diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 33cca20..d56fc2a 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ var Config = function() {
 		config_file = '';
 	// load config from defaults or config file
 
-	if (typeof process != 'undefined' && process.env.STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_DIR) {
-		config_file = process.env.STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_DIR + '/getstream.js';
+	if (typeof process != 'undefined' && process.env.STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_PATH) {
+		config_file = process.cwd() + process.env.STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_PATH;
 	} else {
 		config_file = process.cwd() + '/getstream.js';
 	}
diff --git a/test/index_test.js b/test/index_test.js
index 8c2c79d..efc583a 100644
--- a/test/index_test.js
+++ b/test/index_test.js
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ describe('Config', function() {
 });
 
 describe.skip('Config Env Var', function() {
-	var configDir = path.join(__dirname, './tmp');
-	var configFile = path.join(configDir, 'getstream.js');
+	var configFile = '/tmp/getstream.js';
 
 	before(function() {
 		this.env = pmock.env({
-			STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_DIR: configDir,
+			STREAM_NODE_CONFIG_PATH: configFile,
 		});
 
 		mockery.enable({