diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcba6b719c8682be8a7ab4be9a77be0cb5afd3ec..ffb1b7e2d078a32511310226ccb078332feb9069 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ report.xml
 controller/gosdn
 cli/gosdnc
 
-# testing
+# testing and configs
 controller/configs/testing-gosdn.toml
+controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml
diff --git a/controller/Dockerfile b/controller/Dockerfile
index 941b1a8a88b4f5a40ed0c1568961676943a8e8b6..27f73f92aa79257f63682cdae0b0e0a4c744d142 100644
--- a/controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ RUN make build
 #COPY --from=builder  /gosdn/artifacts/gosdn /
 #ENTRYPOINT ["/gosdn"]
 
-
 FROM builder as gosdn
+COPY controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml.example /gosdn/configs/development-gosdn.toml
 ENTRYPOINT ["/gosdn/artifacts/gosdn"]
diff --git a/gosdn.clab.yaml b/gosdn.clab.yaml
index 6b51ed28e06563d593a9fa4de6c96b38ee7997b8..8a4e239d8094e2904d6e3a712f1b06de348fa662 100644
--- a/gosdn.clab.yaml
+++ b/gosdn.clab.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ topology:
         - 55055:55055
         - 8080:8080
         - 40000:40000
-      cmd: --csbi-orchestrator clab-gosdn_csbi_arista_base-csbi-orchestrator:55056
+      cmd:
+        --config /gosdn/configs/development-gosdn.toml
+        --csbi-orchestrator clab-gosdn_csbi_arista_base-csbi-orchestrator:55056
       mgmt_ipv4: 172.100.0.5
     gnmi-target:
       kind: linux