diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13aed92..05a6add 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Successor to the `*-keepalive` family: one binary, one image, six datastore adap
 
 ## Configuration
 
-By default, keepalive reads the first config file it finds: `keepalive.yaml`, `keepalive.yml`, `/keepalive.yaml`, then `/keepalive.yml`. One deployment can keep any number of services alive.
+By default, keepalive reads the first config file it finds: `config.yml`, `config.yaml`, `/config.yml`, then `/config.yaml`. One deployment can keep any number of services alive.
 
 ```yaml
 interval: 1m
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
 ## Quick start (Compose)
 
 ```bash
-cp keepalive.example.yaml keepalive.yaml
+cp config.example.yml config.yml
 docker compose up -d --build
 ```
 
@@ -62,18 +62,25 @@ docker compose up -d --build
 ```bash
 docker build -t keepalive:local .
 docker run -d --name keepalive --restart unless-stopped \
-  -v "$PWD/keepalive.yaml:/keepalive.yaml:ro" \
+  -v "$PWD/config.yml:/config.yml:ro" \
   keepalive:local
 ```
 
-If your host config file is named `keepalive.yml`, mount it to `/keepalive.yml` instead.
+If you prefer to mount the config into a working directory instead of the container root, set the container working directory and mount the file there:
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name keepalive --restart unless-stopped \
+  --workdir /workspace \
+  -v "$PWD/config.yml:/workspace/config.yml:ro" \
+  keepalive:local
+```
 
 ## Quick start (local)
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/tiennm99/keepalive
 cd keepalive
-cp keepalive.example.yaml keepalive.yaml
+cp config.example.yml config.yml
 go run .
 ```
 
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@ Seed the value with your configured `counter_key` when it is not `counter`. MySQ
    ```go
    func init() { Registry["<name>"] = func(cfg Config) (Adapter, error) { return &myAdapter{}, nil } }
    ```
-4. Add an `import _ "your driver"` if needed, and the adapter config keys to `keepalive.example.yaml` and the table above.
+4. Add an `import _ "your driver"` if needed, and the adapter config keys to `config.example.yml` and the table above.
 
 ## Migrated from
 
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index b51733f..82925ee 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ services:
     container_name: keepalive
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
-      - ./keepalive.yaml:/keepalive.yaml:ro
+      - ./config.yml:/config.yml:ro
diff --git a/keepalive.example.yaml b/config.example.yml
similarity index 92%
rename from keepalive.example.yaml
rename to config.example.yml
index 1a98270..6066b96 100644
--- a/keepalive.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Optional defaults for every service.
+# Optional defaults shared by every service.
 interval: 1m
 counter_key: counter
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1dd5a78..2d1f126 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 var defaultConfigFiles = []string{
-	"keepalive.yaml",
-	"keepalive.yml",
-	"/keepalive.yaml",
-	"/keepalive.yml",
+	"config.yml",
+	"config.yaml",
+	"/config.yml",
+	"/config.yaml",
 }
 
 type appConfig struct {
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index 1ed3556..0532f3b 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ func TestNormalizeConfigGeneratesNamesFromAdapterAndHost(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestKeepaliveExampleConfigParses(t *testing.T) {
-	services, err := loadConfigFile("keepalive.example.yaml")
+func TestConfigExampleYMLParses(t *testing.T) {
+	services, err := loadConfigFile("config.example.yml")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("loadConfigFile returned error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ func TestKeepaliveExampleConfigParses(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestFirstExistingConfigFileFindsYMLFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	ymlPath := filepath.Join(dir, "keepalive.yml")
+	ymlPath := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml")
 	if err := os.WriteFile(ymlPath, []byte("services: []\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("write config: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	got, err := firstExistingConfigFile([]string{
-		filepath.Join(dir, "keepalive.yaml"),
+		filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml"),
 		ymlPath,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ func TestFirstExistingConfigFileFindsYMLFallback(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFirstExistingConfigFileReportsCandidates(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	_, err := firstExistingConfigFile([]string{
-		filepath.Join(dir, "keepalive.yaml"),
-		filepath.Join(dir, "keepalive.yml"),
+		filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml"),
+		filepath.Join(dir, "config.yml"),
 	})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("firstExistingConfigFile returned nil error")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "keepalive.yaml") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "keepalive.yml") {
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "config.yaml") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "config.yml") {
 		t.Fatalf("error %q does not list expected candidates", err)
 	}
 }