diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index bf945d3..59e04a9 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "show_abuselog": false,
     "hide_ips": false,
     "discord_message_cooldown": 0,
+    "datafile_path": "data.json",
     "auto_suppression": {
         "enabled": false,
         "db_location": ":memory:"
diff --git a/src/configloader.py b/src/configloader.py
index 1b32d27..9bbeb8e 100644
--- a/src/configloader.py
+++ b/src/configloader.py
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import sys
-
 global settings
+from src.argparser import command_args
 
 
 def load_settings():
 	global settings
 	try:  # load settings
-		with open("settings.json", encoding="utf8") as sfile:
-			settings = json.load(sfile)
-			if settings["limitrefetch"] < settings["limit"] and settings["limitrefetch"] != -1:
-				settings["limitrefetch"] = settings["limit"]
-			if "user-agent" in settings["header"]:
-				settings["header"]["user-agent"] = settings["header"]["user-agent"].format(version="1.14.0.1")  # set the version in the useragent
+		settings = json.load(command_args.settings)
+		if settings["limitrefetch"] < settings["limit"] and settings["limitrefetch"] != -1:
+			settings["limitrefetch"] = settings["limit"]
+		if "user-agent" in settings["header"]:
+			settings["header"]["user-agent"] = settings["header"]["user-agent"].format(version="1.14.0.2")  # set the version in the useragent
 	except FileNotFoundError:
 		logging.critical("No config file could be found. Please make sure settings.json is in the directory.")
 		sys.exit(1)
@@ -45,4 +44,3 @@ def load_settings():
 
 load_settings()
 
-
diff --git a/src/misc.py b/src/misc.py
index 79e5881..dece17a 100644
--- a/src/misc.py
+++ b/src/misc.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DataFile:
 		if self.changed is False:  # don't cause unnecessary write operations
 			return
 		try:
-			with open("data.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as data_file:
+			with open(settings.get("datafile_path", "data.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as data_file:
 				data_file.write(json.dumps(self.data, indent=4))
 			self.changed = False
 			misc_logger.debug("Saving the database succeeded.")
diff --git a/src/rcgcdw.py b/src/rcgcdw.py
index 612fc95..3dcc690 100644
--- a/src/rcgcdw.py
+++ b/src/rcgcdw.py
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
 # WARNING! SHITTY CODE AHEAD. ENTER ONLY IF YOU ARE SURE YOU CAN TAKE IT
 # You have been warned
 
-import time, logging.config, requests, datetime, math, os.path, schedule, sys, re, importlib
+import time, logging.config, requests, datetime, math, os.path, schedule, sys, re, importlib, argparse
 
 import src.misc
+import src.configloader
 from collections import defaultdict, Counter, OrderedDict
 
 from typing import Optional
 import src.api.client
 from src.api.context import Context
 from src.api.hooks import formatter_hooks, pre_hooks, post_hooks
-from src.configloader import settings
 from src.misc import add_to_dict, datafile, WIKI_API_PATH, LinkParser, run_hooks
 from src.api.util import create_article_path, default_message
 from src.discord.queue import send_to_discord
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from src.exceptions import MWError, ServerError, MediaWikiError, BadRequest, Cli
 from src.i18n import rcgcdw
 from src.wiki import Wiki
 
+settings = src.configloader.settings
 _ = rcgcdw.gettext
 ngettext = rcgcdw.ngettext