diff --git a/tests/cli/test_projects.py b/tests/cli/test_projects.py
index f63f27b..4616d63 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_projects.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_projects.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_project_load_config(
         req_mocks.append(
             requests_mock.get(
                 (
-                    f"{host}/project/api/retrieve/{project_uuid}?app_name=cases_import"
+                    f"{host}/project/api/settings/retrieve/{project_uuid}?app_name=cases_import"
                     f"&setting_name={setting_name}"
                 ),
                 request_headers={"Authorization": f"Token {token}"},
diff --git a/varfish_cli/api/project.py b/varfish_cli/api/project.py
index e38a425..1c73b3f 100644
--- a/varfish_cli/api/project.py
+++ b/varfish_cli/api/project.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #: End point for retrieving projects.
 ENDPOINT_PROJECT_RETRIEVE = "/project/api/retrieve/{project_uuid}"
 #: End point for retrieving projects settings.
-ENDPOINT_PROJECT_RETRIEVE = "/project/api/settings/retrieve/{project_uuid}"
+ENDPOINT_PROJECT_SETTING_RETRIEVE = "/project/api/settings/retrieve/{project_uuid}"
 
 
 def project_list(
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ def project_settings_retrieve(
     query = "&".join(queries)
     if query:
         query = f"?{query}"
-    endpoint = f"{server_url}{ENDPOINT_PROJECT_RETRIEVE}{query}".format(project_uuid=project_uuid)
+    endpoint = f"{server_url}{ENDPOINT_PROJECT_SETTING_RETRIEVE}{query}".format(project_uuid=project_uuid)
     logger.debug("Sending GET request to end point %s", endpoint)
     headers = {"Authorization": "Token %s" % api_token}
     result = requests.get(endpoint, headers=headers, verify=verify_ssl)
     raise_for_status(result)
-    print(result.json())
     return pydantic.TypeAdapter(SettingsEntry).validate_python(result.json())
diff --git a/varfish_cli/cli/projects.py b/varfish_cli/cli/projects.py
index 5951756..58d4723 100644
--- a/varfish_cli/cli/projects.py
+++ b/varfish_cli/cli/projects.py
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 """Implementation of varfish-cli subcommand "projects *"."""
 
+import os
+
+try:
+    import tomllib
+    from tomllib import TOMLDecodeError
+except ImportError:
+    import toml as tomllib
+    from toml import TomlDecodeError as TOMLDecodeError
+
 import typing
 import uuid
 
@@ -7,6 +16,7 @@
 import typer
 
 from varfish_cli import api, common
+from varfish_cli.cli import DEFAULT_PATH_VARFISHRC
 from varfish_cli.cli.common import ListObjects, RetrieveObject
 from varfish_cli.common import OutputFormat
 from varfish_cli.config import CommonOptions
@@ -86,6 +96,10 @@ def cli_project_load_config(
     project_uuid: typing.Annotated[
         uuid.UUID, typer.Argument(..., help="UUID of the object to retrieve")
     ],
+    config_path: typing.Annotated[
+        str,
+        typer.Option("--config-path", help="Path to configuration file", envvar="VARFISH_RC_PATH"),
+    ] = DEFAULT_PATH_VARFISHRC,
     output_file: typing.Annotated[
         str, typer.Option("--output-file", help="Path to file to write to")
     ] = "-",
@@ -121,4 +135,16 @@ def cli_project_load_config(
 
     logger.info("... all data retrieved, updating config...")
 
+    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
+        with open(config_path, "rt") as tomlf:
+            try:
+                config_toml = tomllib.loads(tomlf.read())
+            except TOMLDecodeError as e:
+                logger.error("could not parse configuration file %s: %s", config_path, e)
+                raise typer.Exit(1)
+    else:
+        config_toml = {}
+
+    config_toml.setdefault("paths", [])
+
     print(kwargs)
diff --git a/varfish_cli/config.py b/varfish_cli/config.py
index 5b60a6b..53e5c09 100644
--- a/varfish_cli/config.py
+++ b/varfish_cli/config.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def load_config(config_path: str) -> typing.Tuple[typing.Optional[str], typing.O
                 logger.debug("global/varfish_server_url not set in %s", config_path)
             toml_varfish_api_token = config_toml.get("global", {}).get("varfish_api_token")
             if toml_varfish_api_token:
-                logger.debug("using global/varfish_server_url from %s", config_path)
+                logger.debug("using global/varfish_api_token from %s", config_path)
             else:
                 logger.debug("global/varfish_api_token not set in %s", config_path)