diff --git a/include/parse_config.ml b/include/parse_config.ml
index e8ab68ca..115d1af7 100644
--- a/include/parse_config.ml
+++ b/include/parse_config.ml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type section = {
 }
 
 let fail_with msg =
-  Fmt.epr "Failed to parse configuration: %s.@." msg;
+  Fmt.epr "Configuration failure: %s.@." msg;
   exit 1
 
 let is_eol = function '\n' | '\r' -> true | _ -> false
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..992961d6 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
@@ -119,7 +121,11 @@ module Currency = struct
           (Fmt.str
              "section `[currency-%s]` not found, currency `%s` is not defined"
              Exchange.currency Exchange.currency)
-    | Some v -> v
+    | Some v -> (
+        match v.enabled = `YES with
+        | false ->
+            fail_with (Fmt.str "currency `%s` is not enabled" Exchange.currency)
+        | true -> v)
 end
 
 module Coin = struct