diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62de1d0..edc6ac8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /.idea/
 /demo-app
 /dist
-/resource_app.toml
+/resource_app*.toml
 /sessions
 /static
 /ui/css/
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 0d632d6..e67978f 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+### Changed
+- re-order configuration precedence
+    1. default config file idp.toml
+    2. config files given via the `--conf` command line argument
+    3. environment variables with the `RESOURCE_APP_` prefix
 ### Fixed
 - fix logged application name
 
diff --git a/internal/services/configuration.go b/internal/services/configuration.go
index 5496118..db40021 100644
--- a/internal/services/configuration.go
+++ b/internal/services/configuration.go
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
-const defaultServerPort = 4000
+const (
+	defaultServerPort = 4000
+	defaultFile       = "resource_app.toml"
+)
 
 var DefaultConfiguration = map[string]interface{}{
 	"server.bind_address": "",
@@ -74,6 +77,10 @@ func ConfigureApplication(
 
 	_ = config.Load(confmap.Provider(defaultConfig, "."), nil)
 
+	if err = config.Load(file.Provider(defaultFile), toml.Parser()); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		logrus.WithError(err).WithField("file", defaultFile).Fatal("error loading configuration from file")
+	}
+
 	cFiles, _ := f.GetStringSlice("conf")
 	for _, c := range cFiles {
 		if err = config.Load(file.Provider(c), toml.Parser()); err != nil {
@@ -85,13 +92,6 @@ func ConfigureApplication(
 		logger.WithError(err).Fatal("error loading configuration from command line")
 	}
 
-	if err = config.Load(
-		file.Provider("resource_app.toml"),
-		toml.Parser(),
-	); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("error loading configuration from resource_app.toml")
-	}
-
 	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("%s_", strings.ToUpper(appName))
 
 	if err = config.Load(env.Provider(prefix, ".", func(s string) string {