diff --git a/src/aggregate.py b/src/aggregate.py
index 4083e43..b028b68 100644
--- a/src/aggregate.py
+++ b/src/aggregate.py
@@ -342,16 +342,17 @@ def run(config: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[str, Path, list[dict[str, Any]]]:
 
 def main() -> None:
  # Load global config to find active project
- config_path = Path(os.environ.get("SLOP_CONFIG", "config.toml"))
+ from src.paths import get_config_path
+ config_path = get_config_path()
  if not config_path.exists():
 
-  print("config.toml not found.")
+  print(f"{config_path} not found.")
   return
  with open(config_path, "rb") as f:
   global_cfg = tomllib.load(f)
  active_path = global_cfg.get("projects", {}).get("active")
  if not active_path:
-  print("No active project found in config.toml.")
+  print(f"No active project found in {config_path}.")
   return
   # Use project_manager to load project (handles history segregation)
  proj = project_manager.load_project(active_path)
diff --git a/src/paths.py b/src/paths.py
index 089fa51..fc951c1 100644
--- a/src/paths.py
+++ b/src/paths.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ from typing import Optional
 _RESOLVED: dict[str, Path] = {}
 
 def get_config_path() -> Path:
- return Path(os.environ.get("SLOP_CONFIG", "config.toml"))
+ root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+ return Path(os.environ.get("SLOP_CONFIG", root_dir / "config.toml"))
 
 def _resolve_path(env_var: str, config_key: str, default: str) -> Path:
  if env_var in os.environ:
diff --git a/tests/test_paths.py b/tests/test_paths.py
index 4d98ac7..b5346c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_paths.py
+++ b/tests/test_paths.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ def test_default_paths():
  assert paths.get_conductor_dir() == Path("conductor")
  assert paths.get_logs_dir() == Path("logs/sessions")
  assert paths.get_scripts_dir() == Path("scripts/generated")
- assert paths.get_config_path() == Path("config.toml")
+ # config path should now be an absolute path relative to src/paths.py
+ root_dir = Path(paths.__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+ assert paths.get_config_path() == root_dir / "config.toml"
  assert paths.get_tracks_dir() == Path("conductor/tracks")
  assert paths.get_archive_dir() == Path("conductor/archive")