diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75b9a43..a72f4a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-RMenu
-------
+## RMenu
 
 <!--
  TODO: improve documentation:
@@ -11,14 +10,22 @@ Another customizable Application-Launcher written in Rust
 
 ### Features
 
-* Blazingly Fast 🔥
-* Simple and Easy to Use
-* Customizable (Configuration and CSS-Styling)
-* Plugin Support
-* Dmenu-Like Stdin Menu Generation
+- Blazingly Fast 🔥
+- Simple and Easy to Use
+- Customizable (Configuration and CSS-Styling)
+- Plugin Support
+- Dmenu-Like Stdin Menu Generation
 
 ### Installation
 
+Install Dependencies (Ubuntu)
+
+```bash
+sudo apt install pkg-config libglib2.0-dev libghc-gi-gdk-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libnm-dev
+```
+
+Compile and Install Binaries/Config-Files
+
 ```bash
 $ make install
 ```
@@ -33,13 +40,13 @@ $ rmenu --help
 
 RMenu Comes with a few default plugins.
 
-| Name      | Description                                             |
+|   Name    | Description                                             |
 | :-------: | ------------------------------------------------------- |
-| run       | Execute a program in $PATH                              |
-| drun      | Run a Configured Free-Desktop Application               |
-| audio     | Select and Set-Default PulseAudio Sink using `pactl`    |
-| network   | Wi-Fi Login/Connection Tool using Network-Manager       |
-| window    | Simple Window Switcher (Currently Only Support Sway)    |
+|    run    | Execute a program in $PATH                              |
+|   drun    | Run a Configured Free-Desktop Application               |
+|   audio   | Select and Set-Default PulseAudio Sink using `pactl`    |
+|  network  | Wi-Fi Login/Connection Tool using Network-Manager       |
+|  window   | Simple Window Switcher (Currently Only Support Sway)    |
 | powermenu | Simple Power/Logout Tool (Currently Only Supports Sway) |
 
 Run a plugin by passing the `-r` flag like one of the following:
@@ -56,16 +63,16 @@ Or even run plugins in combination if you'd like:
 $ rmenu -r run -r drun
 ```
 
-Custom Menus can also be passed much like Dmenu by passing items via
-an input. The schema follows a standard as defined in [rmenu-plugin](./rmenu-plugin)
+Custom Menus can also be passed much like Dmenu by passing items via an input.
+The schema follows a standard as defined in [rmenu-plugin](./rmenu-plugin)
 
 ```bash
 $ generate-my-menu.sh > input.json
 $ rmenu -i input.json
 ```
 
-When neither a plugin nor an input are specified, rmenu defaults to 
-reading from stdin.
+When neither a plugin nor an input are specified, rmenu defaults to reading from
+stdin.
 
 ```bash
 $ generate-my-menu.sh | rmenu
@@ -73,20 +80,23 @@ $ generate-my-menu.sh | rmenu
 
 ### Configuration
 
-Customize RMenu Behavior and Appearal in a [single config](./rmenu/public/config.yaml)
+Customize RMenu Behavior and Appearal in a
+[single config](./rmenu/public/config.yaml)
 
-Customize the entire app's appearance with CSS. A few [Example Themes](./themes/) 
-are available as reference. To try them out use: `rmenu --css <my-css-theme>`
-or move the css file to `$HOME/.config/rmenu/style.css`
+Customize the entire app's appearance with CSS. A few
+[Example Themes](./themes/) are available as reference. To try them out use:
+`rmenu --css <my-css-theme>` or move the css file to
+`$HOME/.config/rmenu/style.css`
 
 ### Scripting
 
-RMenu plugins and imports communicate using JSON messages defined in `rmenu-plugin`.
-Writing JSON in shell is painful, so rmenu provides another cli-tool to help build
-messages quickly and easily while still retaining the flexibility of JSON.
+RMenu plugins and imports communicate using JSON messages defined in
+`rmenu-plugin`. Writing JSON in shell is painful, so rmenu provides another
+cli-tool to help build messages quickly and easily while still retaining the
+flexibility of JSON.
 
