diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 95b15ed..197598a 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
-import datetime
 import functools
 import hashlib
 import json
@@ -36,11 +35,6 @@ from copyvios.sites import update_sites
 
 AnyResponse = Response | str | bytes
 
-app.config.from_pyfile("config.py", True)
-app.config["SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE"] = True
-app.config["SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE"] = "Lax"
-app.config["PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME"] = datetime.timedelta(days=365)
-
 app.logger.info(f"Flask server started {time.asctime()}")
 
 globalize(num_workers=8)
diff --git a/src/copyvios/__init__.py b/src/copyvios/__init__.py
index 9fe750a..059861c 100644
--- a/src/copyvios/__init__.py
+++ b/src/copyvios/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+import datetime
 import logging
+import os
 from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
 
 from flask import Flask
 
-app = Flask("copyvios")
+app = Flask(
+    "copyvios",
+    instance_path=os.getcwd(),
+    instance_relative_config=True,
+)
+
+app.config.from_pyfile("config.py")
+app.config["SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE"] = True
+app.config["SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE"] = "Lax"
+app.config["PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME"] = datetime.timedelta(days=365)
 
 app.jinja_options["trim_blocks"] = True
 app.jinja_options["lstrip_blocks"] = True