diff --git a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
index 880479d..12cb57c 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
@@ -199,9 +199,8 @@ impl Default for SbotConfig {
 impl SbotConfig {
     /// Read the go-sbot `config.toml` file from file and deserialize into `SbotConfig`.
     pub fn read() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
-        // determine path of user's home directory
-        let mut config_path = dirs::home_dir().ok_or(PeachError::HomeDir)?;
-        config_path.push(".ssb-go/config.toml");
+        // determine path of user's go-sbot config.toml
+        let config_path = format!("{}/config.toml", get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?);
 
         let config_contents = fs::read_to_string(config_path)?;
 
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ impl SbotConfig {
         // convert the provided `SbotConfig` instance to a string
         let config_string = toml::to_string(&config)?;
 
-        // determine path of user's home directory
+        // determine path of user's go-sbot config.toml
         let config_path = format!("{}/config.toml", get_config_value("GO_SBOT_DATADIR")?);
 
         // open config file for writing