diff --git a/web3-proxy/src/config.rs b/web3-proxy/src/config.rs
index 8e391266..a377d158 100644
--- a/web3-proxy/src/config.rs
+++ b/web3-proxy/src/config.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use argh::FromArgs;
 use governor::clock::QuantaClock;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
@@ -6,17 +7,24 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use crate::connection::Web3Connection;
 use crate::Web3ProxyApp;
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-pub struct RootConfig {
-    pub config: Web3ProxyConfig,
-    // BTreeMap so that iterating keeps the same order
-    pub balanced_rpc_tiers: BTreeMap<String, HashMap<String, Web3ConnectionConfig>>,
-    pub private_rpcs: HashMap<String, Web3ConnectionConfig>,
+#[derive(FromArgs)]
+/// Reach new heights.
+pub struct CliConfig {
+    /// what port the proxy should listen on
+    #[argh(option, default = "8445")]
+    pub listen_port: u16,
+
+    /// what port the proxy should listen on
+    // TODO: use flags for the config path  "./data/config/example.toml"
+    #[argh(option, default = "\"./data/config/example.toml\".to_string()")]
+    pub rpc_config_path: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
-pub struct Web3ProxyConfig {
-    pub listen_port: u16,
+pub struct RpcConfig {
+    // BTreeMap so that iterating keeps the same order
+    pub balanced_rpc_tiers: BTreeMap<String, HashMap<String, Web3ConnectionConfig>>,
+    pub private_rpcs: HashMap<String, Web3ConnectionConfig>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct Web3ConnectionConfig {
     hard_limit: Option<u32>,
 }
 
-impl RootConfig {
+impl RpcConfig {
     pub async fn try_build(self) -> anyhow::Result<Web3ProxyApp> {
         let balanced_rpc_tiers = self
             .balanced_rpc_tiers
diff --git a/web3-proxy/src/main.rs b/web3-proxy/src/main.rs
index 9646b0ba..05738bac 100644
--- a/web3-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/web3-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
-use tracing::warn;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
 use warp::Filter;
 use warp::Reply;
 
-use crate::config::RootConfig;
+use crate::config::{CliConfig, RpcConfig};
 use crate::connection::JsonRpcRequest;
 use crate::connections::Web3Connections;
 
@@ -252,19 +252,18 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // install global collector configured based on RUST_LOG env var.
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
-    // TODO: use flags for the config path
-    let config = "./data/config/example.toml";
+    let cli_config: CliConfig = argh::from_env();
 
-    let config: String = fs::read_to_string(config)?;
-
-    let config: RootConfig = toml::from_str(&config)?;
+    info!("Loading rpc config @ {}", cli_config.rpc_config_path);
+    let rpc_config: String = fs::read_to_string(cli_config.rpc_config_path)?;
+    let rpc_config: RpcConfig = toml::from_str(&rpc_config)?;
 
     // TODO: load the config from yaml instead of hard coding
     // TODO: support multiple chains in one process? then we could just point "chain.stytt.com" at this and caddy wouldn't need anything else
     // TODO: be smart about about using archive nodes? have a set that doesn't use archive nodes since queries to them are more valuable
-    let listen_port = config.config.listen_port;
+    let listen_port = cli_config.listen_port;
 
-    let app = config.try_build().await?;
+    let app = rpc_config.try_build().await?;
 
     let app: Arc<Web3ProxyApp> = Arc::new(app);