diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 16dbf8e..339a690 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2022 Kaleido, Inc.
+// Copyright © 2023 Kaleido, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func configCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Prints the config info as markdown",
 		Long:  "",
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			initConfig()
+			InitConfig()
 			b, err := config.GenerateConfigMarkdown(context.Background(), "", config.GetKnownKeys())
 			fmt.Println(string(b))
 			return err
diff --git a/cmd/config_docs_test.go b/cmd/config_docs_test.go
index 812cfcd..5d24453 100644
--- a/cmd/config_docs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config_docs_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2022 Kaleido, Inc.
+// Copyright © 2023 Kaleido, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestConfigDocsUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 	// Initialize config of all plugins
-	initConfig()
+	InitConfig()
 	generatedConfig, err := config.GenerateConfigMarkdown(context.Background(), "", config.GetKnownKeys())
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	configOnDisk, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "config.md"))
diff --git a/cmd/evmconnect.go b/cmd/evmconnect.go
index add2e8f..3b3ba76 100644
--- a/cmd/evmconnect.go
+++ b/cmd/evmconnect.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var cfgFile string
 var connectorConfig config.Section
 
 func init() {
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cfgFile, "config", "f", "", "config file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfgFile, "config", "f", "", "config file")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCommand())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(configCommand())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(fftmcmd.ClientCommand())
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func Execute() error {
 	return rootCmd.Execute()
 }
 
-func initConfig() {
+func InitConfig() {
 	fftm.InitConfig()
 	connectorConfig = config.RootSection("connector")
 	ethereum.InitConfig(connectorConfig)
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func initConfig() {
 
 func run() error {
 
-	initConfig()
 	err := config.ReadConfig("evmconnect", cfgFile)
 
 	// Setup logging after reading config (even if failed), to output header correctly
diff --git a/evmconnect/main.go b/evmconnect/main.go
index 1f07855..701c372 100644
--- a/evmconnect/main.go
+++ b/evmconnect/main.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2022 Kaleido, Inc.
+// Copyright © 2023 Kaleido, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	cmd.InitConfig()
 	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)