diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 182a2bb0..cc91eaa4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ frontend-build:
 # build and push the images to docker hub
 docker: docker-build-all docker-publish-all
 
+push-vue:
+	docker build -t hunterlong/statping:vue .
+	docker push hunterlong/statping:vue
+
 # test all versions of Statping, golang testing and then cypress UI testing
 test-all: dev-deps test
 
diff --git a/cmd/cli.go b/cmd/cli.go
index eac39534..602eca8e 100644
--- a/cmd/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli.go
@@ -182,12 +182,14 @@ func ExportIndexHTML() []byte {
 }
 
 func updateDisplay() error {
-	var err error
-	var gitCurrent githubResponse
-	if gitCurrent, err = checkGithubUpdates(); err != nil {
+	gitCurrent, err := checkGithubUpdates()
+	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Issue connecting to https://github.com/hunterlong/statping\n%v\n", err)
 		return err
 	}
+	if gitCurrent.TagName == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if len(gitCurrent.TagName) < 2 {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 8644d351..b07f6cb4 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Starting Statping v%v", VERSION))
 	updateDisplay()
 
-	_, err = core.LoadConfigFile(utils.Directory)
+	config, err := core.LoadConfigFile(utils.Directory)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		core.CoreApp.Setup = false
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func main() {
 			log.Fatalln(err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	core.CoreApp.Config = config.DbConfig
+
 	if err := mainProcess(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 		os.Exit(2)
diff --git a/core/configs.go b/core/configs.go
index 34c85c7b..203f8a63 100644
--- a/core/configs.go
+++ b/core/configs.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hunterlong/statping/database"
 	"github.com/hunterlong/statping/types"
 	"github.com/hunterlong/statping/utils"
-	"io/ioutil"
 )
 
 // ErrorResponse is used for HTTP errors to show to User
@@ -41,12 +40,12 @@ func LoadConfigFile(directory string) (*DbConfig, error) {
 		return LoadUsingEnv()
 	}
 	log.Debugln("Attempting to read config file at: " + directory + "/config.yml")
-	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(directory + "/config.yml")
+	file, err := utils.OpenFile(directory + "/config.yml")
 	if err != nil {
 		CoreApp.Setup = false
 		return nil, errors.New("config.yml file not found at " + directory + "/config.yml - starting in setup mode")
 	}
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(file, &configs)
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(file), &configs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}