diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 2479fbf7..49bd2cdb 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -181,8 +183,7 @@ func evaluateConfigWithEnv(configFile io.Reader, writers ...io.Writer) (io.Reade
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read the config file: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// t := template.New("appConfigTemplate").Option("missingkey=zero")
-	t := template.New("appConfigTemplate")
+	t := template.New("appConfigTemplate").Option("missingkey=zero")
 	tmpl, err := t.Parse(string(b))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse template from: \n%s: %w", string(b), err)
@@ -205,3 +206,17 @@ func getAppEnv() string {
 	}
 	return env
 }
+
+func validateConfiguration[T any](cfg *T) error {
+	validate := validator.New()
+	err := validate.Struct(*cfg)
+	fmt.Println("...validateConfiguration, cfg:", cfg)
+	fmt.Println("...validateConfiguration, err:", err)
+	if err != nil {
+		errSlice := &validator.ValidationErrors{}
+		errors.As(err, errSlice)
+		return errSlice
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 595d9ebc..fce3f720 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ blah2=test2`
 	b, err := io.ReadAll(eval)
 	r.NoError(err)
 	r.Equal(expected, string(b))
-	r.Equal(true, false)
 }
 
 func TesEvaluateConfigWithMissingEnv(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/config/validation.go b/config/validation.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fd613c6..00000000
--- a/config/validation.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-
-	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
-)
-
-// var (
-// 	once     sync.Once
-// 	validate *validator.Validate
-// )
-
-// func init() {
-// 	once.Do(func() {
-// 		validate = validator.New()
-// 	})
-// }
-
-func validateConfiguration[T any](cfg *T) error {
-	var errs []ValidationError
-	// var finalErr error = nil
-
-	validate := validator.New()
-	err := validate.Struct(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		errSlice := &validator.ValidationErrors{}
-		errors.As(err, errSlice)
-		for _, err := range *errSlice {
-			var element ValidationError
-			field, _ := reflect.ValueOf(cfg).Type().FieldByName(err.Field())
-			element.FailedField = field.Tag.Get("json")
-			if element.FailedField == "" {
-				element.FailedField = field.Tag.Get("query")
-			}
-			element.Tag = err.Tag()
-			element.Value = err.Param()
-			element.Type = err.Kind().String()
-			element.Message = fmt.Sprintf("Field validation for '%s' failed on the '%s' tag", element.FailedField, element.Tag)
-
-			errs = append(errs, element)
-		}
-		return errSlice
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}