diff --git a/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go b/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
index d5020ea..fb1f7bd 100644
--- a/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"dwelling-upload/internal/configuration"
 	"dwelling-upload/internal/http"
 	"dwelling-upload/pkg/logging"
 	"dwelling-upload/pkg/utils"
@@ -12,12 +11,17 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
 var configPath *string = flag.String("conf", "config.yaml", "path to configuration file")
 var listenAddress *string = flag.String("listen", "/var/run/dwelling-upload/sock", "listen address (ip:port|unix_path)")
+var uploadDir *string = flag.String("upload-dir", "/srv/uploads", "path to a directory where uploaded files are stored")
+var keepFileForHours *int64 = flag.Int64("keep-for", 36, "keep files for this much hours")
+var limitStorage *int64 = flag.Int64("storage", 102400, "storage size in MiB for uploads")
+var limitFileSize *int64 = flag.Int64("file-size", 128, "max. size in MiB for uploaded files")
 var showVersion *bool = flag.Bool("v", false, "show version")
 
 var version string
@@ -31,11 +35,6 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	config, err := configuration.LoadConfiguration(*configPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	}
-
 	var network string
 	if !strings.ContainsRune(*listenAddress, ':') {
 		network = "unix"
@@ -68,14 +67,14 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer watcha.Close()
 
-	if err := watcha.AddWatch(config.Uploads.Directory, watcher.CrDelMask); err != nil {
+	if err := watcha.AddWatch(*uploadDir, watcher.CrDelMask); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
 	uploadDirNotify := make(chan uint32)
-	uploadDirSize, err := utils.DirectorySize(config.Uploads.Directory)
+	uploadDirSize, err := utils.DirectorySize(*uploadDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to get initial size of %s: %s", config.Uploads.Directory, err)
+		log.Fatalf("failed to get initial size of %s: %s", *uploadDir, err)
 	}
 
 	watcha.WatchForMask(uploadDirNotify, watcher.CrDelMask)
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func main() {
 			case <-logReopenSignal:
 				logFile.Reopen(logFilePath)
 			case <-uploadDirNotify:
-				uploadDirSize, err = utils.DirectorySize(config.Uploads.Directory)
+				uploadDirSize, err = utils.DirectorySize(*uploadDir)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Println("failed to get uploads directory size:", err)
 				}