diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py
index d248eeda..507d5798 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py
@@ -121,15 +121,12 @@ class Expiry:
         )
 
 
-def main(args):
+def main(args=None):
     """Expire mailboxes and messages according to chatmail config"""
     parser = ArgumentParser(description=main.__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
         "chatmail_ini", action="store", help="path pointing to chatmail.ini file"
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "mailboxes_dir", action="store", help="path to directory of mailboxes"
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--days", action="store", help="assume date to be days older than now"
     )
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ def main(args):
         action="store_true",
         help="actually remove all expired files and dirs",
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args([str(x) for x in args])
+    args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
     config = read_config(args.chatmail_ini)
     now = datetime.utcnow().timestamp()
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@ def main(args):
 
     maxnum = int(args.maxnum) if args.maxnum else None
     exp = Expiry(config, dry=not args.remove, now=now, verbose=args.verbose)
-    for mailbox in iter_mailboxes(os.path.abspath(args.mailboxes_dir), maxnum=maxnum):
+    for mailbox in iter_mailboxes(str(config.mailboxes_dir), maxnum=maxnum):
         exp.process_mailbox_stat(mailbox)
     print(exp.get_summary())
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/fsreport.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/fsreport.py
index 8ad884b0..e4f7380f 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/fsreport.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/fsreport.py
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ command line tool to analyze mailbox message storage
 
 example invocation:
 
-    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /home/vmail/mail/example.org
+    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /path/to/chatmail.ini
 
 to show storage summaries for all "cur" folders
 
-    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /home/vmail/mail/example.org --mdir cur
+    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /path/to/chatmail.ini --mdir cur
 
 to show storage summaries only for first 1000 mailboxes
 
-    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /home/vmail/mail/example.org --maxnum 1000
+    python -m chatmaild.fsreport /path/to/chatmail.ini --maxnum 1000
 
 """
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import os
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from chatmaild.config import read_config
 from chatmaild.expire import iter_mailboxes
 
 DAYSECONDS = 24 * 60 * 60
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ def main(args=None):
     """Report about filesystem storage usage of all mailboxes and messages"""
     parser = ArgumentParser(description=main.__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
-        "mailboxes_dir", action="store", help="path to directory of mailboxes"
+        "chatmail_ini", action="store", help="path pointing to chatmail.ini file"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--days",
@@ -155,13 +156,15 @@ def main(args=None):
 
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
+    config = read_config(args.chatmail_ini)
+
     now = datetime.utcnow().timestamp()
     if args.days:
         now = now - 86400 * int(args.days)
 
     maxnum = int(args.maxnum) if args.maxnum else None
     rep = Report(now=now, min_login_age=int(args.min_login_age), mdir=args.mdir)
-    for mbox in iter_mailboxes(os.path.abspath(args.mailboxes_dir), maxnum=maxnum):
+    for mbox in iter_mailboxes(str(config.mailboxes_dir), maxnum=maxnum):
         rep.process_mailbox_stat(mbox)
     rep.dump_summary()
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_delete_inactive_users.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_delete_inactive_users.py
index 7257fb85..5e662e4e 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_delete_inactive_users.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_delete_inactive_users.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def test_delete_inactive_users(example_config):
         args=[
             "--remove",
             str(example_config._inipath),
-            str(example_config.mailboxes_dir),
         ]
     )
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_expire.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_expire.py
index 041b734a..7ef7b51f 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_expire.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_expire.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ from chatmaild.expire import main as expiry_main
 from chatmaild.fsreport import main as report_main
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def basedir1(tmp_path):
-    basedir1 = tmp_path.joinpath("mailbox1@example.org")
+def fill_mbox(basedir):
+    basedir1 = basedir.joinpath("mailbox1@example.org")
     basedir1.mkdir()
     password = basedir1.joinpath("password")
     password.write_text("xxx")
@@ -39,7 +38,8 @@ def create_new_messages(basedir, relpaths, size=1000, days=0):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def mbox1(basedir1):
+def mbox1(example_config):
+    basedir1 = fill_mbox(example_config.mailboxes_dir)
     return MailboxStat(basedir1)
 
 
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def test_stats_mailbox(mbox1):
     assert mbox3.last_login is None
 
 
-def test_report(mbox1):
-    args = (str(Path(mbox1.basedir).parent),)
+def test_report(mbox1, example_config):
+    args = (str(example_config._inipath),)
     report_main(args)
     args = list(args) + "--days 1".split()
     report_main(args)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_report(mbox1):
 
 
 def test_expiry_cli_basic(example_config, mbox1):
-    args = example_config._inipath, Path(mbox1.basedir).parent
+    args = (example_config._inipath,)
     expiry_main(args)
 
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_expiry_cli_old_files(capsys, example_config, mbox1):
 
     create_new_messages(mbox1.basedir, ["cur/shouldstay"], size=1000 * 300, days=1)
 
-    args = example_config._inipath, Path(mbox1.basedir).parent, "--remove", "-v"
+    args = str(example_config._inipath), "--remove", "-v"
     expiry_main(args)
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()