diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4023d2a..844e58a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-error",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "confy"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e37668cb35145dcfaa1931a5f37fde375eeae8068b4c0d2f289da28a270b2d2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "directories",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "csv-async"
 version = "1.2.4"
@@ -189,12 +201,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "4.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dtmt"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
+ "confy",
  "csv-async",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
@@ -321,6 +354,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.26.2"
@@ -585,6 +629,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -753,6 +808,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10deb33631e3c9018b9baf9dcbbc4f737320d2b576bac10f6aefa048fa407e3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "982d17546b47146b28f7c22e3d08465f6b8903d0ea13c1660d9d84a6e7adcdbb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -803,6 +878,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d82e1a7758622a465f8cee077614c73484dac5b836c02ff6a40d5d1010324d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/crates/dtmt/Cargo.toml b/crates/dtmt/Cargo.toml
index 73e3d63..31250d6 100644
--- a/crates/dtmt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dtmt/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.11", features = ["fs", "io-util"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", features = ["async-await"] }
 tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = ["env-filter"] }
+confy = "0.5.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/dtmt/src/main.rs b/crates/dtmt/src/main.rs
index 0272d09..2da0b16 100644
--- a/crates/dtmt/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/dtmt/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use clap::parser::ValueSource;
 use clap::value_parser;
 use clap::{command, Arg};
 use color_eyre::eyre::{Context, Result};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::BufReader;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ mod cmd {
     pub mod watch;
 }
 
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct GlobalConfig {
+    game_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 #[tracing::instrument]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let ctx = sdk::Context::new();
     let ctx = Arc::new(RwLock::new(ctx));
 
-    {
+    let dicitonary_task = {
         let path = matches
             .get_one::<PathBuf>("dictionary")
             .cloned()
@@ -85,21 +91,43 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             let f = match res {
                 Ok(f) => f,
                 Err(err) => {
-                    if is_default {
-                        return;
+                    if !is_default {
+                        // The dictionary is entirely optional, so only report the error
+                        // when the user asked for a specific path.
+                        tracing::error!("{:#}", err);
                     }
-                    tracing::error!("{:#}", err);
-
                     return;
                 }
             };
 
             let r = BufReader::new(f);
             if let Err(err) = ctx.lookup.from_csv(r).await {
-                tracing::error!("{:?}", err);
+                tracing::error!("{:#}", err);
             }
-        });
-    }
+        })
+    };
+
+    let global_config_task = {
+        let ctx = ctx.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let conf = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
+                confy::load::<GlobalConfig>(clap::crate_name!(), None)
+                    .wrap_err("failed to load global configuration")
+            })
+            .await;
+
+            match conf {
+                Ok(Ok(cfg)) => {
+                    let mut ctx = ctx.write().await;
+                    ctx.game_dir = cfg.game_dir;
+                }
+                Ok(Err(err)) => tracing::error!("{:#}", err),
+                Err(err) => tracing::error!("{:#}", err),
+            }
+        })
+    };
+
+    tokio::try_join!(dicitonary_task, global_config_task)?;
 
     match matches.subcommand() {
         Some(("bundle", sub_matches)) => cmd::bundle::run(ctx, sub_matches).await?,
diff --git a/lib/sdk/src/context.rs b/lib/sdk/src/context.rs
index 77fc31d..e784a78 100644
--- a/lib/sdk/src/context.rs
+++ b/lib/sdk/src/context.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct Context {
     pub ljd: Option<String>,
     pub revorb: Option<String>,
     pub ww2ogg: Option<String>,
+    pub game_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Context {
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ impl Context {
             ljd: None,
             revorb: None,
             ww2ogg: None,
+            game_dir: None,
         }
     }