diff --git a/cardano-config/src/Cardano/Config/Types.hs b/cardano-config/src/Cardano/Config/Types.hs
index 87489acb542..5e645c253c5 100644
--- a/cardano-config/src/Cardano/Config/Types.hs
+++ b/cardano-config/src/Cardano/Config/Types.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import qualified Data.IP as IP
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import           Data.Yaml (decodeFileThrow)
 import           Network.Socket (PortNumber)
-import           System.Directory (doesFileExist)
 import           System.FilePath ((</>), takeDirectory)
 
 import qualified Cardano.Chain.Update as Update
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ instance FromJSON NodeConfiguration where
   parseJSON = withObject "NodeConfiguration" $ \v -> do
                 nId <- v .:? "NodeId"
                 ptcl <- v .: "Protocol" .!= RealPBFT
-                genFile <- v .: "GenesisFile" .!= "configuration/genesis/genesis.json"
+                genFile <- v .: "GenesisFile" .!= "genesis/genesis.json"
                 numCoreNode <- v .:? "NumCoreNodes"
                 rNetworkMagic <- v .:? "RequiresNetworkMagic" .!= RequiresNoMagic
                 pbftSignatureThresh <- v .:? "PBftSignatureThreshold"
@@ -248,20 +247,15 @@ parseNodeConfigurationFP :: ConfigYamlFilePath -> IO NodeConfiguration
 parseNodeConfigurationFP (ConfigYamlFilePath fp) = do
  nc  <- decodeFileThrow fp
  let genFile = unGenesisFile $ ncGenesisFile nc
- exists <- doesFileExist genFile
- case exists of
-   -- Genesis file is an absolute path
-   True -> pure nc
-   -- Genesis file is a relative path (relative to configuration yaml filepath)
-   False -> do let d = takeDirectory fp
-               pure $ nc { ncGenesisFile = GenesisFile $ d </> genFile }
-
--- TODO: Make genesisfile relative to configuration file as above.
+ -- Make genesis file relative to configuration yaml filepath.
+ let d = takeDirectory fp
+ pure $ nc { ncGenesisFile = GenesisFile $ d </> genFile }
+
 parseNodeConfiguration :: NodeProtocolMode -> IO NodeConfiguration
 parseNodeConfiguration npm =
   case npm of
-    MockProtocolMode (NodeMockCLI _ _ cy _) -> decodeFileThrow $ unConfigPath cy
-    RealProtocolMode (NodeCLI _ _ cy _) -> decodeFileThrow $ unConfigPath cy
+    MockProtocolMode (NodeMockCLI _ _ cy _) -> parseNodeConfigurationFP cy
+    RealProtocolMode (NodeCLI _ _ cy _) -> parseNodeConfigurationFP cy
 
 -- TODO:  we don't want ByronLegacy in Protocol.  Let's wrap Protocol with another
 -- sum type for cases where it's required.
diff --git a/configuration/configuration-mainnet.yaml b/configuration/configuration-mainnet.yaml
index cb70f66dca8..e09db596f60 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration-mainnet.yaml
+++ b/configuration/configuration-mainnet.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ##### Locations #####
 
-GenesisFile: configuration/mainnet-genesis.json
+GenesisFile: mainnet-genesis.json
 SocketPath: db/node.socket
 
 #TODO: These parameters cannot yet be used in the config file, only on the CLI:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-0.liveview.yaml b/configuration/log-config-0.liveview.yaml
index 1f854642314..ccd895af91a 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-0.liveview.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-0.liveview.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-0.yaml b/configuration/log-config-0.yaml
index b1d3f91552d..f35cbbed21e 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-0.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-0.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-1.liveview.yaml b/configuration/log-config-1.liveview.yaml
index 8ed65ec376f..486c9ebb9d5 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-1.liveview.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-1.liveview.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-1.yaml b/configuration/log-config-1.yaml
index 2dfa53d7d20..227dfc3e525 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-1.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-1.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-2.liveview.yaml b/configuration/log-config-2.liveview.yaml
index aeb7352dbca..c4216beb30a 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-2.liveview.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-2.liveview.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold:
diff --git a/configuration/log-config-2.yaml b/configuration/log-config-2.yaml
index 2bdde12216d..aa7831c5b8d 100644
--- a/configuration/log-config-2.yaml
+++ b/configuration/log-config-2.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ options:
 
 NodeId:
 Protocol: RealPBFT
-GenesisFile: configuration/genesis/genesis.json
+GenesisFile: genesis/genesis.json
 NumCoreNodes: 1
 RequiresNetworkMagic: RequiresMagic
 PBftSignatureThreshold: