diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad704ec2f..26b2ec9c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 #### Updates
 
+- Added a `detect-strategy` setting to `~/.proto/config.toml` to configure which strategy to use when detecting a version. Accepts:
+  - `first-available` (default) - Will use the first available version that is found. Either from `.prototools` or a tool specific file (`.nvmrc`, etc).
+  - `prefer-prototools` - Prefer a `.prototools` version, even if found in a parent directory. If none found, falls back to tool specific file.
 - Added support to plugins to ignore certain paths when detecting a version.
 - WASM API
   - Added `DetectVersionOutput.ignore` field.
diff --git a/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs b/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
index 0e6dbe8c6..97d41959e 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/version_detector.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub async fn detect_version_first_available(
     start_dir: &Path,
     end_dir: &Path,
 ) -> miette::Result<Option<UnresolvedVersionSpec>> {
-    let mut current_dir: Option<&Path> = Some(&start_dir);
+    let mut current_dir: Option<&Path> = Some(start_dir);
 
     while let Some(dir) = current_dir {
         trace!(
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub async fn detect_version_prefer_prototools(
     let mut config_version = None;
     let mut config_path = None;
     let mut ecosystem_version = None;
-    let mut current_dir: Option<&Path> = Some(&start_dir);
+    let mut current_dir: Option<&Path> = Some(start_dir);
 
     while let Some(dir) = current_dir {
         trace!(