From 3c4c294f9c49cd6d0d5e2ff3cda72a77f07ef19c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: qwint <qwint.42@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:51:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] WebHost: Better document config loading fallback (#5948)

* change functionality to follow comment

* revert code change and explicitly document intent
---
 WebHost.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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'))