diff --git a/cli/hv2cli.py b/cli/hv2cli.py
index c8bca70..d49a7f5 100644
--- a/cli/hv2cli.py
+++ b/cli/hv2cli.py
@@ -8,25 +8,12 @@ import argparse
 import importlib
 import sys
 
-DB_USER = ""
-DB_PASS = ""
-DB_HOST = ""
-DB_NAME = ""
-try:
-    DB_USER = os.environ["DB_USER"]
-    DB_PASS = os.environ["DB_PASS"]
-    DB_HOST = os.environ["DB_HOST"]
-    DB_NAME = os.environ["DB_NAME"]
-except KeyError:
-    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read('./config/dbconfig.ini')
-    DB_USER = config["database"]["user"]
-    DB_PASS = config["database"]["pass"]
-    DB_HOST = config["database"]["host"]
-    DB_NAME = config["database"]["name"]
-
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="hv2cli.py")
+parser.add_argument('--config', '-c',
+                    help="Config file, default is ./config/dbconfig.ini",
+                    required=False,
+                    default="./config/dbconfig.ini")
 parser.add_argument('--operation', '-o',
                     help='Operation to perform.',
                     required=True)
@@ -44,12 +31,30 @@ parser.add_argument('--nocolorize', '-n',
                     action='store_true',
                     default=False)
 
+
 args = parser.parse_args()
 operation = args.operation
 params = json.loads(args.params)
 logLevel = args.verbosity
 noColorize = args.nocolorize
 
+DB_USER = ""
+DB_PASS = ""
+DB_HOST = ""
+DB_NAME = ""
+try:
+    DB_USER = os.environ["DB_USER"]
+    DB_PASS = os.environ["DB_PASS"]
+    DB_HOST = os.environ["DB_HOST"]
+    DB_NAME = os.environ["DB_NAME"]
+except KeyError:
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(args.config)
+    DB_USER = config["database"]["user"]
+    DB_PASS = config["database"]["pass"]
+    DB_HOST = config["database"]["host"]
+    DB_NAME = config["database"]["name"]
+
 
 logger.remove()
 logger.add(sys.stderr, colorize=(not noColorize), level=logLevel)