diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index bc783d88..eb2a1e15 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include *.md
 include alembic.ini
-include dev_config.toml
+include config.toml
 include environment.yml
 include init_db.py
 include .flake8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5703bc57..97f63f68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pip install -e .
 Use the CLI to create a `Quetz` instance:
 
 ```bash
-quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./dev_config.toml --dev --reload
+quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./config.toml --dev --reload
 ```
 
 Links:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ sudo -u postgres psql -h localhost -c 'CREATE DATABASE quetz OWNER postgres;'
 
 ### Deploying Quetz with PostgreSQL backend
 
-Then in your configuration file (such as `dev_config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
+Then in your configuration file (such as `config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
 
 ```ini
 [sqlalchemy]
diff --git a/dev_config.toml b/config.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from dev_config.toml
rename to config.toml
diff --git a/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst b/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
index 1908755b..6a2cbf96 100644
--- a/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/deploying/configuration.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Config file
 
 Most functionalities of quetz can be configured with a config file in toml format, such as this one:
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../../../dev_config.toml
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../config.toml
 
 
 ``sqlalchemy`` section
diff --git a/docs/source/deploying/database.rst b/docs/source/deploying/database.rst
index 1e6f596d..90075dfb 100644
--- a/docs/source/deploying/database.rst
+++ b/docs/source/deploying/database.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ You can then create a database in PostgreSQL for quetz tables:
 Deploying Quetz with PostgreSQL backend
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-Then in your configuration file (such as `dev_config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
+Then in your configuration file (such as `config.toml`) replace the `[sqlalchemy]` section with:
 
 .. code::
 
diff --git a/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst b/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
index a25b2248..70630deb 100644
--- a/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
+++ b/plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/testing.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Few scripts are provided to perform a manual integration test of package signing
 This is intended to be used by channels owners/maintainers to get familiar with the workflow of generating TUF roles (delegations, etc.) and push them on a Quetz server.
 
 For that, simply run the 2 following commands from your quetz source directory:
-- `quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./dev_config.toml --dev --reload --delete` to get an up and running server
+- `quetz run test_quetz --copy-conf ./config.toml --dev --reload --delete` to get an up and running server
 - `python plugins/quetz_content_trust/docs/test_script.py` to generate TUF roles, push them on the server but also push an empty `test-package` package
 
 then just test from client side: `micromamba create -n foo -c http://127.0.0.1:8000/get/channel0 test-package --no-rc -y -vvv --repodata-ttl=0 --experimental --verify-artifacts`
diff --git a/quetz/cli.py b/quetz/cli.py
index 701f685e..53bd45ac 100644
--- a/quetz/cli.py
+++ b/quetz/cli.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def create(
     ],
     copy_conf: Annotated[
         Optional[str],
-        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. dev_config.toml)"),
+        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. config.toml)"),
     ] = None,
     create_conf: Annotated[
         bool,
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def run(
     path: Annotated[str, typer.Argument(help="The path of the deployment")],
     copy_conf: Annotated[
         Optional[str],
-        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. dev_config.toml)"),
+        typer.Option(help="The configuration to copy from (e.g. config.toml)"),
     ] = None,
     create_conf: Annotated[
         bool,
diff --git a/quetz/testing/fixtures.py b/quetz/testing/fixtures.py
index 80671b39..72a279c9 100644
--- a/quetz/testing/fixtures.py
+++ b/quetz/testing/fixtures.py
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ def config_base(database_url, plugins, config_auth):
     return f"""
 {config_auth}
 
+[general]
+dev = true
+
 [sqlalchemy]
 database_url = "{database_url}"
 
diff --git a/set_env_dev.sh b/set_env_dev.sh
index 145e17d2..e52e0089 100755
--- a/set_env_dev.sh
+++ b/set_env_dev.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export QUETZ_CONFIG_FILE="${PWD}/dev_config.toml"
+export QUETZ_CONFIG_FILE="${PWD}/config.toml"