diff --git a/shadowsocks/shell.py b/shadowsocks/shell.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 755263d..2fb268a
--- a/shadowsocks/shell.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/shell.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def print_exception(e):
         import traceback
         traceback.print_exc()
 
-
-def print_shadowsocks():
+def __version():
     version_str = ''
     try:
         import pkg_resources
@@ -64,37 +63,26 @@ def print_shadowsocks():
             version_str = version.version()
         except Exception:
             pass
-    print('ShadowsocksR %s' % version_str)
+    return version_str
+
+def print_shadowsocks():
+    print('ShadowsocksR %s' % __version())
 
 def log_shadowsocks_version():
-    version_str = ''
-    try:
-        import pkg_resources
-        version_str = pkg_resources.get_distribution('shadowsocks').version
-    except Exception:
-        try:
-            from shadowsocks import version
-            version_str = version.version()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    logging.info('ShadowsocksR %s' % version_str)
+    logging.info('ShadowsocksR %s' % __version())
 
-def find_config():
-    config_path = 'user-config.json'
-    if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        return config_path
-    config_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../', 'user-config.json')
-    if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        return config_path
 
+def find_config():
+    user_config_path = 'user-config.json'
     config_path = 'config.json'
-    if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        return config_path
-    config_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../', 'config.json')
-    if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        return config_path
-    return None
 
+    def sub_find(file_name):
+        if os.path.exists(file_name):
+            return file_name
+        file_name = os.path.join(os.path.abspath('..'), file_name)
+        return file_name if os.path.exists(file_name) else None
+
+    return sub_find(user_config_path) or sub_find(config_path)
 
 def check_config(config, is_local):
     if config.get('daemon', None) == 'stop':
@@ -119,21 +107,21 @@ def check_config(config, is_local):
         config['server_port'] = int(config['server_port'])
 
     if config.get('local_address', '') in [b'0.0.0.0']:
-        logging.warn('warning: local set to listen on 0.0.0.0, it\'s not safe')
+        logging.warning('warning: local set to listen on 0.0.0.0, it\'s not safe')
     if config.get('server', '') in ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']:
-        logging.warn('warning: server set to listen on %s:%s, are you sure?' %
+        logging.warning('warning: server set to listen on %s:%s, are you sure?' %
                      (to_str(config['server']), config['server_port']))
     if (config.get('method', '') or '').lower() == 'table':
-        logging.warn('warning: table is not safe; please use a safer cipher, '
+        logging.warning('warning: table is not safe; please use a safer cipher, '
                      'like AES-256-CFB')
     if (config.get('method', '') or '').lower() == 'rc4':
-        logging.warn('warning: RC4 is not safe; please use a safer cipher, '
+        logging.warning('warning: RC4 is not safe; please use a safer cipher, '
                      'like AES-256-CFB')
     if config.get('timeout', 300) < 100:
-        logging.warn('warning: your timeout %d seems too short' %
+        logging.warning('warning: your timeout %d seems too short' %
                      int(config.get('timeout')))
     if config.get('timeout', 300) > 600:
-        logging.warn('warning: your timeout %d seems too long' %
+        logging.warning('warning: your timeout %d seems too long' %
                      int(config.get('timeout')))
     if config.get('password') in [b'mypassword']:
         logging.error('DON\'T USE DEFAULT PASSWORD! Please change it in your '
@@ -149,7 +137,8 @@ def check_config(config, is_local):
 
 def get_config(is_local):
     global verbose
-
+    config = {}
+    config_path = None
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
                         format='%(levelname)-s: %(message)s')
     if is_local:
@@ -161,11 +150,22 @@ def get_config(is_local):
         longopts = ['help', 'fast-open', 'pid-file=', 'log-file=', 'workers=',
                     'forbidden-ip=', 'user=', 'manager-address=', 'version']
     try:
-        config_path = find_config()
         optlist, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], shortopts, longopts)
         for key, value in optlist:
             if key == '-c':
                 config_path = value
+            elif key in ('-h', '--help'):
+                print_help(is_local)
+                sys.exit(0)
+            elif key == '--version':
+                print_shadowsocks()
+                sys.exit(0)
+            else:
+                continue
+
+        if config_path is None:
+            config_path = find_config()
+
 
         if config_path:
             logging.info('loading config from %s' % config_path)
@@ -173,11 +173,9 @@ def get_config(is_local):
                 try:
                     config = parse_json_in_str(remove_comment(f.read().decode('utf8')))
                 except ValueError as e:
-                    logging.error('found an error in config.json: %s',
-                                  e.message)
+                    logging.error('found an error in config.json: %s', str(e))
                     sys.exit(1)
-        else:
-            config = {}
+
 
         v_count = 0
         for key, value in optlist:
@@ -217,15 +215,7 @@ def get_config(is_local):
                 config['user'] = to_str(value)
             elif key == '--forbidden-ip':
                 config['forbidden_ip'] = to_str(value)
-            elif key in ('-h', '--help'):
-                if is_local:
-                    print_local_help()
-                else:
-                    print_server_help()
-                sys.exit(0)
-            elif key == '--version':
-                print_shadowsocks()
-                sys.exit(0)
+
             elif key == '-d':
                 config['daemon'] = to_str(value)
             elif key == '--pid-file':
@@ -235,6 +225,8 @@ def get_config(is_local):
             elif key == '-q':
                 v_count -= 1
                 config['verbose'] = v_count
+            else:
+                continue
     except getopt.GetoptError as e:
         print(e, file=sys.stderr)
         print_help(is_local)