diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index dab2159..cb2c4a6 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Custom twitter client... mostly for learning Python
 
-import sys, ConfigParser, os, re
+import sys, ConfigParser, os, re, optparse
 import twitter
 import gtk, gtk.glade, gobject
 from urllib2 import HTTPError
@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
 
 # main
-config_file = "~/.mytwitter"
+parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+parser.add_option('-c' ,'--config', dest="filename", default="~/.mytwitter")
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-
-my_twitter = MyTwitter(config_file)
+my_twitter = MyTwitter(options.filename)
 gtk.main()