diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 8b27fe6038..9eeb1b5986 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test WebPageReplay with Chrome  
       run: docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --rm -v "$(pwd)":/sitespeed.io -e REPLAY=true -e LATENCY=100 sitespeedio/sitespeed.io https://www.sitespeed.io -n 3 -b chrome 
     - name: Test WebPageReplay with Firefox  
-      run: docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --rm -v "$(pwd)":/sitespeed.io --network=host -e REPLAY=true -e LATENCY=100 sitespeedio/sitespeed.io https://www.sitespeed.io -n 3 -b firefox --browsertime.firefox.acceptInsecureCerts true
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+      run: docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --rm -v "$(pwd)":/sitespeed.io --network=host -e REPLAY=true -e LATENCY=100 sitespeedio/sitespeed.io https://www.sitespeed.io -n 3 -b firefox --browsertime.firefox.acceptInsecureCerts true
+    - name: Run Chrome test with config
+      run: docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/sitespeed.io --network=host  sitespeedio/sitespeed.io http://127.0.0.1:3001 -b chrome --config test/exampleConfig.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 76d8972ce8..5005970287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -67,4 +67,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run test with Influx 1.8
       run: bin/sitespeed.js http://127.0.0.1:3001/simple/ -n 1 --influxdb.host 127.0.0.1 --xvfb --logToFile
     - name: Run test with Influx 2.6.1
-      run: bin/sitespeed.js http://127.0.0.1:3001/simple/ -n 1 --influxdb.host 127.0.0.1 --influxdb.port 8087 --influxdb.version 2 --influxdb.organisation sitespeed --influxdb.token sitespeed --xvfb
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+      run: bin/sitespeed.js http://127.0.0.1:3001/simple/ -n 1 --influxdb.host 127.0.0.1 --influxdb.port 8087 --influxdb.version 2 --influxdb.organisation sitespeed --influxdb.token sitespeed --xvfb
+    - name: Run Chrome test with config
+      run: node bin/sitespeed.js --config test/exampleConfig.json http://127.0.0.1:3001/simple/ --xvfb
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/safari.yml b/.github/workflows/safari.yml
index ea5cb41a4d..e799fd417d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/safari.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/safari.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ jobs:
       run: (serve test/data/html/ -l 3001&)
     - name: Run test
       run: bin/sitespeed.js -b safari http://127.0.0.1:3001/
+    - name: Run Safari test with config
+      run: node bin/sitespeed.js -b safari --config test/exampleConfig.json http://127.0.0.1:3001/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 2c76fe1dbd..fcf992a5f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run Edge test with scripting
       run: node bin/sitespeed.js -b edge --multi test/prepostscripts/multiWindows.cjs -n 1
       shell: cmd
+    - name: Run Edge test with config
+      run: node bin/sitespeed.js -b edge --config test/exampleConfig.json https://www.sitespeed.io/
+      shell: cmd
     
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diff --git a/lib/cli/cli.js b/lib/cli/cli.js
index 5c3f400799..655856e296 100644
--- a/lib/cli/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli/cli.js
@@ -2064,9 +2064,7 @@ export async function parseCommandLine() {
 
   if (argv.config) {
     const config = JSON.parse(
-      await readFileSync(
-        new URL(resolve(process.cwd(), argv.config), import.meta.url)
-      )
+      await readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), argv.config))
     );
     explicitOptions = merge(explicitOptions, config);
   }
diff --git a/test/exampleConfig.json b/test/exampleConfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba0fb8b73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/exampleConfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "browsertime": {
+        "iterations" : 1
+    }
+}
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