diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
index 30233779..cd3cd6ab 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def main() -> List[Tuple[Subscription, FileHandlerTransactionLog]]:
     elif os.path.isfile(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME):
         config = ConfigFile.from_file_path(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
     else:
-        logger.info("No config specified, using defaults")
+        logger.info("No config specified, using defaults.")
 
     transaction_logs: List[Tuple[Subscription, FileHandlerTransactionLog]] = []
 
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
index d24f4aa1..ccb50734 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ def _add_shared_arguments(arg_parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, suppress_defaults
         MainArguments.CONFIG.long,
         metavar="CONFIGPATH",
         type=str,
-        # Default is set downstream
         help=f"path to the config yaml, uses {DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} if not provided",
+        default=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppress_defaults else None,  # Default is set downstream
     )
     arg_parser.add_argument(
         MainArguments.DRY_RUN.short,
diff --git a/tests/unit/main/test_main.py b/tests/unit/main/test_main.py
index b8bb53e2..893819aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/main/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/unit/main/test_main.py
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ def test_args_after_sub_work(mock_sys_exit):
         assert Logger._LOGGER_LEVEL == LoggerLevels.VERBOSE
 
 
+def test_no_config_works(mock_sys_exit):
+    with mock_sys_exit(expected_exit_code=0), patch.object(
+        sys,
+        "argv",
+        ["ytdl-sub", "sub", "--log-level", "verbose"],
+    ), patch("ytdl_sub.cli.main._download_subscriptions_from_yaml_files") as mock_sub:
+        main()
+
+        assert mock_sub.call_count == 1
+        assert mock_sub.call_args.kwargs["subscription_paths"] == ["subscriptions.yaml"]
+        assert Logger._LOGGER_LEVEL == LoggerLevels.VERBOSE
+
+
 def test_no_positional_arg_command(mock_sys_exit):
     with mock_sys_exit(expected_exit_code=1), patch.object(
         sys,