diff --git a/bin/kamal b/bin/kamal
index 5c8ea6be7..4cdcdc588 100755
--- a/bin/kamal
+++ b/bin/kamal
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ if Fizzy.saas?
   gem_path = Gem::Specification.find_by_name("fizzy-saas").gem_dir
   deploy_config = File.join(gem_path, "config", "deploy.yml")
 
-  # Add -c option to ARGV if not already present
   unless ARGV.include?("-c") || ARGV.include?("--config-file")
-    ARGV.unshift("-c", deploy_config)
+    if ARGV.empty? || ARGV.first.start_with?("-")
+      ARGV.unshift("-c", deploy_config)
+    else
+      ARGV.insert(1, "-c", deploy_config)
+    end
   end
 end