diff --git a/migra-cli/src/config.rs b/migra-cli/src/config.rs
index ab71ac9..a5d5c3f 100644
--- a/migra-cli/src/config.rs
+++ b/migra-cli/src/config.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,60 @@
+use migra_core::path::PathBuilder;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::io;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 const MIGRA_TOML_FILENAME: &str = "Migra.toml";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
-    pub directory: String,
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub root: PathBuf,
+    pub directory: PathBuf,
     pub database: DatabaseConfig,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub(crate) struct DatabaseConfig {
-    pub connection: String
+    pub connection: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Config {
         Config {
-            directory: String::from("database"),
+            root: PathBuf::new(),
+            directory: PathBuf::from("database"),
             database: DatabaseConfig {
                 connection: String::new(),
-            }
+            },
         }
     }
 }
 
-
 impl Config {
-    pub fn read() -> Config {
-        fs::read_to_string(MIGRA_TOML_FILENAME)
-            .ok()
-            .and_then(|content| toml::from_str(&content).ok())
-            .unwrap_or_default()
+    pub fn read() -> io::Result<Config> {
+        let current_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;
+
+        let mut read_dir = Some(current_dir.as_path());
+
+        loop {
+            if let Some(dir) = read_dir {
+                let migra_file_path = PathBuilder::from(dir).append(MIGRA_TOML_FILENAME).build();
+                if !migra_file_path.exists() {
+                    read_dir = dir.parent();
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                let content = fs::read_to_string(migra_file_path)?;
+                let mut config: Config = toml::from_str(&content).expect("Cannot parse Migra.toml");
+
+                config.root = PathBuf::from(dir);
+
+                return Ok(config);
+            } else {
+                return Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn initialize() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
diff --git a/migra-cli/src/main.rs b/migra-cli/src/main.rs
index 25a7c8e..d07e4a1 100644
--- a/migra-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/migra-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mod config;
 mod opts;
 
 use config::Config;
-use opts::{StructOpt, AppOpt, ApplyOpt};
+use opts::{AppOpt, ApplyOpt, StructOpt};
 use std::fs;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     match opt {
         AppOpt::Init => {
             Config::initialize()?;
-        },
+        }
         AppOpt::Apply(ApplyOpt { file_name }) => {
-            let config = Config::read();
+            let config = Config::read()?;
 
             let mut client = migra_core::database::connect(&config.database.connection)?;
 
-            let file_path = migra_core::path::PathBuilder::new(config.directory)
+            let file_path = migra_core::path::PathBuilder::from(config.root)
+                .append(config.directory)
                 .append(file_name)
                 .default_extension("sql")
                 .build();
diff --git a/migra-cli/src/opts.rs b/migra-cli/src/opts.rs
index fb419ad..8730175 100644
--- a/migra-cli/src/opts.rs
+++ b/migra-cli/src/opts.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ pub(crate) enum AppOpt {
     Apply(ApplyOpt),
 }
 
-
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 pub(crate) struct ApplyOpt {
     #[structopt(parse(from_str))]
-    pub file_name: String
+    pub file_name: String,
 }