diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index ee9cf15..850ba69 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -28,44 +29,89 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	version   = "develop"
-	gitCommit = "unknown"
-)
+	version       = "develop"
+	gitCommit     = "unknown"
+	sshConfigFile string
 
-func main() {
-	log, err := logger.New("LAZYSSH")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
+	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   ui.AppName,
+		Short: "Lazy SSH server picker TUI",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			log, err := logger.New("LAZYSSH")
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-	//nolint:errcheck // log.Sync may return an error which is safe to ignore here
-	defer log.Sync()
+			//nolint:errcheck // log.Sync may return an error which is safe to ignore here
+			defer log.Sync()
 
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorw("failed to get user home directory", "error", err)
-		//nolint:gocritic // exitAfterDefer: ensure immediate exit on unrecoverable error
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	sshConfigFile := filepath.Join(home, ".ssh", "config")
-	metaDataFile := filepath.Join(home, ".lazyssh", "metadata.json")
+			home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("failed to get user home directory", "error", err)
+				// nolint:gocritic // exitAfterDefer: ensure immediate exit on unrecoverable error
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-	serverRepo := ssh_config_file.NewRepository(log, sshConfigFile, metaDataFile)
-	serverService := services.NewServerService(log, serverRepo)
-	tui := ui.NewTUI(log, serverService, version, gitCommit)
+			if sshConfigFile == "" {
+				sshConfigFile = filepath.Join(home, ".ssh", "config")
+			} else {
+				stat, err := os.Stat(sshConfigFile)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error getting file info: %v\n", err)
+					os.Exit(1)
+				}
+				if stat.Mode()&os.ModeType != 0 {
+					f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "tmpfile-")
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+
+					// close and remove the temporary file at the end of the program
+					defer f.Close()
+					defer os.Remove(f.Name())
+
+					// write data to the temporary file
+					fd, err := os.Open(sshConfigFile)
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error opening file: %v\n", err)
+						os.Exit(1)
+					}
+					defer fd.Close()
+
+					// Read the entire contents at once
+					content, err := io.ReadAll(fd)
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error reading file: %v\n", err)
+						os.Exit(1)
+					}
+					if _, err := f.WriteString(string(content)); err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+
+					sshConfigFile = f.Name()
+				}
+			}
+
+			metaDataFile := filepath.Join(home, ".lazyssh", "metadata.json")
+			serverRepo := ssh_config_file.NewRepository(log, sshConfigFile, metaDataFile)
+			serverService := services.NewServerService(log, serverRepo)
+			tui := ui.NewTUI(log, serverService, version, gitCommit)
 
-	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   ui.AppName,
-		Short: "Lazy SSH server picker TUI",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return tui.Run()
 		},
 	}
-	rootCmd.SilenceUsage = true
+)
 
+func main() {
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&sshConfigFile, "sshconfig", "", "path to ssh config file (default: ~/.ssh/config)")
+
+	rootCmd.SilenceUsage = true
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/data/ssh_config_file/ssh_config_file_repo.go b/internal/adapters/data/ssh_config_file/ssh_config_file_repo.go
index 37e8004..21c50e9 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/data/ssh_config_file/ssh_config_file_repo.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/data/ssh_config_file/ssh_config_file_repo.go
@@ -164,3 +164,8 @@ func (r *Repository) SetPinned(alias string, pinned bool) error {
 func (r *Repository) RecordSSH(alias string) error {
 	return r.metadataManager.recordSSH(alias)
 }
+
+// GetConfigFile gets the path to the ssh config file.
+func (r *Repository) GetConfigFile() string {
+	return r.configPath
+}
diff --git a/internal/core/ports/repositories.go b/internal/core/ports/repositories.go
index 133e4f8..ccb88bf 100644
--- a/internal/core/ports/repositories.go
+++ b/internal/core/ports/repositories.go
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ type ServerRepository interface {
 	DeleteServer(server domain.Server) error
 	SetPinned(alias string, pinned bool) error
 	RecordSSH(alias string) error
+	GetConfigFile() string
 }
diff --git a/internal/core/services/server_service.go b/internal/core/services/server_service.go
index 7926bc6..4daa252 100644
--- a/internal/core/services/server_service.go
+++ b/internal/core/services/server_service.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *serverService) SetPinned(alias string, pinned bool) error {
 // SSH starts an interactive SSH session to the given alias using the system's ssh client.
 func (s *serverService) SSH(alias string) error {
 	s.logger.Infow("ssh start", "alias", alias)
-	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", alias)
+	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", "-F", s.serverRepository.GetConfigFile(), alias)
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ func (s *serverService) SSH(alias string) error {
 func (s *serverService) SSHWithArgs(alias string, extraArgs []string) error {
 	s.logger.Infow("ssh start (with args)", "alias", alias, "args", extraArgs)
 	args := append([]string{}, extraArgs...)
+	args = append(args, "-F", s.serverRepository.GetConfigFile())
 	args = append(args, alias)
 	// #nosec G204
 	cmd := exec.Command("ssh", args...)