diff --git a/ocrloader.py b/ocrloader.py
index 3ce9ea0..2120e94 100644
--- a/ocrloader.py
+++ b/ocrloader.py
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('--config', default='ocrloader.ini')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+config_filepath = args.config
+
+
 import logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 def process(cfg, filename, payload, enable_ocr=True):
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ def process(cfg, filename, payload, enable_ocr=True):
 
 while True:
     cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-    cfg.read('ocrloader.ini')
+    cfg.read(config_filepath)
     for section in cfg.sections():
         print 'processing', section
         imap_server = cfg.get(section, 'imap_server')