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tj · Apr 19, 2012 · 2d2a1d5 · 2d2a1d5
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diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@
      - /usr/local/share/mad
      - /usr/share/mad
 
+## Configuration
+
+  By default `mad(1)` installs and sources `/usr/local/etc/mad.conf` for its formatting. You may edit this file directly, or if you're scared of overwriting it
+  when updating `mad(1)` you can copy this file to something like `~/mad.conf` and `export MAD_CONFIG=~/mad.conf`.
+
+```
+heading: 1m
+code: 90m
+strong: 1m
+em: 4m
+```
+
 ## Screenshots
 
   Jade manual:

diff --git a/bin/mad b/bin/mad
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ VERSION="0.3.0"
 REMOTE=git@github.com:visionmedia/mad-pages.git
 REMOTE_MAD=git@github.com:visionmedia/mad.git
 CONFIG=$(dirname $0)/../etc/mad.conf
+MAD_CONFIG=${MAD_CONFIG:-$CONFIG}
 
 #
 # Display <page> with lookup via MAD_PATH.
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ display() {
 #
 
 get() {
-  cat $CONFIG | grep $1 | awk '{ print $2 }'
+  cat $MAD_CONFIG | grep $1 | awk '{ print $2 }'
 }
 
 #