diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/store.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/store.go
index 7ce2bd0..363463d 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/store.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/store.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func addStoreServe() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			return store.ServeCmd(ctx, o, s.DataDir)
+			return store.ServeCmd(ctx, o, s)
 		},
 	}
 	o.AddFlags(cmd)
diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/serve.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/serve.go
index 13571d5..484951f 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/serve.go
@@ -4,44 +4,42 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/configuration"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/rancherfederal/hauler/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/rancherfederal/hauler/pkg/store"
 )
 
 type ServeOpts struct {
 	Port       int
-	configFile string
+	ConfigFile string
+
+	storedir string
 }
 
 func (o *ServeOpts) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 
 	f.IntVarP(&o.Port, "port", "p", 5000, "Port to listen on")
+	f.StringVarP(&o.ConfigFile, "config", "c", "", "Path to a config file, will override all other configs")
 }
 
 // ServeCmd does
-func ServeCmd(ctx context.Context, o *ServeOpts, dir string) error {
+func ServeCmd(ctx context.Context, o *ServeOpts, s *store.Store) error {
 	l := log.FromContext(ctx)
 	l.Debugf("running command `hauler store serve`")
 
-	cfg := &configuration.Configuration{
-		Version: "0.1",
-		Storage: configuration.Storage{
-			"cache":      configuration.Parameters{"blobdescriptor": "inmemory"},
-			"filesystem": configuration.Parameters{"rootdirectory": dir},
-
-			// TODO: Ensure this is toggleable via cli arg if necessary
-			"maintenance": configuration.Parameters{"readonly.enabled": true},
-		},
-	}
-	cfg.Log.Level = "info"
-	cfg.HTTP.Addr = fmt.Sprintf(":%d", o.Port)
-	cfg.HTTP.Headers = http.Header{
-		"X-Content-Type-Options": []string{"nosniff"},
+	cfg := o.defaultConfig(s)
+	if o.ConfigFile != "" {
+		ucfg, err := loadConfig(o.ConfigFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		cfg = ucfg
 	}
 
 	r, err := registry.NewRegistry(ctx, cfg)
@@ -56,3 +54,32 @@ func ServeCmd(ctx context.Context, o *ServeOpts, dir string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func loadConfig(filename string) (*configuration.Configuration, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return configuration.Parse(f)
+}
+
+func (o *ServeOpts) defaultConfig(s *store.Store) *configuration.Configuration {
+	cfg := &configuration.Configuration{
+		Version: "0.1",
+		Storage: configuration.Storage{
+			"cache":      configuration.Parameters{"blobdescriptor": "inmemory"},
+			"filesystem": configuration.Parameters{"rootdirectory": s.DataDir},
+
+			// TODO: Ensure this is toggleable via cli arg if necessary
+			"maintenance": configuration.Parameters{"readonly.enabled": true},
+		},
+	}
+	cfg.Log.Level = "info"
+	cfg.HTTP.Addr = fmt.Sprintf(":%d", o.Port)
+	cfg.HTTP.Headers = http.Header{
+		"X-Content-Type-Options": []string{"nosniff"},
+	}
+
+	return cfg
+}