diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9549c89..69f9a7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ SlurmCommander does not require any special privileges to be installed, see inst
 ### Site administrators
 
 Instructions are same as for the regular users, with one minor perk. 
-Place the [config file](./cmd/scom/scom.conf) in `/etc/scom/scom.conf` to be used as global configuration source for all scom instances on that machine.
+Place the [config file](./cmd/scom/scom.conf) in one of the following locations to be used as global configuration source for all scom instances on that machine.
+
+1. /etc/scom/scom.conf
+2. Any location, providing users with the environment variable `SCOM_CONF` containing path to config. file
+3. Users $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/scom/scom.conf
+
 
 __NOTE__: Users can still override global configuration options by changing config stanzas in their local `$HOME/scom/scom.conf`
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 1307fbc..d2d9af2 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ func (cc *ConfigContainer) GetConfig() error {
 		cfgPaths = []string{defaults.SiteConfFile, home + "/" + defaults.AppName + "/" + defaults.ConfFileName}
 	}
 
+	// SCOM_CONF content, if exists
+	if scomConf, exists := os.LookupEnv(defaults.EnvConfVarName); exists && scomConf != "" {
+		// SCOM_CONF set
+		cfgPaths = append(cfgPaths, scomConf)
+	}
+
+	// $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/scom/scom.conf
+	if xdgConfHome, exists := os.LookupEnv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"); exists && xdgConfHome != "" {
+		// XDG_CONFIG_HOME set
+		cfgPaths = append(cfgPaths, xdgConfHome+"/"+defaults.AppName+"/"+defaults.ConfFileName)
+	} else {
+		// XDG_CONFIG_HOME unset or empty
+		// If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.
+		cfgPaths = append(cfgPaths, home+"/.config/"+defaults.AppName+"/"+defaults.ConfFileName)
+	}
+
 	for _, v := range cfgPaths {
 		log.Printf("Trying conf file: %s\n", v)
 		f, err := os.ReadFile(v)
diff --git a/internal/defaults/defaults.go b/internal/defaults/defaults.go
index 7762970..4fc6230 100644
--- a/internal/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ const (
 
 	AppName = "scom"
 
-	ConfFileName = "scom.conf"
-	SiteConfDir  = "/etc/" + AppName + "/"
-	SiteConfFile = SiteConfDir + ConfFileName
+	EnvConfVarName = "SCOM_CONF"
+	ConfFileName   = "scom.conf"
+	SiteConfDir    = "/etc/" + AppName + "/"
+	SiteConfFile   = SiteConfDir + ConfFileName
 
 	TemplatesDir        = SiteConfDir + "templates"
 	TemplatesSuffix     = ".sbatch"
diff --git a/internal/model/view.go b/internal/model/view.go
index 61d42ce..73722ca 100644
--- a/internal/model/view.go
+++ b/internal/model/view.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/keybindings"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/styles"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/version"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 )
 
 // genTabs() generates top tabs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Petar Jager
 CLIP-HPC @VBC
 
 Contributors:
-Seren,Ümit @VBC
+Seren Ümit
+Kilian Cavalotti
 `
 
 	return s