diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 355abe57..8bf19b24 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT SUNSHINE_ROOT)
-	set(SUNSHINE_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+	set(SUNSHINE_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets")
 endif()
 
 if(SUNSHINE_STANDALONE)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ list(APPEND SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
 		${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
 		${PLATFORM_LIBRARIES})
 
-list(APPEND SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR="${SUNSHINE_ROOT}/assets")
+list(APPEND SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR="${SUNSHINE_ROOT}")
 add_executable(sunshine ${SUNSHINE_TARGET_FILES})
 target_link_libraries(sunshine ${SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES})
 target_compile_definitions(sunshine PUBLIC ${SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS})
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c3727e7b..6770c7e0 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ before_build:
 build_script:
   - cmd: set OLDPATH=%PATH%
   - cmd: set PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
-  - sh: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE ..
-  - cmd: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win64 -DSUNSHINE_STANDALONE=ON -DSUNSHINE_ROOT=. -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..
+  - sh: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DSUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR=/etc/sunshine ..
+  - cmd: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win64 -DSUNSHINE_STANDALONE=ON -DSUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR=assets -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..
   - sh: make -j$(nproc)
   - cmd: mingw32-make -j2
   - cmd: set PATH=%OLDPATH%
diff --git a/sunshine/main.cpp b/sunshine/main.cpp
index eb845862..a75f7d07 100644
--- a/sunshine/main.cpp
+++ b/sunshine/main.cpp
@@ -63,13 +63,16 @@ void on_signal(int sig, FN &&fn) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  const char *config_file = SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/sunshine.conf";
   if(argc > 1) {
-    if(!std::filesystem::exists(argv[1])) {
-      std::cout << "Fatal Error: Couldn't find configuration file ["sv << argv[1] << ']' << std::endl;
-      return 7;
-    }
+    config_file = argv[1];
+  }
 
-    config::parse_file(argv[1]);
+  if(!std::filesystem::exists(config_file)) {
+    std::cout << "Warning: Couldn't find configuration file ["sv << config_file << ']' << std::endl;
+  }
+  else {
+    config::parse_file(config_file);
   }
 
   sink = boost::make_shared<text_sink>();