diff --git a/cmd/config_parse.go b/cmd/config_parse.go
index 8f7ad22..fd8f5a8 100644
--- a/cmd/config_parse.go
+++ b/cmd/config_parse.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -28,9 +27,7 @@ type ConfigParsingContext struct {
 	Global *Global
 }
 
-func ParseConfig(ctx context.Context, path string) (config *Config, err error) {
-
-	log := ctx.Value(contextKeyLog).(Logger)
+func ParseConfig(path string) (config *Config, err error) {
 
 	if path == "" {
 		// Try default locations
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ func ParseConfig(ctx context.Context, path string) (config *Config, err error) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if !stat.Mode().IsRegular() {
-				log.Printf("warning: file at default location is not a regular file: %s", l)
+				err = errors.Errorf("file at default location is not a regular file: %s", l)
 				continue
 			}
 			path = l
diff --git a/cmd/control.go b/cmd/control.go
index dfdd817..b95379c 100644
--- a/cmd/control.go
+++ b/cmd/control.go
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ func doControlPProf(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), contextKeyLog, log)
-	conf, err := ParseConfig(ctx, rootArgs.configFile)
+	conf, err := ParseConfig(rootArgs.configFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("error parsing config: %s", err)
 		die()
diff --git a/cmd/daemon.go b/cmd/daemon.go
index f28ef4b..e4d524f 100644
--- a/cmd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/daemon.go
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ func doDaemon(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	log := log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LUTC|log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKeyLog, log)
-
-	conf, err := ParseConfig(ctx, rootArgs.configFile)
+	conf, err := ParseConfig(rootArgs.configFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("error parsing config: %s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKeyLog, log)
+
 	d := NewDaemon(conf)
 	d.Loop(ctx)
 
diff --git a/cmd/stdinserver.go b/cmd/stdinserver.go
index a7e4038..58dd70c 100644
--- a/cmd/stdinserver.go
+++ b/cmd/stdinserver.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"context"
 	"github.com/ftrvxmtrx/fd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"io"
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ func cmdStdinServer(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), contextKeyLog, log)
-	conf, err := ParseConfig(ctx, rootArgs.configFile)
+	conf, err := ParseConfig(rootArgs.configFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("error parsing config: %s", err)
 		die()
diff --git a/cmd/test.go b/cmd/test.go
index 17ce178..e2c0a18 100644
--- a/cmd/test.go
+++ b/cmd/test.go
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ func testCmdGlobalInit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	testCmdGlobal.log = log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
 
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), contextKeyLog, testCmdGlobal.log)
-
 	var err error
-	if testCmdGlobal.conf, err = ParseConfig(ctx, rootArgs.configFile); err != nil {
+	if testCmdGlobal.conf, err = ParseConfig(rootArgs.configFile); err != nil {
 		testCmdGlobal.log.Printf("error parsing config file: %s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}