diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5422161..308ee5c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,20 +3,22 @@ module github.com/gorcon/rcon-cli
 go 1.21
 
 require (
+	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
 	github.com/gorcon/rcon v1.3.5
 	github.com/gorcon/telnet v1.2.3
 	github.com/gorcon/websocket v1.1.3
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20231213231151-1d8dd44e695e // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ac8b163..4b3b94b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,45 +1,32 @@
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3 h1:xRnxJXne7+oWDatRhR1JLnvuccuIeCoBu2rtuLqQB78=
+github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3/go.mod h1:nlTsY+NNiCBGCK2tpm09vRqfVzrc2fLmXGpBLF0zlTQ=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3 h1:qMCsGGgs+MAzDFyp9LpAe1Lqy/fY/qCovCm0qnXZOBM=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/gorcon/rcon v1.3.4 h1:TExNhWI2mJlqpCg49vajUgznvEZbEzQWKujY1Sy+/AY=
-github.com/gorcon/rcon v1.3.4/go.mod h1:46+oSXgPwlRAkcAPStkNnIL1dlcxJweKVNWshy3hDJI=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gorcon/rcon v1.3.5 h1:YE/Vrw6R99uEP08wp0EjdPAP3Jwz/ys3J8qxI1nYoeU=
 github.com/gorcon/rcon v1.3.5/go.mod h1:zR1qfKZttF8vAgH1NsP6CdpachOvLDq8jE64NboTpIM=
-github.com/gorcon/telnet v1.2.2 h1:Oyo5CBpZv5sVr8WfUerAZuUfOImvRJ5XZwrsqKNCtvg=
-github.com/gorcon/telnet v1.2.2/go.mod h1:DKmih80eUSG39WBM4F/xbl6BwDvn1RLBfsqPO9w7IWk=
 github.com/gorcon/telnet v1.2.3 h1:qzMFpGn7UVJUQzYyoWNzfhMAzb9CubhtocoTOSd6aa4=
 github.com/gorcon/telnet v1.2.3/go.mod h1:eZGICW4Mdyh81CakCja9YwXv4SWoAiBUP7mMDMbwheE=
-github.com/gorcon/websocket v1.1.2 h1:/OflFZiT8/vY3AJmehpAhSlQw771AzbFKf0wiUA9uUM=
-github.com/gorcon/websocket v1.1.2/go.mod h1:iRDDKfIeot5GeM5dt35VTURslbxICv+3uP5OeO66ruo=
 github.com/gorcon/websocket v1.1.3 h1:wZRidsL/ib6yKLqNdZ9YJKHq12K7nzypomswBXxgRzo=
 github.com/gorcon/websocket v1.1.3/go.mod h1:FjrAj9v6QXV0ZZUPrjK9HgUwgXUVlw7YyFKKbvYEesk=
-github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
-github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWmnc=
-github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1 h1:gmztn0JnHVt9JZquRuzLw3g4wouNVzKL15iLr/zn/QY=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1/go.mod h1:x3kM2JMyaluk02fnUJpQuwD2dCS5NDG2ZHL0uE0tcaY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.0 h1:ykdZKuQey2zq0yin/l7JOm9Mh+pg72ngYMeB0ABn6q8=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.0/go.mod h1:GHupkWPMM0M/sj1a2b4wUrWBPzazNrIjouW6fmdJLxc=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.1 h1:8xSQ6szndafKVRmfyeUMxkNUJQMjL1F2zmsZ+qHpfho=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.1/go.mod h1:8qnjx1vcq5s2/wpsqoZFndg2CE5tNFyrTvS6SinrnYQ=
-github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673 h1:bAn7/zixMGCfxrRTfdpNzjtPYqr8smhKouy9mxVdGPU=
-github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673/go.mod h1:N3UwUGtsrSj3ccvlPHLoLsHnpR27oXr4ZE984MbSER8=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20231213231151-1d8dd44e695e h1:+SOyEddqYF09QP7vr7CgJ1eti3pY9Fn3LHO1M1r/0sI=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20231213231151-1d8dd44e695e/go.mod h1:N3UwUGtsrSj3ccvlPHLoLsHnpR27oXr4ZE984MbSER8=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 h1:aCL9BSgETF1k+blQaYUBx9hJ9LOGP3gAVemcZlf1Kpo=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 5c398cd..1c86954 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+
+	"github.com/adrg/xdg"
 )
 
