diff --git a/tljh/configurer.py b/tljh/configurer.py
index 37699df..2954c43 100644
--- a/tljh/configurer.py
+++ b/tljh/configurer.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def apply_yaml_config(path, c):
     if os.path.exists(path):
         with open(path) as f:
             # FIXME: Figure out correct order of merging here
-            tljh_config = _merge_dictionaries(yaml.safe_load(f), default)
+            tljh_config = _merge_dictionaries(dict(default), yaml.safe_load(f))
     else:
         tljh_config = copy.deepcopy(default)