From 0e6bcf97135715a6474bf5b52b0b37ef6b4e82aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stavros <steveiliop56@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 22:48:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: lookup config file options correctly in file loader

---
 .gitignore                            |  3 +++
 internal/utils/loaders/loader_file.go | 13 ++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c25087..9362d66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ __debug_*
 
 # generated markdown (for docs)
 /config.gen.md
+
+# testing config
+config.certify.yml
diff --git a/internal/utils/loaders/loader_file.go b/internal/utils/loaders/loader_file.go
index 7242791..e9edb4d 100644
--- a/internal/utils/loaders/loader_file.go
+++ b/internal/utils/loaders/loader_file.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package loaders
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/traefik/paerser/cli"
 	"github.com/traefik/paerser/file"
@@ -16,11 +18,16 @@ func (f *FileLoader) Load(args []string, cmd *cli.Command) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	// I guess we are using traefik as the root name
-	configFileFlag := "traefik.experimental.configFile"
+	// I guess we are using traefik as the root name (we can't change it)
+	configFileFlag := "traefik.experimental.configfile"
+	envVar := "TINYAUTH_EXPERIMENTAL_CONFIGFILE"
 
 	if _, ok := flags[configFileFlag]; !ok {
-		return false, nil
+		if value := os.Getenv(envVar); value != "" {
+			flags[configFileFlag] = value
+		} else {
+			return false, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	log.Warn().Msg("Using experimental file config loader, this feature is experimental and may change or be removed in future releases")