diff --git a/core/bbs.js b/core/bbs.js
index 02058bce..43bf7cf3 100644
--- a/core/bbs.js
+++ b/core/bbs.js
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ const ENIGMA_COPYRIGHT	= 'ENiGMA½ Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Bryan Ashby';
 const HELP =
 `${ENIGMA_COPYRIGHT}
 usage: main.js <args>
+eg   : main.js --config /enigma_install_path/config/
 
 valid args:
   --version       : display version
   --help          : displays this help
-  --config PATH   : override default config.hjson path
+  --config PATH   : override default config path
 `;
 
 function printHelpAndExit() {
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ function main() {
 				return callback(null, configOverridePath || conf.getDefaultPath(), _.isString(configOverridePath));
 			},
 			function initConfig(configPath, configPathSupplied, callback) {
-				conf.init(resolvePath(configPath), function configInit(err) {
+				const configFile = configPath + 'config.hjson';
+				conf.init(resolvePath(configFile), function configInit(err) {
 
 					//
 					//	If the user supplied a path and we can't read/parse it
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ function main() {
 					if(err) {
 						if('ENOENT' === err.code)  {
 							if(configPathSupplied) {
-								console.error('Configuration file does not exist: ' + configPath);
+								console.error('Configuration file does not exist: ' + configFile);
 							} else {
 								configPathSupplied = null;	//	make non-fatal; we'll go with defaults
 							}
diff --git a/core/config.js b/core/config.js
index 506b5c28..a33efb99 100644
--- a/core/config.js
+++ b/core/config.js
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ function init(configPath, options, cb) {
 }
 
 function getDefaultPath() {
-	//	e.g. /enigma-bbs-install-path/config/config.hjson
-	return './config/config.hjson';
+	//	e.g. /enigma-bbs-install-path/config/
+	return './config/';
 }
 
 function getDefaultConfig() {
diff --git a/core/config_util.js b/core/config_util.js
index 3ed7b98c..40723d9a 100644
--- a/core/config_util.js
+++ b/core/config_util.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const paths				= require('path');
 exports.getFullConfig	= getFullConfig;
 
 function getFullConfig(filePath, cb) {
-	//	|filePath| is assumed to be in 'mods' if it's only a file name
+	//	|filePath| is assumed to be in the config path if it's only a file name
 	if('.' === paths.dirname(filePath)) {
 		filePath = paths.join(Config.paths.config, filePath);
 	}
diff --git a/core/oputil/oputil_common.js b/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
index 14edd518..e175a166 100644
--- a/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
+++ b/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ function printUsageAndSetExitCode(errMsg, exitCode) {
 }
 
 function getDefaultConfigPath() {
-    return './config/config.hjson';
+    return './config/';
 }
 
 function getConfigPath() {
-	return argv.config ? argv.config : config.getDefaultPath();
+	const baseConfigPath = argv.config ? argv.config : config.getDefaultPath();
+	return baseConfigPath + 'config.hjson';
 }
 
 function initConfig(cb) {