diff --git a/webapp/backend/pkg/config/config.go b/webapp/backend/pkg/config/config.go
index 31243e9..88ab60e 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/webapp/backend/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ func (c *configuration) ReadConfig(configFilePath string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	//make sure that we specify that this is the correct config path (for eventual WriteConfig() calls)
+	c.SetConfigFile(configFilePath)
 
 	return c.ValidateConfig()
 }
diff --git a/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go b/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
index c35923f..fb94f62 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
+++ b/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ func NewScrutinyRepository(appConfig config.Interface, globalLogger logrus.Field
 
 		appConfig.Set("web.influxdb.token", *onboardingResponse.Auth.Token)
 		// we should write the config file out here. Ignore failures.
-		_ = appConfig.WriteConfig()
-
+		err = appConfig.WriteConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			globalLogger.Infof("ignoring error while writing influxdb info to config: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Use blocking write client for writes to desired bucket