diff --git a/context/config_file.go b/context/config_file.go
index 48f9ce482..31294eed9 100644
--- a/context/config_file.go
+++ b/context/config_file.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ type configEntry struct {
 }
 
 func parseConfigFile(fn string) (*configEntry, error) {
+	migrateConfigFile()
+
 	f, err := os.Open(fn)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
@@ -52,3 +56,44 @@ func parseConfig(r io.Reader) (*configEntry, error) {
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find config entry for %q", defaultHostname)
 }
+
+// This is a temporary function that will migrate the config file. It can be removed
+// in January.
+//
+// If ~/.config/gh is a file, convert it to a directory and place the file
+// into ~/.config/gh/config.yml
+func migrateConfigFile() {
+	p, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh")
+	fi, err := os.Stat(p)
+	if err != nil { // This means the file doesn't exist, and that is fine.
+		return
+	}
+	if fi.Mode().IsDir() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to read config at %s", p)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = os.Remove(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to remove %s", p)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = os.MkdirAll(p, 0771)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to mkdir %s", p)
+		return
+	}
+
+	newPath := path.Join(p, "config.yml")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(newPath, []byte(content), 0771)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed write to new config path %s", newPath)
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6292fe004..e7f94a5d0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,18 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/command"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	migrateConfig()
-
 	if cmd, err := command.RootCmd.ExecuteC(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		_, isFlagError := err.(command.FlagError)
@@ -23,44 +18,3 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
-
-// This is a temporary function that will migrate the config file. It can be removed
-// in January.
-//
-// If ~/.config/gh is a file, convert it to a directory and place the file
-// into ~/.config/gh/config.yml
-func migrateConfig() {
-	p, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh")
-	fi, err := os.Stat(p)
-	if err != nil { // This means the file doesn't exist, and that is fine.
-		return
-	}
-	if fi.Mode().IsDir() {
-		return
-	}
-
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to read config at %s", p)
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = os.Remove(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to remove %s", p)
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = os.MkdirAll(p, 0771)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed to mkdir %s", p)
-		return
-	}
-
-	newPath := path.Join(p, "config.yml")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(newPath, []byte(content), 0771)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "migration error: failed write to new config path %s", newPath)
-		return
-	}
-}