--- a/iro/config.py	Thu Sep 27 17:17:34 2012 +0200
+++ b/iro/config.py	Sat Jul 27 13:29:15 2019 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 from twisted.python import log
 
+import os.path
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 import signal
 from functools import partial
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
 configParser = MyConfigParser()
 """configParser to get configuration."""
 
-confFiles=["~/iro.conf","/etc/iro/iro.conf"]
+confFiles=["iro.conf", os.path.expanduser("~/.iro.conf"),"/etc/iro/iro.conf"]
 """Configfile list """
 
 main_options = OrderedDict([