diff --git a/default.config b/src/assets/default.config
similarity index 100%
rename from default.config
rename to src/assets/default.config
diff --git a/src/config.ml b/src/config.ml
index 725963b2..197d586f 100644
--- a/src/config.ml
+++ b/src/config.ml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 open Parse_config
 
 let config_data =
-  let read_file file = In_channel.with_open_bin file In_channel.input_all in
-  let content = read_file "default.config" in
-  let v = Parse_data.parse content in
-  (*Fmt.epr "config file:@\n%a@." Pp_debug.pp_config v;*)
-  v
+  let path = Fpath.to_string (Fpath.v "default.config") in
+  match Assets_crunch.read path with
+  | None -> Fmt.failwith "static file not found: `%s`" path
+  | Some data ->
+      let v = Parse_data.parse data in
+      (*Fmt.epr "config file:@\n%a@." Pp_debug.pp_config v;*)
+      v
 
 module Exchange = struct
   let get_opt field = get_opt config_data ~section:"exchange" ~field