diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52364cd..06c7873 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ uv.lock
 **/*.kdbx*
 .compose_repository
 
-__pycache__/
+deployment/
 **/dist/
 **/*.log
diff --git a/src/karl/config/settings.py b/src/karl/config/settings.py
index 79e66c9..8e20b51 100644
--- a/src/karl/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/karl/config/settings.py
@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
 @lru_cache
 def get_settings() -> Settings:
-  return Settings.from_yaml()
+  paths = ['deployment/config.yaml', 'config/config.yaml']
+  for path in paths:
+    if Path(path).exists():
+      return Settings.from_yaml(path)
+  raise Exception("Config file not found")