diff --git a/config.yaml b/instance/config.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from config.yaml
rename to instance/config.yaml
diff --git a/project/__init__.py b/project/__init__.py
index 6e06d3d..c5083a4 100644
--- a/project/__init__.py
+++ b/project/__init__.py
@@ -11,18 +11,21 @@ db = SQLAlchemy()
 
 
 def create_app():
-    with open("./config.yaml") as config_file:
-        conf = yaml.safe_load(config_file)
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
-    app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = conf['app']['SECRET_KEY']
-    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = conf['app']['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
-    app.config['HOMEPAGE_NOTICE'] = conf['app']['HOMEPAGE_NOTICE']
-    app.config['NETWORK_PROXY'] = conf['network']['PROXY']
-    app.config['OPENAI_API_KEY'] = conf['openai']['API_KEY']
-    app.config['OPENAI_MODEL_NAME'] = conf['openai']['MODEL_NAME']
-    app.config['OPENAI_PROMPT'] = conf['openai']['PROMPT']
-    app.config['LOGGING_LEVEL'] = conf['app']['LOGGING_LEVEL']
+    print("project instance dir: ", app.instance_path)
+    config_file = app.instance_path+"/config.yaml"
+    print("config file path: ", config_file)
+    with open(config_file) as config_file:
+        conf = yaml.safe_load(config_file)
+        app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = conf['app']['SECRET_KEY']
+        app.config['LOGGING_LEVEL'] = conf['app']['LOGGING_LEVEL']
+        app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = conf['app']['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
+        app.config['HOMEPAGE_NOTICE'] = conf['app']['HOMEPAGE_NOTICE']
+        app.config['NETWORK_PROXY'] = conf['network']['PROXY']
+        app.config['OPENAI_API_KEY'] = conf['openai']['API_KEY']
+        app.config['OPENAI_MODEL_NAME'] = conf['openai']['MODEL_NAME']
+        app.config['OPENAI_PROMPT'] = conf['openai']['PROMPT']
 
     db.init_app(app)
     login_manager = LoginManager()