diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 60d54c2da2..a8b5aee5c1 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ else:
     config.read(['/etc/pretix/pretix.cfg', os.path.expanduser('~/.pretix.cfg'), 'pretix.cfg'],
                 encoding='utf-8')
 
+CONFIG_FILE = config
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 DATA_DIR = config.get('pretix', 'datadir', fallback=os.environ.get('DATA_DIR', 'data'))
 LOG_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'logs')