diff --git a/cmd/cfg/main.go b/cmd/cfg/main.go
index ccb142eef5410054bc4359e8af877717d7376604..78047fc41c269ec9ef3407fa990bd3329fac3230 100644
--- a/cmd/cfg/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cfg/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -40,19 +40,27 @@ 	if err := fs.Parse(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if fs.NArg() < 1 {
-		return errors.New("cfg requires at least an input file")
-	}
-
 	cleanArg := func(arg string) string {
 		return strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.Ext(arg), ".")
 	}
 
-	in := fs.Arg(0)
-	if unmarshal == nil {
-		if err := fromFunc(cleanArg(fs.Arg(0))); err != nil {
+	in := os.Stdin
+	if fs.NArg() > 0 {
+		fi, err := os.Open(fs.Arg(0))
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		defer fi.Close()
+		in = fi
+
+		if unmarshal == nil {
+			if err := fromFunc(cleanArg(fs.Arg(0))); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else if unmarshal == nil {
+		unmarshal = cfg.JSON.Unmarshal
 	}
 
 	out := os.Stdout
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ 	}
 
 	var data any
 
-	inData, err := os.ReadFile(in)
+	inData, err := io.ReadAll(in)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}