diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 954a411..ca13ce7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ For default task date time of 21:30, it should look as follows:
 DEFAULT_TIME = time(21,30,0)  # Your wanted default time
 ```
 
+Alternatively, configure the default due time (`HH:MM` format) in your `.taskrc` as follows:
+
+```
+task config default.duetime 21:30
+```
+
 Example of usage
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/pirate_add_default_time.py b/pirate_add_default_time.py
index 6e0b5a5..b2d7b08 100644
--- a/pirate_add_default_time.py
+++ b/pirate_add_default_time.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 from __future__ import print_function
 from datetime import datetime, time
-from tasklib import Task
+from tasklib import Task, TaskWarrior
 
-DEFAULT_TIME = time(22,0,0)  # Your wanted default time
+tw = TaskWarrior()
+local_zone = datetime.now().astimezone().tzinfo
+
+DEFAULT_TIME = datetime.strptime(tw.config.get("default.duetime", "22:00"), "%H:%M")
 
 def is_local_midnight(timestamp):
-    local_zone = datetime.now().astimezone().tzinfo
     return timestamp.astimezone(local_zone).time() == time(0,0,0)
 
 def set_default_time(timestamp):
-    local_zone = datetime.now().astimezone().tzinfo
     return timestamp.astimezone(local_zone).replace(
         hour=DEFAULT_TIME.hour,
         minute=DEFAULT_TIME.minute,