diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 9526bee..428f848 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ function setup_test_environment() {
     log_info "Setting up test environment..."
     CLEANUP_NEEDED=true
     
-    # Create test directory
+    # Create test directory structure
     rm -rf "${TEST_DIR}"
     mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}/storage"
     mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}/test_files"
+    mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}/config"
     
     # Generate hashed token
     log_info "Generating authentication token..."
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ function setup_test_environment() {
         die "Failed to generate hashed token"
     fi
     
-    # Create test configuration
-    cat > "${TEST_DIR}/sos_config.json" <<EOF
+    # Create test configuration in config directory
+    cat > "${TEST_DIR}/config/sos_config.json" <<EOF
 {
   "write_tokens": ["${HASHED_TOKEN}"]
 }
@@ -120,33 +121,16 @@ function start_test_server() {
     log_info "Starting SOS test server on port ${TEST_PORT}..."
     
     # Ensure the config file exists and is readable
-    if [ ! -f "${TEST_DIR}/sos_config.json" ]; then
-        die "Config file ${TEST_DIR}/sos_config.json does not exist"
+    if [ ! -f "${TEST_DIR}/config/sos_config.json" ]; then
+        die "Config file ${TEST_DIR}/config/sos_config.json does not exist"
     fi
     
-    # Use absolute path for volume mount to avoid issues in CI
-    # Use realpath if available, otherwise fallback to readlink or pwd
-    if command -v realpath &> /dev/null; then
-        local config_path=$(realpath "${TEST_DIR}/sos_config.json")
-        local storage_path=$(realpath "${TEST_DIR}/storage")
-    elif command -v readlink &> /dev/null; then
-        local config_path=$(readlink -f "${TEST_DIR}/sos_config.json")
-        local storage_path=$(readlink -f "${TEST_DIR}/storage")
-    else
-        # Fallback to constructing absolute path manually
-        local config_path="$(cd "${TEST_DIR}" && pwd)/sos_config.json"
-        local storage_path="$(cd "${TEST_DIR}" && pwd)/storage"
-    fi
-    
-    log_info "Using config path: ${config_path}"
-    log_info "Using storage path: ${storage_path}"
-    
-    # Start the container (server runs on port 80 inside container)
+    # Start the container without mounting config file (will use docker cp instead)
+    # Only mount the storage directory
     local container_id=$(docker run -d \
         --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" \
         -p "${TEST_PORT}:80" \
-        -v "${config_path}:/data/sos_config.json:ro" \
-        -v "${storage_path}:/data/storage" \
+        -v "${TEST_DIR}/storage:/data/storage" \
         gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-server 2>&1)
     
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -156,8 +140,25 @@ function start_test_server() {
     
     log_info "Container started with ID: ${container_id:0:12}"
     
-    # Give container a moment to initialize
-    sleep 2
+    # Copy the config file into the container using docker cp
+    log_info "Copying config file into container..."
+    docker cp "${TEST_DIR}/config/sos_config.json" "${CONTAINER_NAME}:/data/sos_config.json"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        log_error "Failed to copy config file into container"
+        docker logs "${CONTAINER_NAME}" 2>&1
+        die "Failed to copy config file"
+    fi
+    
+    # Restart the container to pick up the config file
+    log_info "Restarting container to load config..."
+    docker restart "${CONTAINER_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        log_error "Failed to restart container"
+        die "Failed to restart container"
+    fi
+    
+    # Give container a moment to initialize after restart
+    sleep 3
     
     # Check if container is still running
     if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${CONTAINER_NAME}$"; then
@@ -165,12 +166,10 @@ function start_test_server() {
         docker logs "${CONTAINER_NAME}" 2>&1
         
         # Additional debugging for CI environment
-        log_error "Debug: Checking mounted paths in container:"
-        docker run --rm -v "${config_path}:/data/sos_config.json:ro" alpine ls -la /data/ 2>&1 || true
-        log_error "Debug: Config file on host:"
-        ls -la "${config_path}" 2>&1 || true
-        log_error "Debug: Config file contents:"
-        cat "${config_path}" 2>&1 || true
+        log_error "Debug: Checking /data directory in container:"
+        docker exec "${CONTAINER_NAME}" ls -la /data/ 2>&1 || true
+        log_error "Debug: Config file in container:"
+        docker exec "${CONTAINER_NAME}" cat /data/sos_config.json 2>&1 || true
         
         die "Container failed to stay running"
     fi