diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1167408..395df2d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"os"
@@ -40,12 +41,11 @@ func setupConfig(rerun bool) (*Config, error) {
 	_, statErr := os.Stat(cfgPath)
 	if rerun || os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
 		fmt.Println("Enter the path to your Wow directory below. Use the full path without shortcuts like '~' (ex: /home/user/epoch):")
-		var s string
-		_, err = fmt.Scanln(&s)
+		s, err := readLine()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read input: %v", err)
 		}
-		newConfig.WowDir = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+		newConfig.WowDir = s
 
 		fmt.Println()
 		p, err := promptYesNo(fmt.Sprintf("Do you want to use epochcli to launch Wow? Select No if you plan on using a launcher tool like Lutris (y/n): "))
@@ -146,3 +146,12 @@ func input(prompt string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSpace(s), nil
 }
+
+func readLine() (string, error) {
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+	in, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to read input: %v", err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(in), nil
+}