From 14ff10e9596688e57d558dcf0e7013c3f31d1847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Doran <sdoran35@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:08:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: always use XDG config path, drop script_dir fallback;
 bump to v0.3.0

---
 PKGBUILD               | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml         | 2 +-
 src/turnup/__init__.py | 2 +-
 src/turnup/config.py   | 9 ++-------
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 4a9bb57..3b2f315 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Sean Doran <sdoran35@gmail.com>
 # AUR updates are automated via GitHub Actions on version tag push
 pkgname=turn-up-arch
-pkgver=0.2.9
+pkgver=0.3.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="USB serial knob/button mixer daemon for PipeWire/PulseAudio on Linux"
 arch=('any')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7233161..2d6ae50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "turnup"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "USB serial knob/button mixer daemon for PipeWire/PulseAudio on Linux"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/src/turnup/__init__.py b/src/turnup/__init__.py
index 0c7da1e..b345509 100644
--- a/src/turnup/__init__.py
+++ b/src/turnup/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Turn Up — USB serial mixer daemon for PipeWire/PulseAudio."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.9"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/src/turnup/config.py b/src/turnup/config.py
index 4c07161..e0e3264 100755
--- a/src/turnup/config.py
+++ b/src/turnup/config.py
@@ -160,18 +160,13 @@ def load_config(path: str | None = None) -> dict:
     """Load configuration from *path*.
 
     If *path* is ``None`` the XDG-compliant location
-    ``~/.config/turnup/config.json`` is used, falling back to the directory
-    that contains this module for backwards compatibility.
+    ``~/.config/turnup/config.json`` is used.
 
     Returns the parsed and validated configuration dictionary.
     Exits with status 1 on malformed JSON.
     """
     if path is None:
-        if os.path.exists(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH):
-            path = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
-        else:
-            script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-            path = os.path.join(script_dir, "config.json")
+        path = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
 
     if not os.path.exists(path):
         log.warning("No config.json found at %s — writing defaults", path)