diff --git a/src/config/cmdoptions.go b/src/config/cmdoptions.go
index 105bdbff8..3bf4f55f1 100644
--- a/src/config/cmdoptions.go
+++ b/src/config/cmdoptions.go
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	Measurements MeasurementOpts `group:"Measurements"`
 	Logging      LoggingOpts     `group:"Logging"`
 	WebUI        WebUIOpts       `group:"WebUI"`
-	Version      bool            `long:"version" mapstructure:"version" description:"Show Git build version and exit" env:"PW3_VERSION"`
 	Ping         bool            `long:"ping" mapstructure:"ping" description:"Try to connect to all configured DB-s, report errors and then exit" env:"PW3_PING"`
 	Help         bool
 }
@@ -86,13 +85,13 @@ func New(writer io.Writer) (*Options, error) {
 		if flagsErr, ok := err.(*flags.Error); ok && flagsErr.Type == flags.ErrHelp {
 			cmdOpts.Help = true
 		}
+		if !flags.WroteHelp(err) {
+			parser.WriteHelp(writer)
+		}
 	}
 	if err == nil {
 		err = validateConfig(cmdOpts)
 	}
-	if !flags.WroteHelp(err) {
-		parser.WriteHelp(writer)
-	}
 	return cmdOpts, err
 }
 
@@ -101,11 +100,6 @@ func (c Options) Verbose() bool {
 	return c.Logging.LogLevel == "debug"
 }
 
-// VersionOnly returns true if the `--version` is the only argument
-func (c Options) VersionOnly() bool {
-	return len(os.Args) == 2 && c.Version
-}
-
 func (c Options) GetConfigKind() (_ Kind, err error) {
 	if _, err := pgx.ParseConfig(c.Sources.Config); err == nil {
 		return Kind(ConfigPgURL), nil
@@ -121,9 +115,6 @@ func (c Options) GetConfigKind() (_ Kind, err error) {
 }
 
 func validateConfig(c *Options) error {
-	if c.Sources.Config == "" && !c.VersionOnly() {
-		return errors.New("--config was not specified")
-	}
 	if c.Sources.Refresh <= 1 {
 		return errors.New("--servers-refresh-loop-seconds must be greater than 1")
 	}
diff --git a/src/config/cmdoptions_test.go b/src/config/cmdoptions_test.go
index e35006898..c158f7299 100644
--- a/src/config/cmdoptions_test.go
+++ b/src/config/cmdoptions_test.go
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ func TestParseFail(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := [][]string{
-		{0: "go-test", "--version"},
+		{0: "go-test", "--help"},
 	}
 	for _, d := range tests {
 		os.Args = d
-		_, err := New(nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		c, err := New(nil)
+		assert.True(t, c.Help)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index 58a6da87e..b07bca6b3 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -114,14 +114,11 @@ func main() {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	if opts, err = config.New(os.Stdout); err != nil {
+		printVersion()
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		if !opts.Help {
 			exitCode.Store(ExitCodeConfigError)
 		}
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		return
-	}
-	if opts.VersionOnly() || opts.Help {
-		printVersion()
 		return
 	}
 	logger = log.Init(opts.Logging)