diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fb1fba5..7e4a822 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: npm run test
       env:
         CI: true
-    - run: node src/cli.js publish --slack {SLACK_MVP_URL} --title 'Unit Tests' --ci-info --chart-test-summary --junit 'results/junit.xml'
+    - run: node src/cli.js publish --slack '{SLACK_MVP_URL}' --title 'Unit Tests' --ci-info --chart-test-summary --junit 'results/junit.xml'
       if: always()
       env:
         TEST_BEATS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.TEST_BEATS_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index e54990a..6b1ab61 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ const sade = require('sade');
 const prog = sade('testbeats');
 const { PublishCommand } = require('./commands/publish.command');
 const logger = require('./utils/logger');
-const { ConfigBuilder } = require('./utils/config.builder');
 
 prog
   .version('2.0.3')
-  .option('-c, --config', 'path to config file')
-  .option('-l, --logLevel', 'Log Level', "INFO")
+  .option('--config', 'path to config file')
+  .option('--logLevel', 'Log Level', "INFO")
   .option('--slack', 'slack webhook url')
   .option('--teams', 'teams webhook url')
   .option('--chat', 'chat webhook url')
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ prog.command('publish')
   .action(async (opts) => {
     try {
       logger.setLevel(opts.logLevel);
-      const config_builder = new ConfigBuilder(opts);
-      config_builder.build();
       const publish_command = new PublishCommand(opts);
       await publish_command.publish();
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/commands/publish.command.js b/src/commands/publish.command.js
index 2b2007f..ced87e5 100644
--- a/src/commands/publish.command.js
+++ b/src/commands/publish.command.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const trp = require('test-results-parser');
 const prp = require('performance-results-parser');
 
 const beats = require('../beats');
+const { ConfigBuilder } = require('../utils/config.builder');
 const target_manager = require('../targets');
 const logger = require('../utils/logger');
 const { processData } = require('../helpers/helper');
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class PublishCommand {
 
   async publish() {
     logger.info(`🥁 TestBeats v${pkg.version}`);
+    this.#buildConfig();
     this.#validateOptions();
     this.#setConfigFromFile();
     this.#processConfig();
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ class PublishCommand {
     logger.info('✅ Results published successfully!');
   }
 
+  #buildConfig() {
+    const config_builder = new ConfigBuilder(this.opts);
+    config_builder.build();
+  }
+
   #validateOptions() {
     if (!this.opts) {
       throw new Error('Missing publish options');
@@ -42,8 +49,10 @@ class PublishCommand {
       const cwd = process.cwd();
       const file_path = path.join(cwd, this.opts.config);
       try {
-        this.opts.config = require(path.join(cwd, this.opts.config));
+        const config_json = require(path.join(cwd, this.opts.config));
+        this.opts.config = config_json;
       } catch (error) {
+        logger.error({ error }, `Failed to read config file: '${file_path}' with error: '${error.message}'`);
         throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${file_path}`);
       }
     }
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ class PublishCommand {
   }
 
   #validateConfig() {
-    logger.info("🛠️  Validating configuration...")
+    logger.info("🛠️ Validating configuration...")
     for (const config of this.configs) {
       this.#validateResults(config);
       this.#validateTargets(config);
diff --git a/src/utils/config.builder.js b/src/utils/config.builder.js
index 4a6fe37..f7d6e31 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.builder.js
+++ b/src/utils/config.builder.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const logger = require('./logger');
+
 class ConfigBuilder {
 
   /**
@@ -11,16 +14,22 @@ class ConfigBuilder {
     if (!this.opts) {
       return;
     }
-    if (this.opts.config) {
+    if (typeof this.opts.config === 'object') {
+      return
+    }
+    if (this.opts.config && typeof this.opts.config === 'string') {
       return;
     }
 
+    logger.info('🏗 Building config...')
     this.#buildConfig();
     this.#buildBeats();
     this.#buildResults();
     this.#buildTargets();
     this.#buildExtensions();
 
+    logger.debug(`🛠️ Generated Config: \n${JSON.stringify(this.config, null, 2)}`);
+
     this.opts.config = this.config;
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ class ConfigBuilder {
     this.config.results = [
       {
         type,
-        files: [file]
+        files: [path.join(file)]
       }
     ]
   }
diff --git a/test/cli.spec.js b/test/cli.spec.js
index e6b4111..aead452 100644
--- a/test/cli.spec.js
+++ b/test/cli.spec.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   it('publish results with config file', (done) => {
     mock.addInteraction('post test-summary to slack');
     exec('node src/cli.js publish --config test/data/configs/slack.config.json', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      console.log(stdout);
       assert.match(stdout, /✅ Results published successfully!/);
       done();
     });
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   it('publish results with config builder', (done) => {
     mock.addInteraction('post test-summary to slack');
     exec('node src/cli.js publish --slack http://localhost:9393/message --testng test/data/testng/single-suite.xml', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      console.log(stdout);
       assert.match(stdout, /✅ Results published successfully!/);
       done();
     });
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   it('publish results with config builder and extension', (done) => {
     mock.addInteraction('post test-summary to teams with qc-test-summary', { quickChartUrl: "https://quickchart.io" });
     exec('node src/cli.js publish --teams http://localhost:9393/message --testng test/data/testng/single-suite-failures.xml --chart-test-summary', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      console.log(stdout);
       assert.match(stdout, /✅ Results published successfully!/);
       done();
     });
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
     mock.addInteraction('post test results to beats');
     mock.addInteraction('post test-summary with beats to teams');
     exec('node src/cli.js publish --api-key api-key --project project-name --run build-name --teams http://localhost:9393/message --testng test/data/testng/single-suite.xml', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      console.log(stdout);
       assert.match(stdout, /🚀 Publishing results to TestBeats Portal/);
       assert.match(stdout, /✅ Results published successfully!/);
       done();
diff --git a/test/config.spec.js b/test/config.spec.js
index 5fe03dd..1e16fb8 100644
--- a/test/config.spec.js
+++ b/test/config.spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
     } catch (err) {
       e = err;
     }
-    assert.equal(e.message, 'Missing publish config');
+    assert.equal(e.message, 'Missing results properties in config');
   });
 
   it('should not allow missing config file', async () => {