diff --git a/quarry/web/app.py b/quarry/web/app.py
index 1da807a..fbd69e0 100644
--- a/quarry/web/app.py
+++ b/quarry/web/app.py
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@
 
 def get_config():
     conf = {}
-    conf.update(
-        yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, "/config/config.yaml")))
-    )
+    if os.path.isfile("/config/config.yaml"):
+        # k8s
+        config_path = "/config/config.yaml"
+    elif os.path.isfile("../config.yaml"):
+        # VM
+        config_path = "../config.yaml"
+
+    conf.update(yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, config_path))))
 
     return conf
 
diff --git a/quarry/web/killer.py b/quarry/web/killer.py
index 5c72ec7..54137c7 100755
--- a/quarry/web/killer.py
+++ b/quarry/web/killer.py
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
 from connections import Connections
 
 __dir__ = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-config = yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, "/config/config.yaml")))
+if os.path.isfile("/config/config.yaml"):
+    # k8s
+    config_path = "/config/config.yaml"
+elif os.path.isfile("../config.yaml"):
+    # VM
+    config_path = "../config.yaml"
+else:
+    # test
+    config_path = "../default_config.yaml"
+
+config = yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, config_path)))
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     filename=config["KILLER_LOG_PATH"],
diff --git a/quarry/web/worker.py b/quarry/web/worker.py
index bbd4fdc..66e9f16 100644
--- a/quarry/web/worker.py
+++ b/quarry/web/worker.py
@@ -22,16 +22,18 @@
 celery_log = get_task_logger(__name__)
 
 celery = Celery("quarry.web.worker")
-try:
-    celery.conf.update(
-        yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, "/config/config.yaml")))
-    )
-except IOError:
+
+if os.path.isfile("/config/config.yaml"):
+    # k8s
+    config_path = "/config/config.yaml"
+elif os.path.isfile("../config.yaml"):
+    # VM
+    config_path = "../config.yaml"
+else:
     # for pytest
-    celery.conf.update(
-        yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, "../default_config.yaml")))
-    )
-    pass
+    config_path = "../default_config.yaml"
+
+celery.conf.update(yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(__dir__, config_path))))
 
 
 conn = None