diff --git a/halfapi/app.py b/halfapi/app.py
index 1b4c70f..b215332 100644
--- a/halfapi/app.py
+++ b/halfapi/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import os
 from .halfapi import HalfAPI
-from .conf import CONFIG, SCHEMA
 from .logging import logger
+from .conf import read_config
 
-logger.info('CONFIG: %s', CONFIG)
-logger.info('SCHEMA: %s', SCHEMA)
+def application():
+    config_file = os.environ.get('HALFAPI_CONF_FILE', '.halfapi/config')
 
-application = HalfAPI(
-    CONFIG, SCHEMA or None).application
+    CONFIG = read_config([config_file])
+
+    return HalfAPI(CONFIG).application
diff --git a/halfapi/cli/domain.py b/halfapi/cli/domain.py
index 942e1db..6b4e1e3 100644
--- a/halfapi/cli/domain.py
+++ b/halfapi/cli/domain.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import importlib
 import subprocess
 
 import json
+import toml
 
 import click
 import orjson
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import uvicorn
 
 
 from .cli import cli
-from ..conf import CONFIG
 
 from ..half_domain import HalfDomain
 
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ def domain(domain, config_file, delete, update, create, read, run, dry_run):  #,
             # TODO: Connect to the create_domain function
             raise NotImplementedError
         raise Exception('Missing domain name')
+
+    if config_file:
+        CONFIG = toml.load(config_file.name)
+
+        os.environ['HALFAPI_CONF_FILE'] = config_file.name
+    else:
+        from halfapi.conf import CONFIG
+
     if create:
         raise NotImplementedError
     elif update:
@@ -152,14 +160,8 @@ def domain(domain, config_file, delete, update, create, read, run, dry_run):  #,
     elif delete:
         raise NotImplementedError
     elif read:
-        from ..conf import CONFIG
         from ..halfapi import HalfAPI
 
-        if config_file:
-            CONFIG = json.loads(''.join(
-                [ line.decode() for line in config_file.readlines() ]
-            ))
-
         halfapi = HalfAPI(CONFIG)
         click.echo(orjson.dumps(
             halfapi.domains[domain].schema(),
@@ -168,25 +170,13 @@ def domain(domain, config_file, delete, update, create, read, run, dry_run):  #,
         )
 
     else:
-        from ..conf import CONFIG
-        if 'domain' not in CONFIG:
-            CONFIG['domain'] = {}
-
-        if domain not in CONFIG['domain']:
-            CONFIG['domain'][domain] = {
-                'enabled': True,
-                'name': domain
-            }
-
-        if dry_run:
-            CONFIG['dryrun'] = True
-
-        CONFIG['domain'][domain]['enabled'] = True
-        port = CONFIG['domain'][domain].get('port', 3000)
-
+        port = CONFIG.get('port',
+            CONFIG.get('domain', {}).get('port')
+        )
         uvicorn.run(
             'halfapi.app:application',
-            port=port
+            port=port,
+            factory=True
         )
 
 
diff --git a/halfapi/conf.py b/halfapi/conf.py
index 3a57aff..3d83706 100644
--- a/halfapi/conf.py
+++ b/halfapi/conf.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ It follows the following format :
 
 """
 
-import logging
+from .logging import logger
 import os
 from os import environ
 import sys
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import uuid
 
 import toml
 
-from .logging import logger
-
 PRODUCTION = True
 LOGLEVEL = 'info'
 CONF_FILE = os.environ.get('HALFAPI_CONF_FILE', '.halfapi/config')
@@ -77,17 +75,18 @@ except FileNotFoundError:
     logger.error('Cannot find a configuration file under %s', HALFAPI_DOT_FILE)
 
 
-def read_config():
+def read_config(filenames=HALFAPI_CONFIG_FILES):
     """
     The highest index in "filenames" are the highest priorty
     """
     d_res = {}
 
-    logger.info('Reading config files %s', HALFAPI_CONFIG_FILES)
-    for CONF_FILE in HALFAPI_CONFIG_FILES:
-        d_res.update( toml.load(HALFAPI_CONFIG_FILES) )
+    logger.info('Reading config files %s', filenames)
+    for CONF_FILE in filenames:
+        if os.path.isfile(CONF_FILE):
+            d_res.update( toml.load(CONF_FILE) )
 
-    logger.info('Reading config files (result) %s', d_res)
+    logger.info('Read config files (result) %s', d_res)
     return { **d_res.get('project', {}), 'domain': d_res.get('domain', {}) }
 
 CONFIG = read_config()
diff --git a/halfapi/halfapi.py b/halfapi/halfapi.py
index d26f1e1..0118abc 100644
--- a/halfapi/halfapi.py
+++ b/halfapi/halfapi.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ It defines the following globals :
     - application (the asgi application itself - a starlette object)
 
 """
+import sys
 import logging
 import time
 import importlib
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class HalfAPI(Starlette):
         d_routes=None):
         config_logging(logging.DEBUG)
         self.config = config
+        logger.debug('HalfAPI.config: %s', self.config)
 
         SECRET = self.config.get('secret')
         PRODUCTION = self.config.get('production', True)
diff --git a/halfapi/testing/test_domain.py b/halfapi/testing/test_domain.py
index 7134ffd..295d11c 100644
--- a/halfapi/testing/test_domain.py
+++ b/halfapi/testing/test_domain.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import json
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
+import toml
 from unittest import TestCase
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 from click.testing import CliRunner
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class TestDomain(TestCase):
 
         _, self.config_file = tempfile.mkstemp()
         with open(self.config_file, 'w') as fh:
-            fh.write(json.dumps(self.halfapi_conf))
+            fh.write(toml.dumps(self.halfapi_conf))
 
         self.halfapi = HalfAPI(self.halfapi_conf)
 
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli_proj.py b/tests/cli/test_cli_proj.py
index 86fc9f6..ff14ccb 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli_proj.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli_proj.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import importlib
 import tempfile
 from unittest.mock import patch
 import json
+import toml
 
 import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
@@ -29,12 +30,16 @@ class TestCliProj():
         _, tmp_conf = tempfile.mkstemp()
         with open(tmp_conf, 'w') as fh:
             fh.write(
-                json.dumps({
+                toml.dumps({
                     'domain': {
                         'dummy_domain': {
+                            'port': 4242,
                             'name': 'dummy_domain',
                             'enabled': True
                         }
+                    },
+                    'project': {
+                        'dryrun': True
                     }
                 })
             )