diff --git a/paxy/src/app/config.rs b/paxy/src/app/config.rs
index f4144b1..0a59e0c 100644
--- a/paxy/src/app/config.rs
+++ b/paxy/src/app/config.rs
@@ -1,58 +1,57 @@
-pub fn init_config() -> Result<(Config, Vec<PathBuf>), Error> {
-    let xdg_app_dirs =
-        directories::BaseDirs::new().context(RetreiveConfigUserAppBaseDirectoriesSnafu {})?;
-
-    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    let candidate_config_filepath_stubs = [
-        format!("/etc/xdg/{}", *app::APP_NAME),
-        format!("/etc/{}", *app::APP_NAME),
-        format!(
-            "{}/{}",
-            xdg_app_dirs
-                .config_dir()
-                .to_string_lossy(),
-            *app::APP_NAME
-        ),
-    ];
-
-    #[cfg(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "macos"))]
-    let candidate_config_filepath_stubs = [format!(
-        "{}/{}",
-        xdg_app_dirs
+/// Initializes a layered configuration deriving values from the app-wide
+/// defaults, overridden by values from global paths, overridden by values from
+/// local paths. overridden by environment variables starting with `PAXY_`,
+/// overridden by the configuration file specified by the commandline.
+/// Values from only files with supported file extensions would be merged.
+pub fn init_config(config_filepath: Option<&Path>) -> Result<(Config, Vec<PathBuf>), Error> {
+    let mut candidate_config_filepath_stubs: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
+
+    // Global directories
+    #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+    candidate_config_filepath_stubs.extend(["/etc/xdg".into(), "/etc".into()]);
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    candidate_config_filepath_stubs.extend([""]);
+
+    // Local directories
+    candidate_config_filepath_stubs.push(
+        directories::BaseDirs::new()
+            .context(RetreiveConfigUserAppBaseDirectoriesSnafu {})?
             .config_dir()
-            .to_string_lossy(),
-        *app::APP_NAME
-    )];
+            .to_path_buf(),
+    );
 
+    // Append filename to create filepath stubs
+    candidate_config_filepath_stubs
+        .iter_mut()
+        .for_each(|f| f.push(*app::APP_NAME));
 
+    // Initialize configuration with app-wide defaults
     let mut figment = Figment::from(Config::default());
 
+    // Merge configuration values from global and local filepaths
     figment = candidate_config_filepath_stubs
         .iter()
         .fold(
             figment,
-            move |mut figment, candidate_config_filepath_stub| {
-                figment = figment.admerge(Toml::file(format!(
-                    "{}.toml",
-                    candidate_config_filepath_stub
-                )));
-                figment = figment.admerge(Json::file(format!(
-                    "{}.json",
-                    candidate_config_filepath_stub
-                )));
-                figment = figment.admerge(Yaml::file(format!(
-                    "{}.yml",
-                    candidate_config_filepath_stub
-                )));
-                figment = figment.admerge(Yaml::file(format!(
-                    "{}.yaml",
-                    candidate_config_filepath_stub
-                )));
-                figment
+            move |figment, candidate_config_filepath_stub| {
+                admerge_from_stub(candidate_config_filepath_stub, figment)
             },
         );
 
-    figment = figment.admerge(Env::prefixed("PAXY_"));
+    // Merge configuration values from environment variables
+    figment = figment.admerge(Env::prefixed(&format!("{}_", *app::APP_NAME)));
+
+    // Merge configuration values from config filepath specified at the CLI
+    if let Some(config_filepath) = config_filepath {
+        if let Some(parent) = config_filepath.parent() {
+            if let Some(stem) = config_filepath.file_stem() {
+                let mut stub = PathBuf::from(parent);
+                stub.push(stem);
+                figment = admerge_from_stub(&stub, figment);
+                candidate_config_filepath_stubs.push(stub);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     Ok((
         figment
@@ -65,6 +64,22 @@ pub fn init_config() -> Result<(Config, Vec<PathBuf>), Error> {
     ))
 }
 
+fn admerge_from_stub(candidate_config_filepath_stub: &PathBuf, mut figment: Figment) -> Figment {
+    figment = figment.admerge(Toml::file(
+        candidate_config_filepath_stub.with_extension("toml"),
+    ));
+    figment = figment.admerge(Json::file(
+        candidate_config_filepath_stub.with_extension("json"),
+    ));
+    figment = figment.admerge(Yaml::file(
+        candidate_config_filepath_stub.with_extension("yml"),
+    ));
+    figment = figment.admerge(Yaml::file(
+        candidate_config_filepath_stub.with_extension("yaml"),
+    ));
+    figment
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub log_directory: Option<String>,
@@ -124,7 +139,7 @@ pub enum Error {
 
 // region: IMPORTS
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use figment::{
     providers::{Env, Format, Json, Toml, Yaml},
diff --git a/paxy/src/ui/mod.rs b/paxy/src/ui/mod.rs
index 11437d9..d1d0756 100644
--- a/paxy/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/paxy/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@ where
     C: clap::Parser + CliModifier + fmt::Debug,
     <C as GlobalArguments>::L: LogLevel,
 {
-    // Obtain user configuration
-    let (config, config_filepaths) = config::init_config()
-        .context(app::ConfigSnafu {})
-        .context(crate::AppSnafu)?;
-
     // Obtain CLI arguments
     let cli_input = C::parse();
 
+    // Obtain user configuration
+    let (config, config_filepaths) = config::init_config(
+        cli_input
+            .config_file()
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|f| PathBuf::as_path(&f)),
+    )
+    .context(app::ConfigSnafu {})
+    .context(crate::AppSnafu)?;
+
     // Turn off colors if needed
     let mut is_cli_uncolored = cli_input.is_uncolored();
     if !is_cli_uncolored {
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ where
     tracing::debug!(
         "{} {} {:?}",
         console::Emoji("📂", ""),
-        "Config Filepath(s):".magenta(),
+        "Config Filepath(s) (without file extensions):".magenta(),
         config_filepaths,
     );
     tracing::debug!(