diff --git a/WebHost.py b/WebHost.py
index db465be61b..41203ae1fc 100644
--- a/WebHost.py
+++ b/WebHost.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 Utils.local_path.cached_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 settings.no_gui = True
 configpath = os.path.abspath("config.yaml")
-if not os.path.exists(configpath):  # fall back to config.yaml in home
+if not os.path.exists(configpath):
+    # fall back to config.yaml in user_path if config does not exist in cwd to match settings.py
     configpath = os.path.abspath(Utils.user_path('config.yaml'))