diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30e522a..6cd619a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "repository": {
     "url": "git+https://github.com/Digital-Alchemy-TS/core"
   },
-  "version": "0.3.9",
+  "version": "0.3.10",
   "author": {
     "url": "https://github.com/zoe-codez",
     "name": "Zoe Codez"
diff --git a/src/extensions/wiring.extension.ts b/src/extensions/wiring.extension.ts
index eb37d0d..e7b2525 100644
--- a/src/extensions/wiring.extension.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/wiring.extension.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from "events";
-import { exit } from "process";
+import minimist from "minimist";
+import { argv, exit } from "process";
 
 import {
   ApplicationConfigurationOptions,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   DOWN,
   each,
   eachSeries,
+  findKey,
   GetApis,
   GetApisResult,
   LibraryConfigurationOptions,
@@ -189,6 +191,11 @@ function CreateBoilerplate() {
           "Configuration property for cache provider, does not apply to memory caching",
         type: "string",
       },
+      TRACE_CONFIG: {
+        default: false,
+        description: "Boot the app through configuration, then exit",
+        type: "boolean",
+      },
     },
     name: "boilerplate",
     // > 🐔 🥚 dependencies
@@ -521,6 +528,12 @@ function BuildSortOrder<
   return out;
 }
 
+const isTraceConfig = () => {
+  const keys = minimist(argv);
+  const target = findKey(Object.keys(keys), ["TRACE_CONFIG"]);
+  return !is.empty(target);
+};
+
 let startup: Date;
 
 // # Lifecycle runners
@@ -537,6 +550,8 @@ async function Bootstrap<
     );
   }
   internal = new InternalDefinition();
+  const isTrace = isTraceConfig();
+  // const
   internal.boot = {
     application,
     completedLifecycleEvents: new Set(),
diff --git a/src/helpers/config-environment-loader.helper.ts b/src/helpers/config-environment-loader.helper.ts
index 1090c03..4ae7e1d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/config-environment-loader.helper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/config-environment-loader.helper.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   AbstractConfig,
   ConfigLoaderParams,
   ConfigLoaderReturn,
+  findKey,
   ModuleConfiguration,
 } from "./config.helper";
 
@@ -26,17 +27,7 @@ export async function ConfigLoaderEnvironment<
       const configPath = `${project}.${key}`;
 
       // Find an applicable switch
-      const flag =
-        // Find an exact match (if available) first
-        search.find((line) => switchKeys.includes(line)) ||
-        // Do case insensitive searches
-        search.find((line) => {
-          const match = new RegExp(
-            `^${line.replaceAll(new RegExp("[-_]", "gi"), "[-_]?")}$`,
-            "gi",
-          );
-          return switchKeys.some((item) => item.match(match));
-        });
+      const flag = findKey(search, switchKeys);
       if (flag) {
         const formattedFlag = switchKeys.find((key) =>
           search.some((line) =>
@@ -66,17 +57,7 @@ export async function ConfigLoaderEnvironment<
         return;
       }
       // Find an environment variable
-      const environment =
-        // Find an exact match (if available) first
-        search.find((line) => environmentKeys.includes(line)) ||
-        // Do case insensitive searches
-        search.find((line) => {
-          const match = new RegExp(
-            `^${line.replaceAll(new RegExp("[-_]", "gi"), "[-_]?")}$`,
-            "gi",
-          );
-          return environmentKeys.some((item) => item.match(match));
-        });
+      const environment = findKey(search, environmentKeys);
       if (is.empty(environment)) {
         return;
       }
diff --git a/src/helpers/config-file-loader.helper.ts b/src/helpers/config-file-loader.helper.ts
index f087cb6..72eb087 100644
--- a/src/helpers/config-file-loader.helper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/config-file-loader.helper.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ const isWindows = platform === "win32";
 
 export const SUPPORTED_CONFIG_EXTENSIONS = ["json", "ini", "yaml", "yml"];
 function withExtensions(path: string): string[] {
-  return [path, ...SUPPORTED_CONFIG_EXTENSIONS.map((i) => `${path}.${i}`)];
+  return [path, join(path, "config")].flatMap((path) => [
+    path,
+    ...SUPPORTED_CONFIG_EXTENSIONS.map((i) => `${path}.${i}`),
+  ]);
 }
 
 export function configFilePaths(name = "digital-alchemy"): string[] {
   const out: string[] = [];
   if (!isWindows) {
-    out.push(
-      ...withExtensions(join(`/etc`, name, "config")),
-      ...withExtensions(join(`/etc`, `${name}`)),
-    );
+    out.push(...withExtensions(join(`/etc`, `${name}`)));
   }
   let current = cwd();
   let next: string;
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ export function configFilePaths(name = "digital-alchemy"): string[] {
     }
     current = next;
   }
-  out.push(
-    ...withExtensions(join(homedir(), ".config", name)),
-    ...withExtensions(join(homedir(), ".config", name, "config")),
-  );
+  out.push(...withExtensions(join(homedir(), ".config", name)));
   return out.filter(
     (filePath) => existsSync(filePath) && statSync(filePath).isFile(),
   );
diff --git a/src/helpers/config.helper.ts b/src/helpers/config.helper.ts
index e8778fb..35ac360 100644
--- a/src/helpers/config.helper.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/config.helper.ts
@@ -162,3 +162,18 @@ export type ModuleConfiguration = {
   [key: string]: AnyConfig;
 };
 export type OptionalModuleConfiguration = ModuleConfiguration | undefined;
+
+export function findKey<T extends string>(source: T[], find: T[]) {
+  return (
+    // Find an exact match (if available) first
+    source.find((line) => find.includes(line)) ||
+    // Do case insensitive searches
+    source.find((line) => {
+      const match = new RegExp(
+        `^${line.replaceAll(new RegExp("[-_]", "gi"), "[-_]?")}$`,
+        "gi",
+      );
+      return find.some((item) => item.match(match));
+    })
+  );
+}