diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73fab07..47913b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # will have compiled files and executables
 debug/
 target/
+config/settings.development.yml
+config/settings.production.yml
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/src/config/reportinator.rs b/src/config/reportinator.rs
index a575bfa..1665e62 100644
--- a/src/config/reportinator.rs
+++ b/src/config/reportinator.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ pub fn config<'a>() -> &'a Config {
     CONFIG.get().unwrap()
 }
 
-pub fn set_config(config: Config) {
-    CONFIG.set(config).expect("Failed to set  config");
+pub fn set_config(config: Config) -> Result<(), Config> {
+    CONFIG.set(config)
 }
diff --git a/src/domain_objects/report_request.rs b/src/domain_objects/report_request.rs
index 1672755..0081a6c 100644
--- a/src/domain_objects/report_request.rs
+++ b/src/domain_objects/report_request.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ impl Display for ReportRequest {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::config::{
+        reportinator::{self, Config as ReportinatorConfig},
+        Config,
+    };
     use nostr_sdk::nips::nip56::Report;
     use serde_json::json;
     use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -138,6 +142,12 @@ mod tests {
     fn setup_test_environment(
         event_target: bool,
     ) -> (ReportRequest, ReportTarget, PublicKey, Option<String>) {
+        let config = Config::new("config").unwrap();
+        let app_config = config.get::<ReportinatorConfig>().unwrap();
+        if let Err(_config) = reportinator::set_config(app_config) {
+            // We need the config for this test. Ignore the error if it was already set
+        }
+
         let reported_secret = "a39b6f282044c4812c1729a783f32d974ed13072632f08201f52d083593d6e76";
         let reported_keys = Keys::parse(reported_secret).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dccff24..483168b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let config = Config::new("config")?;
-
     tracing_subscriber::registry()
         .with(fmt::layer())
         .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
         .init();
 
+    let config = Config::new("config")?;
     let app_config = config.get::<ReportinatorConfig>()?;
     // There are places that are non-trivial to pass app_config to,
     //   so we will set a global here for the interim.
-    config::reportinator::set_config(app_config.clone());
+    config::reportinator::set_config(app_config.clone()).expect("Failed to set config");
 
     let reportinator_public_key = app_config.keys.public_key();
     info!(