diff --git a/tests/config/.#test_load_config.py b/tests/config/.#test_load_config.py
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+mxs@bombadil.590226:1700469311
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diff --git a/tests/config/__init__.py b/tests/config/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/config/assets/__init__.py b/tests/config/assets/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/config/assets/config.empty.yaml b/tests/config/assets/config.empty.yaml
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+beacon_url: ~
+beacon_type: ~
+execution_url: ~
+web3signer_url: ~
+default_fee_recipient: ~
+slack_channel: ~
+slack_token: ~
+relay_url: ~
+liveness_file: ~
+watched_keys: ~
diff --git a/tests/config/assets/config.yaml b/tests/config/assets/config.yaml
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+# Example config file for the Ethereum watcher.
+
+beacon_url: http://localhost:5051/
+beacon_type: other
+execution_url: http://localhost:8545/
+web3signer_url: http://web3signer:9000/
+default_fee_recipient: 0x41bF25fC8C52d292bD66D3BCEcd8a919ecB9EF88
+slack_channel: '#ethereum-monitoring'
+slack_token: 'secret'
+relay_url: http://relay1,http://relay2
+liveness_file: /tmp/i-am-alive
+
+watched_keys:
+  - public_key: 0x832b8286f5d6535fd941c6c4ed8b9b20d214fc6aa726ce4fba1c9dbb4f278132646304f550e557231b6932aa02cf08d3
+    labels: ["google"]
+    fee_recipient: ~
diff --git a/tests/config/test_load_config.py b/tests/config/test_load_config.py
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+from pathlib import Path
+
+from eth_validator_watcher.config import load_config
+
+
+def test_empty_config() -> None:
+    Path(assets.__file__).parent / ""
+    config = load_config()