diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
index 50c5753087..76a50dad9c 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				new[] { CoreNames.TurboNyma, CoreNames.HyperNyma, CoreNames.PceHawk })
 		};
 
-		public static string DefaultIniPath { get; private set; } = Path.Combine(PathUtils.ExeDirectoryPath, "config.ini");
-
-		// Shenanigans
-		public static void SetDefaultIniPath(string newDefaultIniPath)
-		{
-			DefaultIniPath = newDefaultIniPath;
-		}
-
 		public Config()
 		{
 			if (AllTrollers.Count == 0
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
index 0a64d975a7..cb55ef7c6a 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void SaveConfigAsMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			var path = Config.DefaultIniPath;
+			var path = _getConfigPath();
 			using var sfd = new SaveFileDialog
 			{
 				InitialDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path),
@@ -1139,12 +1139,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void LoadConfigMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			LoadConfigFile(Config.DefaultIniPath);
+			LoadConfigFile(_getConfigPath());
 		}
 
 		private void LoadConfigFromMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			var path = Config.DefaultIniPath;
+			var path = _getConfigPath();
 			using var ofd = new OpenFileDialog
 			{
 				InitialDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path),
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 7a33676678..976e800874 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public MainForm(
 			ParsedCLIFlags cliFlags,
 			IGL gl,
+			Func<string> getConfigPath,
 			Func<Config> getGlobalConfig,
 			Action<Sound> updateGlobalSound,
 			string[] args,
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			BootGodDb.Initialize(Path.Combine(PathUtils.ExeDirectoryPath, "gamedb"));
 
 			_argParser = cliFlags;
+			_getConfigPath = getConfigPath;
 			GL = gl;
 			_updateGlobalSound = updateGlobalSound;
 
@@ -910,6 +912,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public Action<string> LoadGlobalConfigFromFile { get; set; }
 
+		private readonly Func<string> _getConfigPath;
+
 		private readonly IGL GL;
 
 		private readonly ExternalToolManager ExtToolManager;
@@ -2465,7 +2469,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
 			{
-				path = Config.DefaultIniPath;
+				path = _getConfigPath();
 			}
 
 			ConfigService.Save(path, Config);
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
index 567c107ad1..d909d3be4c 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
@@ -130,16 +130,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				new ExceptionBox(e.Message).ShowDialog();
 			}
 
-			if (cliFlags.cmdConfigFile != null) Config.SetDefaultIniPath(cliFlags.cmdConfigFile);
+			var configPath = cliFlags.cmdConfigFile ?? Path.Combine(PathUtils.ExeDirectoryPath, "config.json");
 
 			Config initialConfig;
 			try
 			{
-				if (!VersionInfo.DeveloperBuild && !ConfigService.IsFromSameVersion(Config.DefaultIniPath, out var msg))
+				if (!VersionInfo.DeveloperBuild && !ConfigService.IsFromSameVersion(configPath, out var msg))
 				{
 					new MsgBox(msg, "Mismatched version in config file", MessageBoxIcon.Warning).ShowDialog();
 				}
-				initialConfig = ConfigService.Load<Config>(Config.DefaultIniPath);
+				initialConfig = ConfigService.Load<Config>(configPath);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					"The caught exception was:",
 					e.ToString()
 				)).ShowDialog();
-				File.Delete(Config.DefaultIniPath);
-				initialConfig = ConfigService.Load<Config>(Config.DefaultIniPath);
+				File.Delete(configPath);
+				initialConfig = ConfigService.Load<Config>(configPath);
 			}
 			initialConfig.ResolveDefaults();
 			// initialConfig should really be globalConfig as it's mutable
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				MainForm mf = new(
 					cliFlags,
 					workingGL,
+					() => configPath,
 					() => initialConfig,
 					newSound => globalSound = newSound,
 					args,