diff --git a/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp b/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
index 63c806dc9..6a540ed7b 100644
--- a/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ verifyConfig(std::string_view configPath)
 
     auto const json = ConfigFileJson::makeConfigFileJson(configPath);
     if (!json.has_value()) {
-        std::cerr << json.error().error << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Error parsing json from config: " << configPath << "\n" << json.error().error << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
     auto const errors = gClioConfig.parse(json.value());
     if (errors.has_value()) {
-        for (auto const& err : errors.value())
+        for (auto const& err : errors.value()) {
+            std::cerr << "Issues found in provided config '" << configPath << "':\n";
             std::cerr << err.error << std::endl;
+        }
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/src/main/Main.cpp b/src/main/Main.cpp
index bd060b12d..b2ce539a6 100644
--- a/src/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/Main.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ try {
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::Exit const& exit) { return exit.exitCode; },
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::VerifyConfig const& verify) {
             if (app::verifyConfig(verify.configPath)) {
-                std::cout << "Config is correct" << "\n";
+                std::cout << "Config " << verify.configPath << " is correct" << "\n";
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
             }
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/tests/common/util/newconfig/FakeConfigData.hpp b/tests/common/util/newconfig/FakeConfigData.hpp
index f7340276c..4167e2b2e 100644
--- a/tests/common/util/newconfig/FakeConfigData.hpp
+++ b/tests/common/util/newconfig/FakeConfigData.hpp
@@ -208,11 +208,3 @@ static constexpr auto kINVALID_JSON_DATA = R"JSON({
         "withDefault" : "0.0"
     }
 })JSON";
-
-// used to Verify Config test
-static constexpr auto kVALID_JSON_DATA = R"JSON({
-     "server": {
-        "ip": "0.0.0.0",
-        "port": 51233
-    }
-})JSON";
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp b/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
index 9dad96286..b9d00c94f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ TEST(VerifyConfigTest, InvalidConfig)
 
 TEST(VerifyConfigTest, ValidConfig)
 {
+    // used to Verify Config test
+    static constexpr auto kVALID_JSON_DATA = R"JSON({
+         "server": {
+            "ip": "0.0.0.0",
+            "port": 51233
+        }
+    })JSON";
     auto const tmpConfigFile = TmpFile(kVALID_JSON_DATA);
 
     // current example config should always be compatible with configDefinition