diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61881b8a4..de78a80ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.comfyui.rc
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 /output/
diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index c99c9e65e..94fe673b8 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import argparse
+import configargparse as argparse
 import enum
 import os
 from typing import Optional
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ class EnumAction(argparse.Action):
         setattr(namespace, self.dest, value)
 
 
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(default_config_files=["./.comfyui.rc", "~/.comfyui.rc"])
+
+parser.add("-c", "--config", is_config_file=True, help="config file path")
 
 parser.add_argument("--listen", type=str, default="127.0.0.1", metavar="IP", nargs="?", const="0.0.0.0,::", help="Specify the IP address to listen on (default: 127.0.0.1). You can give a list of ip addresses by separating them with a comma like: 127.2.2.2,127.3.3.3 If --listen is provided without an argument, it defaults to 0.0.0.0,:: (listens on all ipv4 and ipv6)")
 parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8188, help="Set the listen port.")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index afbcb7cba..f9aebe518 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+configargparse
 torch
 torchsde
 torchvision