diff --git a/cli/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/cli/CommandLineInterface.groovy b/cli/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/cli/CommandLineInterface.groovy
index 781ec13..2ab3856 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/cli/CommandLineInterface.groovy
+++ b/cli/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/cli/CommandLineInterface.groovy
@@ -151,8 +151,13 @@ Configuration:
         if (!cfgFile || !cfgFile.exists() || !cfgFile.isFile())
             cfgFile = new File("wdiwtlt.cli.properties")
 
-        if (!cfgFile || !cfgFile.exists() || !cfgFile.isFile())
-            cfgFile = new File(System.getenv().HOME, ".wdiwtlt.cli.properties")
+        if (!cfgFile || !cfgFile.exists() || !cfgFile.isFile()) {
+            String userHome = System.getenv().HOME
+            if (userHome) cfgFile = new File(userHome, ".wdiwtlt.cli.properties")
+
+            if (!cfgFile || !cfgFile.exists() || !cfgFile.isFile()) {
+              userHome = System.getProperty('user.home')
+              if (userHome) cfgFile = new File(userHome, 'wdiwtlt.cli.properties') } }
 
         if (cfgFile.exists() && cfgFile.isFile()) {
             try { cfgFile.withInputStream { givenCfg.load(it) } }
@@ -273,6 +278,9 @@ Configuration:
         // Try to discover the VLC native libraries
         def vlcj
         try {
+
+            String vlcLibDir = opts['--vlc-lib-dir'] || givenCfg['vlc.lib.dir']
+            //if (vlcLibDir) NativeLibrary.addSearchPath('libvlc', vlcLibDir)
             new NativeDiscovery().discover()
             vlcj = new AudioMediaListPlayerComponent() }
         catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/ConfigWrapper.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/ConfigWrapper.groovy
index 1059f6f..4f0dcb2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/ConfigWrapper.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/ConfigWrapper.groovy
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ public class ConfigWrapper {
 
     public ConfigWrapper() {
         if (env.WDIWTLT_CONFIG_FILE) {
-            if (tryLoadConfigFile(new File(env.WDIWTLT_CONFIG_FILE))) {
+            if (tryLoadConfigFile(env.WDIWTLT_CONFIG_FILE)) {
                 return } }
 
-        if (tryLoadConfigFile(new File(env.HOME, ".wdiwtlt.properties"))) return
+        if (env.HOME &&
+            tryLoadConfigFile(new File(env.HOME, ".wdiwtlt.properties"))) return
+
+        String userHome = System.getProperty('user.home')
+        if (userHome &&
+            tryLoadConfigFile(new File(userHome, '.wdiwtlt.properties'))) return
 
         try {
             ConfigWrapper.getResourceAsStream("/com/jdbernard/wdiwtlt/db/default.properties")
@@ -68,6 +73,10 @@ public class ConfigWrapper {
         if (props) return new HikariConfig(props)
         else return null }
 
+    private boolean tryLoadConfigFile(String configFilePath) {
+      if (!configFilePath) return false
+      return tryLoadConfigFile(new File(configFilePath)) }
+
     private boolean tryLoadConfigFile(File configFile) {
         if (!configFile.exists() || !configFile.isFile()) return false