diff --git a/fuelprices.go b/fuelprices.go
index 39cec40..4f18a97 100644
--- a/fuelprices.go
+++ b/fuelprices.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
+  "flag"
 
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client"
 	client "github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client/v2"
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ var zipfile *zip.Reader
 func main() {
 
 	var fpc FuelPricesConfig
-	GetConfig("common.ini", &fpc)
+  var configpath string
+  flag.StringVar(&configpath,"configfile","common.ini","config file to use with fuelprices section")
+  flag.Parse()
+	GetConfig(configpath, &fpc)
 
 	sxml.Filename = fpc.RemoteFilename
 	sxml.Filepath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", fpc.TmpDir, sxml.Filename)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1bbf08a..63dfb7d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65 h1:+rhAzEzT3f4JtomfC371qB+0Ola2caSKcY69NUBZrRQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190328211700-ab21143f2384/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.42.0 h1:7N3gPTt50s8GuLortA00n8AqRTk75qOP98+mTPpgzRk=