diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4925b0c..adfa02e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2] - 2021-08-05
+
+### Added
+
+- Community page
+- Support for yaml references and aliases
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Better verbose output for hooks
+- Better error message for bad formatted configs
+
 ## [1.1.2] - 2021-07-11
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/cmd/backup.go b/cmd/backup.go
index 8a02bc9..53c875d 100644
--- a/cmd/backup.go
+++ b/cmd/backup.go
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ var backupCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "backup",
 	Short: "Create backups for given locations",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		internal.GetConfig()
 		err := lock.Lock()
 		CheckErr(err)
 		defer lock.Unlock()
 
-		internal.GetConfig()
-
 		selected, err := internal.GetAllOrSelected(cmd, false)
 		CheckErr(err)
 		errors := 0
diff --git a/cmd/exec.go b/cmd/exec.go
index 6b3fa67..1614fda 100644
--- a/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/cmd/exec.go
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ var execCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "exec",
 	Short: "Execute arbitrary native restic commands for given backends",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		internal.GetConfig()
 		err := lock.Lock()
 		CheckErr(err)
 		defer lock.Unlock()
 
-		internal.GetConfig()
-
 		selected, err := internal.GetAllOrSelected(cmd, true)
 		CheckErr(err)
 		for _, name := range selected {
diff --git a/cmd/forget.go b/cmd/forget.go
index 7010ff0..93d7137 100644
--- a/cmd/forget.go
+++ b/cmd/forget.go
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ var forgetCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "forget",
 	Short: "Forget and optionally prune snapshots according the specified policies",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		internal.GetConfig()
 		err := lock.Lock()
 		CheckErr(err)
 		defer lock.Unlock()
 
-		internal.GetConfig()
-
 		selected, err := internal.GetAllOrSelected(cmd, false)
 		CheckErr(err)
 		prune, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("prune")
diff --git a/internal/config.go b/internal/config.go
index cbdb592..847be51 100644
--- a/internal/config.go
+++ b/internal/config.go
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic/internal/colors"
+	"github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic/internal/lock"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.1.2"
+const VERSION = "1.2"
 
 var CI bool = false
 var VERBOSE bool = false
@@ -32,7 +35,8 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 		once.Do(func() {
 			if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
 				if !CRON_LEAN {
-					colors.Faint.Println("Using config file:", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+					absConfig, _ := filepath.Abs(viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+					colors.Faint.Println("Using config file:", absConfig)
 				}
 			} else {
 				return
@@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 
 			config = &Config{}
 			if err := viper.UnmarshalExact(config); err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				colors.Error.Println("Could not parse config file!")
+				lock.Unlock()
+				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 		})
 	}