diff --git a/usr/local/bin/dynv6 b/usr/local/bin/dynv6
index 6bce31b..877d19c 100755
--- a/usr/local/bin/dynv6
+++ b/usr/local/bin/dynv6
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ check_required() {
 
 # check requirements
 CONFIG_FILE="$1";
-FALLBACK_CONFIG_FILE="${HOME}/dynv6.conf";
+FALLBACK_CONFIG_FILE="${HOME}/.dynv6.conf";
 FALLBACK_CONFIG_GLOBAL_FILE="/etc/dynv6.conf";
 source_config "${CONFIG_FILE}" "${FALLBACK_CONFIG_FILE}" "${FALLBACK_CONFIG_GLOBAL_FILE}";
 apply_defaults;