diff --git a/internal/cli/config.go b/internal/cli/config.go
index 50bd625..00282e0 100644
--- a/internal/cli/config.go
+++ b/internal/cli/config.go
@@ -88,6 +88,5 @@ func configSearchDirs() []string {
 	} else if home, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
 		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(home, ".config", "tg"))
 	}
-	dirs = append(dirs, ".")
 	return dirs
 }
diff --git a/internal/cli/config_test.go b/internal/cli/config_test.go
index 7bae8c2..d573782 100644
--- a/internal/cli/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/config_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ func TestConfigSearchDirs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "xdg config home set",
 			xdg:  xdg,
-			want: []string{filepath.Join(xdg, "tg"), "."},
+			want: []string{filepath.Join(xdg, "tg")},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "fall back to home",
 			xdg:  "",
-			want: []string{filepath.Join(home, ".config", "tg"), "."},
+			want: []string{filepath.Join(home, ".config", "tg")},
 		},
 	}