diff --git a/cmd/config_finder.go b/cmd/config_finder.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..969b722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/config_finder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// We've gone through a couple of iterations of where the configuration is stored. This
+// helpful little function will look through the three areas it might have ended up, and
+// return it.
+//
+// We only run this if the configuration flag for the instance is not actually passed in
+// via the command line. Once found, the configuration is moved into the expected default
+// location. Only errors are returned from this function, you can safely assume that after
+// running this the configuration can be found in the correct default location.
+func RelocateConfiguration() error {
+	var match string
+	check := []string{
+		config.DefaultLocation,
+		"/var/lib/pterodactyl/config.yml",
+		"/etc/wings/config.yml",
+	}
+
+	// Loop over all of the configuration paths, and return which one we found, if
+	// any.
+	for _, p := range check {
+		if s, err := os.Stat(p); err != nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else if !s.IsDir() {
+			match = p
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Just return a generic not exist error at this point if we didn't have a match, this
+	// will allow the caller to handle displaying a more friendly error to the user. If we
+	// did match in the default location, go ahead and return successfully.
+	if match == "" {
+		return os.ErrNotExist
+	} else if match == config.DefaultLocation {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// The rest of this function simply creates the new default location and moves the
+	// old configuration file over to the new location, then sets the permissions on the
+	// file correctly so that only the user running this process can read it.
+	p, _ := filepath.Split(config.DefaultLocation)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(p, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(match, config.DefaultLocation); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return os.Chmod(config.DefaultLocation, 0600)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index cfa18bd..1f2edd1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -62,11 +63,22 @@ func readConfiguration() (*config.Configuration, error) {
 }
 
 func rootCmdRun(*cobra.Command, []string) {
-	// Profile wings in production!!!!
 	if shouldRunProfiler {
 		defer profile.Start().Stop()
 	}
 
+	// Only attempt configuration file relocation if a custom location has not
+	// been specified in the command startup.
+	if configPath == config.DefaultLocation {
+		if err := RelocateConfiguration(); err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				exitWithConfigurationNotice()
+			}
+
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	c, err := readConfiguration()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -259,3 +271,23 @@ func printLogo() {
 	fmt.Println(`Copyright © 2018 - 2020 Dane Everitt & Contributors`)
 	fmt.Println()
 }
+
+func exitWithConfigurationNotice() {
+	fmt.Print(colorstring.Color(`
+[_red_][white][bold]Error: Configuration File Not Found[reset]
+
+Wings was not able to locate your configuration file, and therefore is not
+able to complete its boot process.
+
+Please ensure you have copied your instance configuration file into
+the default location, or have provided the --config flag to use a
+custom location.
+
+Default Location: /etc/pterodactyl/config.yml
+
+[yellow]This is not a bug with this software. Please do not make a bug report
+for this issue, it will be closed.[reset]
+
+`))
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 97ce852..5e0eeec 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-const DefaultLocation = "/var/lib/pterodactyl/config.yml"
+const DefaultLocation = "/etc/pterodactyl/config.yml"
 
 type Configuration struct {
 	sync.RWMutex `json:"-" yaml:"-"`