diff --git a/tootbot.py b/tootbot.py
index c48e414..e42dab9 100755
--- a/tootbot.py
+++ b/tootbot.py
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
 try:
     filedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print("Using default config location:  %s/config.json" % filedir)
-        config = json.load(open(filedir+'/config.json'))
+        configpath = filedir+'/config.json'
+        print("Using default config location: ", configpath)
+        config = json.load(open(configpath))
     else:
-        config = json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
+        configpath = sys.argv[1]
+        config = json.load(open(configpath))
 
 except:
+    print("didn't find config file: ", configpath)
     print("ERROR: Config file not found!")
     sys.exit(1)