diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b1a813c..f7fe4b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ COPY --chmod=0755 output/simple_object_storage.${TARGETARCH} /sos/sos
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 80
 
-# Run server (assuming config is mounted at /data/config.json)
+# Run server (assuming config is mounted at /data/sos_config.json)
 CMD ["/sos/sos"] 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10f9c02..6adefbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ docker build -t simple-object-storage .
 docker run -d \
   -p 8080:8080 \
   -v /path/to/storage:/data/storage \
-  -v /path/to/config.json:/data/sos_config.json:ro \
+  -v /path/to/sos_config.json:/data/sos_config.json:ro \
   --name object-storage \
   simple-object-storage
 ```
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This will:
 - Mount your config directory to the container
 - Run the service in detached mode
 
-Ensure that the `storage_path` set in the `config.json` is `/data/storage`, the path inside the container.
+Ensure that the `storage_path` set in the `sos_config.json` is `/data/storage`, the path inside the container.
 
 ### Using Docker Compose
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
       - "8080:8080"
     volumes:
       - /path/to/storage:/data/storage
-      - /path/to/config.json:/data/sos_config.json:ro
+      - /path/to/sos_config.json:/data/sos_config.json:ro
     restart: unless-stopped
 ```
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ docker-compose up -d
 
 ## Configuration
 
-The server can be configured by creating a JSON configuration file at `~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json`. Default values are shown below (everything but write tokens), suitable for running in Docker.
+The server can be configured by creating a JSON configuration file at `~/.config/simple_object_storage/sos_config.json`. Default values are shown below (everything but write tokens), suitable for running in Docker.
 
 ```json
 {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d82fa0c..467476f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ std::filesystem::path get_config_path() {
     // check for config in the following paths:
     std::vector<std::filesystem::path> config_paths = {
         "/data/sos_config.json",
-        _home / ".config/simple_object_storage/config.json",
-        _exe / ".." / ".test" / "config.json",
+        _home / ".config/simple_object_storage/sos_config.json",
+        "sos_config.json", 
         "/testing/sos_config.json"
     };
 
diff --git a/testing/config.json b/testing/sos_config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/config.json
rename to testing/sos_config.json
diff --git a/testing/test-docker.sh b/testing/test-docker.sh
index 16df956..1584b40 100755
--- a/testing/test-docker.sh
+++ b/testing/test-docker.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ docker buildx build --no-cache --load -t gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-stora
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # run the docker container
 title "Running docker container"
-export LOCALCONFIG="${SCRIPT_DIR}/config.json"
+export LOCALCONFIG="${SCRIPT_DIR}/sos_config.json"
 export COMPOSE_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/compose.yaml"
 
 [ -f "${LOCALCONFIG}" ] || die "Config file not found: ${LOCALCONFIG}"
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ export COMPOSE_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/compose.yaml"
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 title "Running tests"
 
+PREV_DIR=$(pwd)
+cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}"
+
 docker stop sos-test || true
-docker rm sos-test || true
+docker rm -v sos-test || true
 
 LOCALCONFIG=${LOCALCONFIG} docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d
 
@@ -77,7 +80,6 @@ if ! wait_for_container "sos-test"; then
     echo "Container sos-test is not healthy"
     echo "----------------------------------------"
     docker logs sos-test
-    docker inspect sos-test
     die "Container sos-test is not healthy"
 fi
 
@@ -89,5 +91,7 @@ RESULT=$?
 docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" down
 docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" rm -v
 
+cd "${PREV_DIR}"
+
 exit $RESULT
 
diff --git a/testing/test.sh b/testing/test.sh
index c40b150..f1c1fff 100755
--- a/testing/test.sh
+++ b/testing/test.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json
-CONFIG_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/config.json"
+# read sos_config.json
+CONFIG_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/sos_config.json"
 if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]; then
     echo "config file not found at ${CONFIG_PATH}"
     exit 1
diff --git a/testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh b/testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh
index 4899272..00bf1a6 100755
--- a/testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh
+++ b/testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 
-# read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json
-CONFIG_PATH="./config.json"
+# read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/sos_config.json
+CONFIG_PATH="./sos_config.json"
 if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]; then
     echo "config file not found at ${CONFIG_PATH}"
     exit 1