diff --git a/apprise/AppriseConfig.py b/apprise/AppriseConfig.py
index 21780425..a07ef4b4 100644
--- a/apprise/AppriseConfig.py
+++ b/apprise/AppriseConfig.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class AppriseConfig(object):
                 return_status = False
                 continue
 
+            logger.debug("Loading configuration: {}".format(_config))
+
             # Instantiate ourselves an object, this function throws or
             # returns None if it fails
             instance = AppriseConfig.instantiate(_config, asset=asset, tag=tag)
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ class AppriseConfig(object):
 
             # Some basic validation
             if schema not in config.SCHEMA_MAP:
-                logger.debug('Unsupported schema {}.'.format(schema))
+                logger.warning('Unsupported schema {}.'.format(schema))
                 return None
 
         # Parse our url details of the server object as dictionary containing
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ class AppriseConfig(object):
 
         if not results:
             # Failed to parse the server URL
-            logger.debug('Unparseable URL {}.'.format(url))
+            logger.warning('Unparseable URL {}.'.format(url))
             return None
 
         # Build a list of tags to associate with the newly added notifications
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ class AppriseConfig(object):
 
             except Exception:
                 # the arguments are invalid or can not be used.
-                logger.debug('Could not load URL: %s' % url)
+                logger.warning('Could not load URL: %s' % url)
                 return None
 
         else:
diff --git a/apprise/cli.py b/apprise/cli.py
index 5592717a..a895f350 100644
--- a/apprise/cli.py
+++ b/apprise/cli.py
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=['-h', '--help'])
 
 # Define our default configuration we use if nothing is otherwise specified
 DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS = (
-    'file://~/.apprise',
-    'file://~/.apprise.yml',
-    'file://~/.config/apprise',
-    'file://~/.config/apprise.yml',
+    '~/.apprise',
+    '~/.apprise.yml',
+    '~/.config/apprise',
+    '~/.config/apprise.yml',
 )
 
 
diff --git a/apprise/config/ConfigBase.py b/apprise/config/ConfigBase.py
index 2aa26cc9..d5acc4af 100644
--- a/apprise/config/ConfigBase.py
+++ b/apprise/config/ConfigBase.py
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                 schema = GET_SCHEMA_RE.match(_url)
                 if schema is None:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
-                        'Unsupported schema in urls entry #{}'.format(no))
+                        'Unsupported schema in urls entry #{}'.format(no + 1))
                     continue
 
                 # Ensure our schema is always in lower case
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                 if schema not in plugins.SCHEMA_MAP:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
                         'Unsupported schema {} in urls entry #{}'.format(
-                            schema, no))
+                            schema, no + 1))
                     continue
 
                 # Parse our url details of the server object as dictionary
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                 if _results is None:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
                         'Unparseable {} based url; entry #{}'.format(
-                            schema, no))
+                            schema, no + 1))
                     continue
 
                 # add our results to our global set
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                 schema = GET_SCHEMA_RE.match(_url)
                 if schema is None:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
-                        'Unsupported schema in urls entry #{}'.format(no))
+                        'Unsupported schema in urls entry #{}'.format(no + 1))
                     continue
 
                 # Ensure our schema is always in lower case
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                 if schema not in plugins.SCHEMA_MAP:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
                         'Unsupported schema {} in urls entry #{}'.format(
-                            schema, no))
+                            schema, no + 1))
                     continue
 
                 # Parse our url details of the server object as dictionary
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
             else:
                 # Unsupported
                 ConfigBase.logger.warning(
-                    'Unsupported apprise yaml entry #{}'.format(no))
+                    'Unsupported apprise yaml entry #{}'.format(no + 1))
                 continue
 
             # Track our entries
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                     _results['tag'] = global_tags
 
                 ConfigBase.logger.trace(
-                    'URL no.{} {} unpacked as:{}{}'
-                    .format(os.linesep, no, url, os.linesep.join(
+                    'URL #{}: {} unpacked as:{}{}'
+                    .format(no + 1, url, os.linesep, os.linesep.join(
                         ['{}="{}"'.format(k, a)
                          for k, a in _results.items()])))
 
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
                     # the arguments are invalid or can not be used.
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
                         'Could not load apprise yaml entry #{}, item #{}'
-                        .format(no, entry))
+                        .format(no + 1, entry))
                     continue
 
                 # if we reach here, we successfully loaded our data
diff --git a/apprise/config/ConfigFile.py b/apprise/config/ConfigFile.py
index eddffc21..e9ab93bf 100644
--- a/apprise/config/ConfigFile.py
+++ b/apprise/config/ConfigFile.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import re
 import io
 import os
+from os.path import expanduser
 from .ConfigBase import ConfigBase
 from ..common import ConfigFormat
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class ConfigFile(ConfigBase):
 
         """
 
-        results = ConfigBase.parse_url(url)
+        results = ConfigBase.parse_url(url, verify_host=False)
         if not results:
             # We're done early; it's not a good URL
             return results
@@ -158,5 +159,5 @@ class ConfigFile(ConfigBase):
         if not match:
             return None
 
-        results['path'] = match.group('path')
+        results['path'] = expanduser(ConfigFile.unquote(match.group('path')))
         return results