-After Installing. Use the following command, and look at [other-plugins](./other-plugins)
-for example uses.
+After Installing. Use the following command, and look at
+[other-plugins](./other-plugins) for example uses.
 
 ```
 $ rmenu-build --help
@@ -95,16 +105,21 @@ $ rmenu-build --help
 ### Example Screenshots
 
 #### Launchpad
+
 ![launchpad](./screenshots/launchpad.png)
 
 #### Nord
+
 ![nord](./screenshots/nord.png)
 
 #### Dark
+
 ![dark](./screenshots/dark.png)
 
 #### Solarized
+
 ![solzarized](./screenshots/solarized.png)
 
 #### PowerMenu
+
 ![powermenu](./screenshots/powermenu.png)
diff --git a/rmenu/Cargo.toml b/rmenu/Cargo.toml
index 2a1a7ed..e7a0bc3 100644
--- a/rmenu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rmenu/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 cached = "0.44.0"
-clap = { version = "4.3.15", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.3.15", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dioxus = "0.4.3"
 dioxus-desktop = "0.4.3"
 dioxus-html = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/rmenu/src/cli.rs b/rmenu/src/cli.rs
index 8318adf..df7e58d 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/cli.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus, Stdio};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{fmt::Display, fs::read_to_string};
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ use rmenu_plugin::{Entry, Message};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::config::{cfg_replace, Config, Keybind};
-use crate::{DEFAULT_CONFIG, DEFAULT_CSS};
+use crate::{CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG, DEFAULT_THEME};
 
 /// Allowed Formats for Entry Ingestion
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -52,18 +53,18 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(short, long)]
     run: Vec<String>,
     /// Override default configuration path
-    #[arg(short, long)]
-    config: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(short, long, env = "RMENU_CONFIG")]
+    config: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// Override base css theme styling
-    #[arg(long, default_value_t=String::from(DEFAULT_CSS))]
-    theme: String,
+    #[arg(long, env = "RMENU_THEME")]
+    theme: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// Include additional css settings
-    #[arg(long)]
-    css: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long, env = "RMENU_CSS")]
+    css: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     // root config settings
     /// Override terminal command
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, env = "RMENU_TERMINAL")]
     terminal: Option<String>,
     /// Number of results to include for each page
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -178,15 +179,18 @@ pub enum RMenuError {
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, RMenuError>;
 
 impl Args {
+    /// Find Configuration Path
+    pub fn find_config(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.config.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            let cfgdir = std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|_| CONFIG_DIR.to_string());
+            PathBuf::from(cfgdir).join(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Load Configuration File
-    pub fn get_config(&self) -> Result<Config> {
-        // read configuration
-        let path = self
-            .config
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|v| v.as_str())
-            .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
-        let path = shellexpand::tilde(path).to_string();
+    pub fn get_config(&self, path: &PathBuf) -> Result<Config> {
+        let path = path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        let path = shellexpand::tilde(&path).to_string();
         let config: Config = match read_to_string(path) {
             Ok(content) => serde_yaml::from_str(&content),
             Err(err) => {
@@ -236,23 +240,30 @@ impl Args {
     }
 
     /// Load CSS Theme or Default
-    pub fn get_theme(&self) -> String {
-        let path = shellexpand::tilde(&self.theme).to_string();
-        match read_to_string(&path) {
-            Ok(css) => css,
-            Err(err) => {
-                log::error!("Failed to load CSS: {err:?}");
-                String::new()
+    pub fn get_theme(&self, cfgdir: &PathBuf) -> String {
+        let theme = self.theme.clone().or(Some(cfgdir.join(DEFAULT_THEME)));
+        if let Some(theme) = theme {
+            let path = theme.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            let path = shellexpand::tilde(&path).to_string();
+            match read_to_string(&path) {
+                Ok(css) => return css,
+                Err(err) => log::error!("Failed to load CSS: {err:?}"),
             }
         }
+        String::new()
     }
 
     /// Load Additional CSS or Default
     pub fn get_css(&self, c: &Config) -> String {
-        if let Some(css) = self.css.as_ref().or(c.css.as_ref()) {
-            let path = shellexpand::tilde(&css).to_string();
+        let css = self
+            .css
+            .clone()
+            .or(c.css.as_ref().map(|s| PathBuf::from(s)));
+        if let Some(css) = css {
+            let path = css.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            let path = shellexpand::tilde(&path).to_string();
             match read_to_string(&path) {
-                Ok(theme) => return theme,
+                Ok(css) => return css,
                 Err(err) => log::error!("Failed to load Theme: {err:?}"),
             }
         }
diff --git a/rmenu/src/config.rs b/rmenu/src/config.rs
index 69bac5e..5d6717e 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/config.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 //! RMENU Configuration Implementations
-use heck::AsPascalCase;
-use rmenu_plugin::Options;
-use serde::{de::Error, Deserialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -10,6 +7,9 @@ use dioxus_desktop::tao::{
     window::Fullscreen,
 };
 use dioxus_html::input_data::keyboard_types::{Code, Modifiers};
+use heck::AsPascalCase;
+use rmenu_plugin::Options;
+use serde::{de::Error, Deserialize};
 
 // parse supported modifiers from string
 fn mod_from_str(s: &str) -> Option<Modifiers> {
diff --git a/rmenu/src/main.rs b/rmenu/src/main.rs
index 2b1d962..e95ece2 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/main.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/main.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use rmenu_plugin::{self_exe, Entry};
 
 static CONFIG_DIR: &'static str = "~/.config/rmenu/";
-static DEFAULT_CSS: &'static str = "~/.config/rmenu/style.css";
-static DEFAULT_CONFIG: &'static str = "~/.config/rmenu/config.yaml";
+static DEFAULT_THEME: &'static str = "style.css";
+static DEFAULT_CONFIG: &'static str = "config.yaml";
 static DEFAULT_CSS_CONTENT: &'static str = include_str!("../public/default.css");
 
 /// Application State for GUI
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ fn main() -> cli::Result<()> {
 
     // parse cli and retrieve values for app
     let mut cli = cli::Args::parse();
-    let mut config = cli.get_config()?;
+    let mut cfgpath = cli.find_config();
+    let mut config = cli.get_config(&cfgpath)?;
     let entries = cli.get_entries(&mut config)?;
-    let css = cli.get_css(&config);
-    let theme = cli.get_theme();
 
     // update config based on cli-settings and entries
     config = cli.update_config(config);
@@ -56,11 +55,11 @@ fn main() -> cli::Result<()> {
             .any(|e| e.icon.is_some() || e.icon_alt.is_some());
     config.use_comments = config.use_comments && entries.iter().any(|e| e.comment.is_some());
 
-    // change directory to config folder
-    let cfgdir = shellexpand::tilde(CONFIG_DIR).to_string();
-    if let Err(err) = std::env::set_current_dir(&cfgdir) {
-        log::error!("failed to change directory: {err:?}");
-    }
+    // retrieve cfgdir and get theme/css
+    cfgpath.pop();
+    let cfgdir = cfgpath;
+    let theme = cli.get_theme(&cfgdir);
+    let css = cli.get_css(&config);
 
     // genrate app context and run gui
     gui::run(App {