diff --git a/jrnl/cli.py b/jrnl/cli.py
index fe105e89..32f05f25 100644
--- a/jrnl/cli.py
+++ b/jrnl/cli.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def run(manual_args=None):
         config = install.install_jrnl(CONFIG_PATH)
     else:
         config = util.load_and_fix_json(CONFIG_PATH)
-        install.upgrade_config(config, config_path=CONFIG_PATH)
+        install.upgrade_config(config, CONFIG_PATH)
 
     if args.ls:
         print(util.py2encode(list_journals(config)))
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ def run(manual_args=None):
         # Not encrypting to a separate file: update config!
         if not args.encrypt:
             update_config(original_config, {"encrypt": True}, journal_name, force_local=True)
-            install.save_config(original_config, config_path=CONFIG_PATH)
+            install.save_config(original_config, CONFIG_PATH)
 
     elif args.decrypt is not False:
         decrypt(journal, filename=args.decrypt)
         # Not decrypting to a separate file: update config!
         if not args.decrypt:
             update_config(original_config, {"encrypt": False}, journal_name, force_local=True)
-            install.save_config(original_config, config_path=CONFIG_PATH)
+            install.save_config(original_config, CONFIG_PATH)
 
     elif args.edit:
         if not config['editor']:
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index dcb83601..ae57fa3d 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ default_config = {
 }
 
 
-def upgrade_config(config, config_path=os.path.expanduser("~/.jrnl_conf")):
+def upgrade_config(config, config_path):
     """Checks if there are keys missing in a given config dict, and if so, updates the config file accordingly.
     This essentially automatically ports jrnl installations if new config parameters are introduced in later
     versions."""
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ def upgrade_config(config, config_path=os.path.expanduser("~/.jrnl_conf")):
         print("[.jrnl_conf updated to newest version]")
 
 
-def save_config(config=default_config, config_path=os.path.expanduser("~/.jrnl_conf")):
+def save_config(config, config_path):
     with open(config_path, 'w') as f:
         json.dump(config, f, indent=2)
 
 
-def install_jrnl(config_path='~/.jrnl_config'):
+def install_jrnl(config_path):
     def autocomplete(text, state):
         expansions = glob.glob(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(text))+'*')
         expansions = [e+"/" if os.path.isdir(e) else e for e in expansions]