).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	if os.Getenv("DEV") == "1" {
+		multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(), file)
+		log.Logger = zerolog.New(multi).Level(level).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	} else {
+		log.Logger = zerolog.New(file).Level(level).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	}
 }
 
 func CheckGitVersion(version string) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/opengist.go b/opengist.go
index bd7b130..2e2d79b 100644
--- a/opengist.go
+++ b/opengist.go
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ import (
 func initialize() {
 	fmt.Println("Opengist v" + config.OpengistVersion)
 
-	configPath := flag.String("config", "config.yml", "Path to a config file in YML format")
+	configPath := flag.String("config", "", "Path to a config file in YML format")
 	flag.Parse()
-	absolutePath, _ := filepath.Abs(*configPath)
-	absolutePath = filepath.Clean(absolutePath)
-	if err := config.InitConfig(absolutePath); err != nil {
+
+	if err := config.InitConfig(*configPath); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(config.GetHomeDir()), 0755); err != nil {