diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 4625fb0..6a079db 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ func main() {
 	portFlag := flag.Int("port", 0, "Port number to run the application (overrides config)")
 	domainFlag := flag.String("domain", "", "Domain address for the application (overrides config)")
 	skipConfigFlag := flag.Bool("skip-config-check", false, "Skip interactive prompts and load config.ini")
+	configFlag := flag.String("config", "", "Path to configuration file (overrides default)")
 
 	// Parse command-line flags
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	// Override global configFilePath if --config flag is provided
+	if *configFlag != "" {
+		configFilePath = *configFlag
+	}
+
 	if *skipConfigFlag {
 		// Skip interactive configuration
 		if _, err := os.Stat(configFilePath); err == nil {
@@ -136,11 +142,6 @@ func main() {
 
 		webCrawlerInit()
 
-		// No longer needed as crawled data are indexed imidietly
-		// // Start periodic indexing (every 2 minutes)
-		// dataFilePath := filepath.Join(config.DriveCache.Path, "data_to_index.txt")
-		// startPeriodicIndexing(dataFilePath, 2*time.Minute)
-
 		printInfo("Indexer is enabled.")
 	} else {
 		printInfo("Indexer is disabled.")
diff --git a/run.bat b/run.bat
index f57ddcf..dd485f9 100755
--- a/run.bat
+++ b/run.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rem Initialize variables
 set SKIP_CONFIG=""
 set PORT=""
 set DOMAIN=""
+set CONFIG_FILE=""
 set BUILD_OUTPUT=qgato.exe
 
 rem Parse arguments
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ if "%~1"=="--domain" (
     shift
     goto parse_args
 )
+if "%~1"=="--config" (
+    set CONFIG_FILE=%~2
+    shift
+    shift
+    goto parse_args
+)
 if "%~1"=="--skip-config-check" (
     set SKIP_CONFIG=--skip-config-check
     shift
@@ -60,6 +67,7 @@ rem Construct the command
 set CMD=%BUILD_OUTPUT% !SKIP_CONFIG!
 if not "%PORT%"=="" set CMD=!CMD! --port %PORT%
 if not "%DOMAIN%"=="" set CMD=!CMD! --domain %DOMAIN%
+if not "%CONFIG_FILE%"=="" set CMD=!CMD! --config %CONFIG_FILE%
 
 rem Informative output
 echo Starting application with command: !CMD!
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 400ebc9..089e11f 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 SKIP_CONFIG=""
 PORT=""
 DOMAIN=""
+CONFIG_FILE=""
 BUILD_OUTPUT="qgato"
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       DOMAIN=$2
       shift 2
       ;;
+    --config)
+      CONFIG_FILE=$2
+      shift 2
+      ;;
     --skip-config-check)
       SKIP_CONFIG="--skip-config-check"
       shift
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ fi
 CMD="$SCRIPT_DIR/$BUILD_OUTPUT $SKIP_CONFIG"
 [ -n "$PORT" ] && CMD="$CMD --port $PORT"
 [ -n "$DOMAIN" ] && CMD="$CMD --domain $DOMAIN"
+[ -n "$CONFIG_FILE" ] && CMD="$CMD --config $CONFIG_FILE"
 
 echo "Starting application with command: $CMD"