diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63121f8..04889c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,4 +92,8 @@ fabric.properties
 # Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
 .idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
 
-/config.yaml
+!examples/config.yaml
+**/config.yaml
+
+humble-bot
+bin/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index bb77f06..a04dc70 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func Execute() {
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig, db.Initialize, log.InitializeLogger)
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $workingdir/config.yaml)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cfgFile, "config", "c", "", "config file (default is $workingdir/config.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&log.FlagDebug, "debug", "d", false, "enable debug logging")
 
 	// Cobra also supports local flags, which will only run