diff --git a/src/middleware/cookiesForAPI.ts b/src/middleware/cookiesForAPI.ts
index 0e16c2b4..1121f4c7 100755
--- a/src/middleware/cookiesForAPI.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/cookiesForAPI.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
-import config from '../../config.json';
 import { BAD_REQUEST, INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, FORBIDDEN } from 'http-status-codes'
 import { getConnection } from 'typeorm';
 import { User } from "../entities/User";
 
+if (!findFile('config.json', process.cwd())) {
+  Logger.get('FS').error(`No config.json exists in ${__dirname}, exiting...`)
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(findFile('config.json', process.cwd()), 'utf8'))
+
 export async function cookiesForAPI(req: Request, res: Response, next: any) {
     if (req.cookies.typex_user) {
         if (typeof req.cookies.typex_user !== 'string') return res.status(BAD_REQUEST).send({ code: BAD_REQUEST, message: "Please clear browser cookies." })
@@ -17,4 +23,4 @@ export async function cookiesForAPI(req: Request, res: Response, next: any) {
         if (!req.session.user) return res.status(INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send({ code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, message: "The user that is logged in does not exist" })
     } else return res.status(FORBIDDEN).send({ code: FORBIDDEN, message: "Unauthorized" })
     return next();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}