diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config.go
index c29647e07..a0db7cab2 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config.go
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 	"path"
-	"strings"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -24,61 +20,6 @@ type cliConfig struct {
 	dbPath              string
 }
 
-func interactiveCfg() error {
-	var err error
-	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-	fmt.Print("crowdsec installation directory (default: /etc/crowdsec/config/): ")
-	config.InstallFolder, err = reader.ReadString('\n')
-	config.InstallFolder = strings.Replace(config.InstallFolder, "\n", "", -1) //CRLF to LF (windows)
-	if config.InstallFolder == "" {
-		config.InstallFolder = "/etc/crowdsec/config/"
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to read input : %v", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	fmt.Print("crowdsec backend plugin directory (default: /etc/crowdsec/plugin/backend): ")
-	config.BackendPluginFolder, err = reader.ReadString('\n')
-	config.BackendPluginFolder = strings.Replace(config.BackendPluginFolder, "\n", "", -1) //CRLF to LF (windows)
-	if config.BackendPluginFolder == "" {
-		config.BackendPluginFolder = "/etc/crowdsec/plugin/backend"
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to read input : %v", err.Error())
-	}
-	if err := writeCfg(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed writting configuration file : %s", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func writeCfg() error {
-
-	if config.configFolder == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("config dir is unset")
-	}
-
-	config.hubFolder = config.configFolder + "/hub/"
-	if _, err := os.Stat(config.hubFolder); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-
-		log.Warningf("creating skeleton!")
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(config.hubFolder, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create missing directory : '%s'", config.hubFolder)
-		}
-	}
-	out := path.Join(config.configFolder, "/config")
-	configYaml, err := yaml.Marshal(&config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed marshaling config: %s", err)
-	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(out, configYaml, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write to %s : %s", out, err)
-	}
-	log.Infof("wrote config to %s ", out)
-	return nil
-}
-
 func NewConfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 	var cmdConfig = &cobra.Command{
@@ -112,47 +53,5 @@ If no commands are specified, config is in interactive mode.`,
 		},
 	}
 	cmdConfig.AddCommand(cmdConfigShow)
-	var cmdConfigInterctive = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "prompt",
-		Short: "Prompt for configuration values in an interactive fashion",
-		Long:  `Start interactive configuration of cli. It will successively ask for install dir, db path.`,
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			err := interactiveCfg()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("Failed to run interactive config : %s", err)
-			}
-			log.Warningf("Configured, please run update.")
-		},
-	}
-	cmdConfig.AddCommand(cmdConfigInterctive)
-	var cmdConfigInstalldir = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "installdir [value]",
-		Short: `Configure installation directory`,
-		Long:  `Configure the installation directory of crowdsec, such as /etc/crowdsec/config/`,
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			config.InstallFolder = args[0]
-			if err := writeCfg(); err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("failed writting configuration: %s", err)
-			}
-		},
-	}
-	cmdConfig.AddCommand(cmdConfigInstalldir)
-
-	var cmdConfigBackendFolder = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "backend [value]",
-		Short: `Configure installation directory`,
-		Long:  `Configure the backend plugin directory of crowdsec, such as /etc/crowdsec/plugins/backend`,
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			config.BackendPluginFolder = args[0]
-			if err := writeCfg(); err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("failed writting configuration: %s", err)
-			}
-		},
-	}
-	cmdConfig.AddCommand(cmdConfigBackendFolder)
-
 	return cmdConfig
 }
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
index 07c3474df..9d3ed77d0 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwhub"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 var dbg_lvl, nfo_lvl, wrn_lvl, err_lvl bool
@@ -37,6 +36,13 @@ func initConfig() {
 		log.SetLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
 	}
 
+	config.configFolder = filepath.Join(filepath.Clean(csConfig.csCliFolder))
+
+	csConfig := csconfig.NewCrowdSecConfig()
+	if err := csConfig.GetOPT(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
 	if strings.HasPrefix(config.configFolder, "~/") {
 		usr, err := user.Current()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -45,23 +51,14 @@ func initConfig() {
 		config.configFolder = usr.HomeDir + "/" + config.configFolder[2:]
 	}
 	/*read config*/
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(config.configFolder + "/config"))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("Failed to open config %s : %s", filepath.Clean(config.configFolder+"/config"), err)
-	} else {
-		err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(buf, &config)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Failed to parse config %s : %s, please configure", filepath.Clean(config.configFolder+"/config"), err)
-		}
-		config.InstallFolder = filepath.Clean(config.InstallFolder)
-		config.hubFolder = filepath.Clean(config.configFolder + "/hub/")
-		config.BackendPluginFolder = filepath.Clean(config.BackendPluginFolder)
-		//
-		cwhub.Installdir = config.InstallFolder
-		cwhub.Cfgdir = config.configFolder
-		cwhub.Hubdir = config.hubFolder
-		config.configured = true
-	}
+	config.InstallFolder = filepath.Join(filepath.Clean(csConfig.ConfigFolder), "./config/")
+	config.hubFolder = filepath.Clean(config.configFolder + "/hub/")
+	config.BackendPluginFolder = filepath.Clean(csConfig.OutputConfig.BackendFolder)
+	//
+	cwhub.Installdir = config.InstallFolder
+	cwhub.Cfgdir = config.configFolder
+	cwhub.Hubdir = config.hubFolder
+	config.configured = true
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -112,7 +109,6 @@ API interaction:
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cmdVersion)
 
 	//rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&config.simulation, "simulate", "s", false, "No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur based on the current arguments.")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&config.configFolder, "config-dir", "c", "/etc/crowdsec/cscli/", "Configuration directory to use.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&config.output, "output", "o", "human", "Output format : human, json, raw.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&dbg_lvl, "debug", false, "Set logging to debug.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&nfo_lvl, "info", false, "Set logging to info.")
diff --git a/config/dev.yaml b/config/dev.yaml
index deee7f972..e80ae4c56 100644
--- a/config/dev.yaml
+++ b/config/dev.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ working_dir: "."
 data_dir: "./data"
 config_dir: "./config"
 pid_dir: "./"
+cscli_dir: "./config/crowdsec-cli"
 log_dir: "./logs"
 log_mode: "stdout"
 log_level: info
diff --git a/config/prod.yaml b/config/prod.yaml
index e1dce77c6..d2337c6e2 100644
--- a/config/prod.yaml
+++ b/config/prod.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ data_dir: ${DATA}
 config_dir: ${CFG}
 pid_dir: ${PID}
 log_dir: /var/log/
+cscli_dir: ${CFG}/cscli
 log_mode: file
 log_level: info
 profiling: false
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/config.go b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
index 1f6ef3658..62111cb3a 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type CrowdSec struct {
 	Profiling       bool      `yaml:"profiling,omitempty"`   //true -> enable runtime profiling
 	SQLiteFile      string    `yaml:"sqlite_path,omitempty"` //path to sqlite output
 	APIMode         bool      `yaml:"apimode,omitempty"`     //true -> enable api push
+	csCliFolder     string    `yaml:"cscli_dir"`             //cscli folder
 	Linter          bool
 	Prometheus      bool
 	HTTPListen      string `yaml:"http_listen,omitempty"`