diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index de5e530..5a41f2b 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,58 @@
-from config.config import *
+"""
+Robust shim for project configuration.
+
+This file attempts to locate a real configuration module named either
+- a package module at `config/config.py` (importable as `config.config`), or
+- a standalone `config.py` file elsewhere on `sys.path`.
+
+It then imports that module and re-exports its public names so existing
+`import config` usages continue to work regardless of whether the
+configuration was moved into a `config/` directory or left as a file.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import importlib
+import importlib.util
+
+
+def _find_real_config():
+	# Try the straightforward import first (works when `config` is a package)
+	try:
+		return importlib.import_module('config.config')
+	except Exception:
+		pass
+
+	# Search sys.path for a candidate `config/config.py` or another `config.py` (not this file)
+	this_path = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+	for p in sys.path:
+		if not p:
+			p = os.getcwd()
+		# candidate package file
+		cand = os.path.join(p, 'config', 'config.py')
+		if os.path.isfile(cand):
+			spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('config_real', cand)
+			mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+			spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+			return mod
+
+		# candidate standalone config.py (avoid loading this shim file)
+		cand2 = os.path.join(p, 'config.py')
+		if os.path.isfile(cand2) and os.path.abspath(cand2) != this_path:
+			spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('config_real', cand2)
+			mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+			spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+			return mod
+
+	return None
+
+
+_real = _find_real_config()
+if _real is None:
+	raise ImportError('Could not locate real configuration (config/config.py or another config.py)')
+
+# Re-export public names from the real config module
+for _k, _v in _real.__dict__.items():
+	if not _k.startswith('_'):
+		globals()[_k] = _v
 
-# shim re-exporting the real config module in config/config.py