diff --git a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
index 7571687..1e33dff 100644
--- a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 func _main() error {
 	defaultFilepath, ok := os.LookupEnv("PTTODO_FILE")
 	if !ok {
-		defaultFilepath = "-"
+		defaultFilepath = "./todo.yaml"
 	}
 	filepath := flag.String("f", defaultFilepath, "($PTTODO_FILE) path to yaml file or dir (starting with root then alphabetical for dir)")
 	filepathToMergeIn := flag.String("g", "", "path to yaml file to merge into -f (modifies f)")