 // DefaultConfigName sets the default config file name.
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ var (
 	ErrUnsupportedFileExt = errors.New("unsupported file extension")
 )
 
+var AllowXDGConfig = true
+
 // Config allows to take a remote server address and password from
 // the configuration file. This enables not to specify these flags when
 // running the CLI.
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ type Config map[string]Session
 func NewConfig(name string) (*Config, error) {
 	cfg := new(Config)
 	if err := cfg.ParseFromFile(name); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse file: %w", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if err := cfg.Validate(); err != nil {
@@ -62,14 +66,35 @@ func (cfg *Config) ParseFromFile(name string) error {
 		return cfg.parse(name)
 	}
 
-	home, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(os.Args[0]))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("get abs path: %w", err)
+	var err error
+	configPath := ""
+	if AllowXDGConfig {
+		configPath, err = xdg.ConfigFile(filepath.Join("gorcon", DefaultConfigName))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
-	name = home + "/" + DefaultConfigName
-	if err = cfg.parse(name); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		return err
+	return cfg.parseFirstExist(
+		configPath,
+		DefaultConfigName,
+	)
+}
+
+// Parse the first file that exists from the provided names.
+func (cfg *Config) parseFirstExist(names ...string) error {
+	var err error
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if name == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err = cfg.parse(name); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	*cfg = Config{DefaultConfigEnv: {}}
@@ -97,7 +122,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 func (cfg *Config) parse(name string) error {
 	file, err := os.ReadFile(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("read file: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("read file %s: %w", name, err)
 	}
 
 	switch ext := path.Ext(name); ext {
@@ -109,5 +134,9 @@ func (cfg *Config) parse(name string) error {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%w %s", ErrUnsupportedFileExt, ext)
 	}
 
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parse file %s: %w", name, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index 61a2db2..84a99c5 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const ConfigLayoutJSON = `{"%s": {"address": "%s", "password": "%s", "log": "%s"
 const ConfigLayoutYAML = "%s:\n  address: %s\n  password: %s\n  log: %s\n  type: %s"
 
 func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	config.AllowXDGConfig = false // Disable XDG config for testing
+
 	t.Run("no errors yaml", func(t *testing.T) {
 		configFileName := "rcon-test-local.yaml"
 		stringBody := fmt.Sprintf(ConfigLayoutYAML, config.DefaultConfigEnv, "", "", DefaultTestLogName, "")
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		defer os.Remove(configFileName)
 
 		cfg, err := config.NewConfig(configFileName)
-		assert.EqualError(t, err, "parse file: yaml: line 1: did not find expected key")
+		assert.EqualError(t, err, "parse file rcon-test-local.yaml: yaml: line 1: did not find expected key")
 
 		assert.Nil(t, cfg)
 	})
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		defer os.Remove(configFileName)
 
 		cfg, err := config.NewConfig(configFileName)
-		assert.EqualError(t, err, "parse file: unsupported file extension .ini")
+		assert.EqualError(t, err, "parse file unsupported-local.ini: unsupported file extension .ini")
 
 		assert.Nil(t, cfg)
 	})
diff --git a/internal/executor/executor.go b/internal/executor/executor.go
index 1f07c71..fee02cb 100644
--- a/internal/executor/executor.go
+++ b/internal/executor/executor.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func (executor *Executor) getFlags() []cli.Flag {
 			Name:    "config",
 			Aliases: []string{"c"},
 			Usage:   "Path to the configuration file",
-			Value:   config.DefaultConfigName,
+			Value:   "",
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:    "env",