diff --git a/corrlib/initialization.py b/corrlib/initialization.py
index bdf9cee..c06a201 100644
--- a/corrlib/initialization.py
+++ b/corrlib/initialization.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import sqlite3
 import os
 from .tracker import save, init
 from pathlib import Path
-from .tools import CONFIG_FILENAME
 
 
 def _create_db(db: Path) -> None:
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ def _write_config(path: Path, config: ConfigParser) -> None:
     config: ConfigParser
         The configuration to be used as a ConfigParser, e.g. generated by _create_config.
     """
-    with open(os.path.join(path, CONFIG_FILENAME), 'w') as configfile:
+    with open(os.path.join(path, '.corrlib'), 'w') as configfile:
         config.write(configfile)
     return
 
diff --git a/corrlib/tracker.py b/corrlib/tracker.py
index 1bae1b4..a6e9bf4 100644
--- a/corrlib/tracker.py
+++ b/corrlib/tracker.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from configparser import ConfigParser
 import datalad.api as dl
 from typing import Optional
 import shutil
-from .tools import get_db_file, CONFIG_FILENAME
+from .tools import get_db_file
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def get_tracker(path: Path) -> str:
     tracker: str
         The tracker used in the dataset.
     """
-    config_path = os.path.join(path, CONFIG_FILENAME)
+    config_path = os.path.join(path, '.corrlib')
     config = ConfigParser()
     if os.path.exists(config_path):
         config.read(config_path)