diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b56d9dc..989b105 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2430,6 +2430,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonrpc-client-core",
  "jsonrpc-client-http",
  "jsonrpc-core 8.0.1",
+ "lazy_static",
  "log 0.4.16",
  "nanorand",
  "regex",
diff --git a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
index 9d53e7f..58e5789 100644
--- a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 toml = "0.5"
 sha3 = "0.10"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
index e29f8d6..a11c23c 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
@@ -5,19 +5,34 @@
 //!
 //! The configuration file is located at: "/var/lib/peachcloud/config.yml"
 
-use std::fs;
+use std::{env, fs};
 
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use fslock::LockFile;
 use log::debug;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::error::PeachError;
 
-// main configuration file
-pub const YAML_PATH: &str = "/var/lib/peachcloud/config.yml";
+// load path to main configuration file
+// from PEACH_CONFIG_PATH if that environment variable is set
+// or using the default value if not set
+pub const DEFAULT_YAML_PATH: &str = "/var/lib/peachcloud/config.yml";
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref CONFIG_PATH: String = {
+        if let Ok(val) = env::var("PEACH_CONFIG_PATH") {
+             val
+        }
+        else {
+            DEFAULT_YAML_PATH.to_string()
+        }
+    };
+    // the lock file path is the config file path + ".lock"
+    static ref LOCK_FILE_PATH: String = format!("{}.lock", *CONFIG_PATH);
+}
 
 // lock file (used to avoid race conditions during config reading & writing)
-pub const LOCK_FILE_PATH: &str = "/var/lib/peachcloud/config.lock";
+
 
 // default values
 pub const DEFAULT_DYN_SERVER_ADDRESS: &str = "http://dynserver.dyn.peachcloud.org";
@@ -53,14 +68,14 @@ pub struct PeachConfig {
 // helper functions for serializing and deserializing PeachConfig from disc
 pub fn save_peach_config(peach_config: PeachConfig) -> Result<PeachConfig, PeachError> {
     // use a file lock to avoid race conditions while saving config
-    let mut lock = LockFile::open(LOCK_FILE_PATH)?;
+    let mut lock = LockFile::open(&*LOCK_FILE_PATH)?;
     lock.lock()?;
 
     let yaml_str = serde_yaml::to_string(&peach_config)?;
 
-    fs::write(YAML_PATH, yaml_str).map_err(|source| PeachError::Write {
+    fs::write((*CONFIG_PATH).to_string(), yaml_str).map_err(|source| PeachError::Write {
         source,
-        path: YAML_PATH.to_string(),
+        path: (*CONFIG_PATH).to_string(),
     })?;
 
     // unlock file lock
@@ -71,10 +86,10 @@ pub fn save_peach_config(peach_config: PeachConfig) -> Result<PeachConfig, Peach
 }
 
 pub fn load_peach_config() -> Result<PeachConfig, PeachError> {
-    let peach_config_exists = std::path::Path::new(YAML_PATH).exists();
+    let peach_config_exists = std::path::Path::new(&*CONFIG_PATH).exists();
 
     let peach_config: PeachConfig = if !peach_config_exists {
-        debug!("Loading peach config: {} does not exist", YAML_PATH);
+        debug!("Loading peach config: {} does not exist", *CONFIG_PATH);
         PeachConfig {
             external_domain: "".to_string(),
             dyn_domain: "".to_string(),
@@ -91,10 +106,10 @@ pub fn load_peach_config() -> Result<PeachConfig, PeachError> {
     }
     // otherwise we load peach config from disk
     else {
-        debug!("Loading peach config: {} exists", YAML_PATH);
-        let contents = fs::read_to_string(YAML_PATH).map_err(|source| PeachError::Read {
+        debug!("Loading peach config: {} exists", *CONFIG_PATH);
+        let contents = fs::read_to_string((*CONFIG_PATH).to_string()).map_err(|source| PeachError::Read {
             source,
-            path: YAML_PATH.to_string(),
+            path: (*CONFIG_PATH).to_string(),
         })?;
         serde_yaml::from_str(&contents)?
     };