diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index eb2a1e15..bc783d88 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include *.md
 include alembic.ini
-include config.toml
+include dev_config.toml
 include environment.yml
 include init_db.py
 include .flake8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97f63f68..5703bc57 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pip install -e .
 Use the CLI to create a `Quetz` instance:
 
 ```bash
-quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./config.toml --dev --reload
+quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./dev_config.toml --dev --reload
 ```
 
 Links:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ sudo -u postgres psql -h localhost -c 'CREATE DATABASE quetz OWNER postgres;'
 
 ### Deploying Quetz with PostgreSQL backend
 
-Then in your configuration file (such as `config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
+Then in your configuration file (such as `dev_config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
 
 ```ini
 [sqlalchemy]
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef594291..00000000
--- a/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-[general]
-dev = true
-
-[github]
-# Register the app here: https://github.com/settings/applications/new
-# Use a callback URL like `http://localhost:8000/auth/github/authorize`
-client_id = "37cdbb80c7733e2a1831"
-client_secret = "75e648e981545902ab7802de94e2f2707c8e0ff8"
-
-[sqlalchemy]
-database_url = "sqlite:///./quetz.sqlite"
-
-[session]
-# openssl rand -hex 32
-secret = "b72376b88e6f249cb0921052ea8a092381ca17fd8bb0caf4d847e337b3d34cf8"
-https_only = false
-
-[logging]
-level = "DEBUG"
-file = "quetz.log"
-
-[users]
-admins = ["dummy:alice"]
-
-[profiling]
-enable_sampling = false
-
diff --git a/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst b/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
index 6a2cbf96..1908755b 100644
--- a/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Config file
 
 Most functionalities of quetz can be configured with a config file in toml format, such as this one:
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../../../config.toml
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../dev_config.toml
 
 
 ``sqlalchemy`` section
diff --git a/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst b/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
index 70630deb..a25b2248 100644
--- a/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
+++ b/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Few scripts are provided to perform a manual integration test of package signing
 This is intended to be used by channels owners/maintainers to get familiar with the workflow of generating TUF roles (delegations, etc.) and push them on a Quetz server.
 
 For that, simply run the 2 following commands from your quetz source directory:
-- `quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./config.toml --dev --reload --delete` to get an up and running server
+- `quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./dev_config.toml --dev --reload --delete` to get an up and running server
 - `python plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/test_script.py` to generate TUF roles, push them on the server but also push an empty `test-package` package
 
 then just test from client side: `micromamba create -n foo -c http://127.0.0.1:8000/get/channel0 test-package --no-rc -y -vvv --repodata-ttl=0 --experimental --verify-artifacts`
diff --git a/quetz/cli.py b/quetz/cli.py
index 53bd45ac..a8eea2be 100644
--- a/quetz/cli.py
+++ b/quetz/cli.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def create(
     ],
     copy_conf: Annotated[
         Optional[str],
-        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. config.toml)"),
+        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. dev_config.toml)"),
     ] = None,
     create_conf: Annotated[
         bool,
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def create(
         shutil.copyfile(copy_conf, config_file)
 
     if not config_file.exists() and create_conf:
-        conf = create_config(https=str(config.is_dev() if config else True))
+        conf = create_config(https=str(config.is_dev() if config else True).lower())
         with open(config_file, "w") as f:
             f.write(conf)
 
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def run(
     path: Annotated[str, typer.Argument(help="The path of the deployment")],
     copy_conf: Annotated[
         Optional[str],
-        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. config.toml)"),
+        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. dev_config.toml)"),
     ] = None,
     create_conf: Annotated[
         bool,
diff --git a/quetz/config.py b/quetz/config.py
index b0782030..b627c095 100644
--- a/quetz/config.py
+++ b/quetz/config.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import logging.config
 import os
 from distutils.util import strtobool
+from pathlib import Path
 from secrets import token_bytes
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Type, Union
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class Config:
         ConfigSection(
             "general",
             [
-                ConfigEntry("dev", bool, required=True),
+                ConfigEntry("dev", bool, required=True, default=False),
                 ConfigEntry("package_unpack_threads", int, 1),
                 ConfigEntry("frontend_dir", str, default=""),
                 ConfigEntry("redirect_http_to_https", bool, False),
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ def __new__(cls, deployment_config: str = None):
             return cls._instances[None]
 
         try:
-            path = os.path.abspath(cls.find_file(deployment_config))
+            path = str(Path(cls.find_file(deployment_config)).absolute().resolve())
         except TypeError:
             # if not config path exists, set it to empty string.
             path = ""
diff --git a/set_env_dev.sh b/set_env_dev.sh
index e52e0089..145e17d2 100755
--- a/set_env_dev.sh
+++ b/set_env_dev.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export QUETZ_CONFIG_FILE="${PWD}/config.toml"
+export QUETZ_CONFIG_FILE="${PWD}/dev_config.toml"