diff --git a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/confi/confi.py b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/confi/confi.py
index 17df7c0c5..ff3b054ee 100644
--- a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/confi/confi.py
+++ b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/confi/confi.py
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 import inspect
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import string
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from functools import partial, wraps
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 
-from decouple import Csv, UndefinedValueError, config, text_type, undefined
+from decouple import AutoConfig, Csv, UndefinedValueError, text_type, undefined
 from opal_common.authentication.casting import cast_private_key, cast_public_key
 from opal_common.authentication.types import EncryptionKeyFormat, PrivateKey, PublicKey
 from opal_common.confi.cli import get_cli_object_for_config_objects
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 from typer import Typer
 
 
+config = AutoConfig(os.environ.get("CONFI_PATH") or os.getcwd())
+
 class Placeholder(object):
     """Placeholder instead of default value for decouple."""