diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index e1d4718..7598117 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 )
 
-//nolint:gochecknoglobals
-var Default = NewDefault()
-
 type Config struct {
 	Sort    string   `yaml:"sort"`
 	Abbrev  int      `yaml:"abbrev"`
@@ -31,8 +28,8 @@ func (c *Config) String() string {
 	})
 	var hasPrinted bool
 	for _, g := range c.Groups {
-		g.Sort()
-		if s := g.String(); s != "" {
+		g.Sort(c.Sort)
+		if s := g.String(c); s != "" {
 			if hasPrinted && c.Divider != "" {
 				result += c.Divider + "\n"
 			}
diff --git a/internal/config/group.go b/internal/config/group.go
index 3cfdc24..1468411 100644
--- a/internal/config/group.go
+++ b/internal/config/group.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func (g *Group) AddCommit(c *object.Commit) {
 	g.Commits = append(g.Commits, c)
 }
 
-func (g *Group) Sort() {
-	switch Default.Sort {
+func (g *Group) Sort(sort string) {
+	switch sort {
 	case SortAscending:
 		slices.SortStableFunc(g.Commits, func(a, b *object.Commit) int {
 			return strings.Compare(a.Message, b.Message)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (g *Group) Sort() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (g *Group) String() string {
+func (g *Group) String(conf *Config) string {
 	if len(g.Commits) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func (g *Group) String() string {
 
 	for _, commit := range g.Commits {
 		entry := "- "
-		if Default.Abbrev != HashDisabled {
-			entry += commit.Hash.String()[:Default.Abbrev] + " "
+		if conf.Abbrev != HashDisabled {
+			entry += commit.Hash.String()[:conf.Abbrev] + " "
 		}
 		entry += util.ShortMessage(commit)
 		result += entry + "\n"
diff --git a/internal/config/group_test.go b/internal/config/group_test.go
index bf9b842..f0a13a6 100644
--- a/internal/config/group_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/group_test.go
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ func TestGroup_String(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer func(abbrev int) {
-				Default.Abbrev = abbrev
-			}(Default.Abbrev)
-			Default.Abbrev = tt.abbrev
+			c := NewDefault()
+			c.Abbrev = tt.abbrev
 
 			g := &Group{
 				Title:   tt.fields.Title,
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ func TestGroup_String(t *testing.T) {
 				re:      tt.fields.re,
 				Commits: tt.fields.Commits,
 			}
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, g.String())
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, g.String(c))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/load.go b/internal/config/load.go
index 8bf1a56..70f29c4 100644
--- a/internal/config/load.go
+++ b/internal/config/load.go
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ type configFile struct {
 
 func Load(cmd *cobra.Command) (*Config, error) {
 	k := koanf.New(".")
+	conf := NewDefault()
 
 	// Load default config
-	if err := k.Load(structs.Provider(Default, "yaml"), nil); err != nil {
+	if err := k.Load(structs.Provider(conf, "yaml"), nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ func Load(cmd *cobra.Command) (*Config, error) {
 		break
 	}
 
-	if err := k.UnmarshalWithConf("", Default, koanf.UnmarshalConf{Tag: "yaml"}); err != nil {
+	if err := k.UnmarshalWithConf("", conf, koanf.UnmarshalConf{Tag: "yaml"}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for _, g := range Default.Groups {
+	for _, g := range conf.Groups {
 		if g.Regexp != "" {
 			re, err := regexp.Compile(g.Regexp)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -84,24 +85,24 @@ func Load(cmd *cobra.Command) (*Config, error) {
 			g.re = re
 		}
 	}
-	if len(Default.Groups) == 0 {
-		Default.Groups = append(Default.Groups, &Group{})
+	if len(conf.Groups) == 0 {
+		conf.Groups = append(conf.Groups, &Group{})
 	}
 
-	for _, exclude := range Default.Filters.Exclude {
+	for _, exclude := range conf.Filters.Exclude {
 		re, err := regexp.Compile(exclude)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		Default.Filters.excludeRe = append(Default.Filters.excludeRe, re)
+		conf.Filters.excludeRe = append(conf.Filters.excludeRe, re)
 	}
-	for _, exclude := range Default.Filters.Include {
+	for _, exclude := range conf.Filters.Include {
 		re, err := regexp.Compile(exclude)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		Default.Filters.includeRe = append(Default.Filters.includeRe, re)
+		conf.Filters.includeRe = append(conf.Filters.includeRe, re)
 	}
 
-	return Default, err
+	return conf, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/load_test.go b/internal/config/load_test.go
index 5a26053..7c860a2 100644
--- a/internal/config/load_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/load_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 
 		conf, err := Load(cmd.Command)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, Default, conf)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, NewDefault(), conf)
 		assert.Empty(t, conf.Filters.Include)
 		assert.Empty(t, conf.Filters.Exclude)
 		if assert.Len(t, conf.Groups, 1) {
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range cfgFileTests {
 		t.Run("loads config at "+tt.path, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer func() {
-				Default = NewDefault()
-			}()
 			cmd := newStubCmd()
 			defer cmd.close()
 
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@ groups:
 
 			conf, err := Load(cmd.Command)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, Default, conf)
 			assert.Empty(t, conf.Filters.Include)
 			assert.Len(t, conf.Filters.Exclude, 2)
 			assert.Len(t, conf.Groups, 3)