diff --git a/src/dash-cli.cpp b/src/dash-cli.cpp
index b4a5e3b7e3..9966f9c892 100644
--- a/src/dash-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/dash-cli.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int AppInitRPC(int argc, char* argv[])
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     try {
-        ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
+        ReadConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what());
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ UniValue CallRPC(const string& strMethod, const UniValue& params)
         if (!GetAuthCookie(&strRPCUserColonPass)) {
             throw runtime_error(strprintf(
                 _("Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and no rpcpassword is set in the configuration file (%s)"),
-                    GetConfigFile().string().c_str()));
+                    GetConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME)).string().c_str()));
 
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/src/dashd.cpp b/src/dashd.cpp
index cfb21cbbb8..08204dfd3e 100644
--- a/src/dashd.cpp
+++ b/src/dashd.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
         try
         {
-            ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
+            ReadConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what());
             return false;
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 2926e6e009..2231bc19ed 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         LogPrintf("Startup time: %s\n", DateTimeStrFormat("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", GetTime()));
     LogPrintf("Default data directory %s\n", GetDefaultDataDir().string());
     LogPrintf("Using data directory %s\n", strDataDir);
-    LogPrintf("Using config file %s\n", GetConfigFile().string());
+    LogPrintf("Using config file %s\n", GetConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME)).string());
     LogPrintf("Using at most %i connections (%i file descriptors available)\n", nMaxConnections, nFD);
 
     LogPrintf("Using %u threads for script verification\n", nScriptCheckThreads);
diff --git a/src/qt/dash.cpp b/src/qt/dash.cpp
index e9d518dad5..f5fade9a12 100644
--- a/src/qt/dash.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/dash.cpp
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     try {
-        ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
+        ReadConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         QMessageBox::critical(0, QObject::tr(PACKAGE_NAME),
                               QObject::tr("Error: Cannot parse configuration file: %1. Only use key=value syntax.").arg(e.what()));
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 371c9ce455..1081488a46 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void openDebugLogfile()
 
 void openConfigfile()
 {
-    boost::filesystem::path pathConfig = GetConfigFile();
+    boost::filesystem::path pathConfig = GetConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME));
 
     /* Open dash.conf with the associated application */
     if (boost::filesystem::exists(pathConfig))
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0520395bd3..bac52950f1 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@ void ClearDatadirCache()
     pathCachedNetSpecific = boost::filesystem::path();
 }
 
-boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile()
+boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile(const std::string& confPath)
 {
-    boost::filesystem::path pathConfigFile(GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME));
+    boost::filesystem::path pathConfigFile(confPath);
     if (!pathConfigFile.is_complete())
         pathConfigFile = GetDataDir(false) / pathConfigFile;
 
@@ -619,17 +619,19 @@ boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile()
 boost::filesystem::path GetMasternodeConfigFile()
 {
     boost::filesystem::path pathConfigFile(GetArg("-mnconf", "masternode.conf"));
-    if (!pathConfigFile.is_complete()) pathConfigFile = GetDataDir() / pathConfigFile;
+    if (!pathConfigFile.is_complete())
+        pathConfigFile = GetDataDir() / pathConfigFile;
     return pathConfigFile;
 }
 
-void ReadConfigFile(map<string, string>& mapSettingsRet,
+void ReadConfigFile(const std::string& confPath,
+                    map<string, string>& mapSettingsRet,
                     map<string, vector<string> >& mapMultiSettingsRet)
 {
-    boost::filesystem::ifstream streamConfig(GetConfigFile());
+    boost::filesystem::ifstream streamConfig(GetConfigFile(confPath));
     if (!streamConfig.good()){
         // Create empty dash.conf if it does not excist
-        FILE* configFile = fopen(GetConfigFile().string().c_str(), "a");
+        FILE* configFile = fopen(GetConfigFile(confPath).string().c_str(), "a");
         if (configFile != NULL)
             fclose(configFile);
         return; // Nothing to read, so just return
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index a61e2797b5..f375c65c53 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ boost::filesystem::path GetDefaultDataDir();
 const boost::filesystem::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific = true);
 const boost::filesystem::path &GetBackupsDir();
 void ClearDatadirCache();
-boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile();
+boost::filesystem::path GetConfigFile(const std::string& confPath);
 boost::filesystem::path GetMasternodeConfigFile();
 #ifndef WIN32
 boost::filesystem::path GetPidFile();
 void CreatePidFile(const boost::filesystem::path &path, pid_t pid);
 #endif
-void ReadConfigFile(std::map<std::string, std::string>& mapSettingsRet, std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >& mapMultiSettingsRet);
+void ReadConfigFile(const std::string& confPath, std::map<std::string, std::string>& mapSettingsRet, std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >& mapMultiSettingsRet);
 #ifdef WIN32
 boost::filesystem::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate = true);
 #endif