diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index e2fa6d3..dab2159 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
     """ Display Tweets, post to twitter """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, config_file):
         config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read(os.path.expanduser("~/.mytwitter"))
+        config.read(os.path.expanduser(config_file))
         self.username = config.get('global', 'username')
         self.password = config.get('global', 'password')
 
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
 
 # main
+config_file = "~/.mytwitter"
 
-my_twitter = MyTwitter()
+
+my_twitter = MyTwitter(config_file)
 gtk.main()