diff --git a/libsysinspect/src/cfg/mod.rs b/libsysinspect/src/cfg/mod.rs
index c5de234..b839807 100644
--- a/libsysinspect/src/cfg/mod.rs
+++ b/libsysinspect/src/cfg/mod.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ pub const APP_DOTCONF: &str = ".sysinspect";
 pub const APP_HOME: &str = "/etc/sysinspect";
 
 /// Select app conf
-pub fn select_config(p: Option<String>) -> Result<PathBuf, SysinspectError> {
+pub fn select_config(p: Option<&str>) -> Result<PathBuf, SysinspectError> {
     // Override path from options
     if let Some(ovrp) = p {
         let ovrp = PathBuf::from(ovrp);
         if ovrp.exists() {
             return Ok(ovrp);
         }
+
+        log::warn!("Preferred config at {} does not exist, falling back", ovrp.to_str().unwrap_or_default());
     }
 
     // Current
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c001a14..c750eba 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fn set_logger(p: &ArgMatches) {
 
 /// Get configuration of the master
 fn get_cfg(p: &ArgMatches) -> Result<MasterConfig, SysinspectError> {
-    MasterConfig::new(select_config(p.get_one::<String>("config").cloned())?)
+    MasterConfig::new(select_config(p.get_one::<&str>("config").cloned())?)
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/sysinspect.conf b/sysinspect.conf
index af17453..f4c57d3 100644
--- a/sysinspect.conf
+++ b/sysinspect.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,5 @@ config:
   minion:
     # Root directory where minion keeps all data.
     # Default: /etc/sysinspect — same as for master
-    root: /etc/sysinspect
-    id.path: relative
     master.ip: 192.168.2.31
     master.port: 4200
diff --git a/sysminion/src/minion.rs b/sysminion/src/minion.rs
index 76852cd..5001051 100644
--- a/sysminion/src/minion.rs
+++ b/sysminion/src/minion.rs
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ pub struct SysMinion {
 
 impl SysMinion {
     pub async fn new(cfp: &str, fingerprint: Option<String>) -> Result<Arc<SysMinion>, SysinspectError> {
-        let mut cfp = PathBuf::from(cfp);
-        if !cfp.exists() {
-            cfp = cfg::select_config(None)?;
-        }
+        let cfp = cfg::select_config(Some(cfp))?;
 
         let cfg = MinionConfig::new(cfp)?;
         let (rstm, wstm) = TcpStream::connect(cfg.master()).await.unwrap().into_split();