diff --git a/xenv/cli.py b/xenv/cli.py
index 388422a0bd25679575ed8bfa1c813bbbd19365d6..e7918c38ba5cf0148e42950984ff6c007726abc8 100644
--- a/xenv/cli.py
+++ b/xenv/cli.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _parse_cmdline(argv):
     return args, cmd
 
 
-def _parse_config(filename='xenv.ini'):
+def _parse_config(filename='/etc/xenv.ini'):
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read(filename)
     try: