diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index d9ba1c8..782ff22 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [global]
 period = 1
+socket = "/var/run/collectd-unixsock"
 
 [[graph]]
 name = "cpu load"
diff --git a/waybar-collectd/src/config.rs b/waybar-collectd/src/config.rs
index 8146e33..983b594 100644
--- a/waybar-collectd/src/config.rs
+++ b/waybar-collectd/src/config.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Global {
     pub period: f32,
+    pub socket: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/waybar-collectd/src/main.rs b/waybar-collectd/src/main.rs
index dc5bb6b..b660549 100644
--- a/waybar-collectd/src/main.rs
+++ b/waybar-collectd/src/main.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ struct Cli {
 
 fn main() {
     let args = Cli::parse();
-    if let Ok(mut proto) = Protocol::new("/var/run/collectd-unixsock") {
-        let config = parse(&args.config);
-
+    let config = parse(&args.config);
+    if let Ok(mut proto) = Protocol::new(&config.global.socket) {
         let graphs = config
             .graph
             .iter()