diff --git a/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration.cpp b/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration.cpp
index 2774487af14..cf07d72e3c3 100644
--- a/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_secondary_fail)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	std::filesystem::remove("main.yaml");
 	std::filesystem::remove("conf_2.yaml");
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_ok)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2 + conf_3
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 3);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_relative_main)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init(temp_main.string(), loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file(temp_main.string(), loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2 + conf_3
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 3);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_override)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2 + conf_3
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 3);
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_unexistent)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 1);
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_scalar_configs_files)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 2);
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_empty_configs_files)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 1);
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_self)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	std::filesystem::remove("main.yaml");
 }
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_directory)
 	std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2 + conf_3.
 	// test/foo is not parsed.
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_config_files_cmdline)
 
 	std::vector<std::string> loaded_conf_files;
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
+	ASSERT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_file("main.yaml", loaded_conf_files, cmdline_config_options));
 
 	// main + conf_2
 	ASSERT_EQ(loaded_conf_files.size(), 2);
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_webserver_ip)
         std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
         cmdline_config_options.push_back(option);
 
-        EXPECT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init(cmdline_config_options));
+        EXPECT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_content("", cmdline_config_options));
 
         ASSERT_EQ(falco_config.m_webserver_config.m_listen_address, address);
     }
@@ -836,6 +836,6 @@ TEST(Configuration, configuration_webserver_ip)
         std::vector<std::string> cmdline_config_options;
         cmdline_config_options.push_back(option);
 
-        EXPECT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init(cmdline_config_options));
+        EXPECT_ANY_THROW(falco_config.init_from_content("", cmdline_config_options));
     }
 }
diff --git a/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration_rule_selection.cpp b/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration_rule_selection.cpp
index 467d8ebd3fb..725793fdf96 100644
--- a/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration_rule_selection.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/falco/test_configuration_rule_selection.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TEST(ConfigurationRuleSelection, parse_yaml)
 TEST(ConfigurationRuleSelection, cli_options)
 {
 	falco_configuration falco_config;
-	EXPECT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init(std::vector<std::string>{"rules[].disable.tag=maturity_incubating", "rules[].enable.rule=Adding ssh keys to authorized_keys"}));
+	EXPECT_NO_THROW(falco_config.init_from_content("", std::vector<std::string>{"rules[].disable.tag=maturity_incubating", "rules[].enable.rule=Adding ssh keys to authorized_keys"}));
 
 	ASSERT_EQ(falco_config.m_rules_selection.size(), 2);
 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
index 9f6efd05aad..20bbf22bd6b 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::load_config(const falco::app::state&
 	{
 		if (!s.options.conf_filename.empty())
 		{
-			s.config->init(s.options.conf_filename, loaded_conf_files, s.options.cmdline_config_options);
+			s.config->init_from_file(s.options.conf_filename, loaded_conf_files, s.options.cmdline_config_options);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// Is possible to have an empty config file when we want to use some command line
 			// options like `--help`, `--version`, ...
 			// The configs used in `load_yaml` will be initialized to the default values.
-			s.config->init(s.options.cmdline_config_options);
+			s.config->init_from_content("", s.options.cmdline_config_options);
 		}
 	}
 	catch (std::exception& e)
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
index 128c2326ad7..9b6c5887dbd 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
@@ -78,21 +78,14 @@ falco_configuration::falco_configuration():
 {
 }
 
-void falco_configuration::init(const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options)
-{
-	config.load_from_string("");
-	init_cmdline_options(cmdline_options);
-	load_yaml("default");
-}
-
-void falco_configuration::init_from_content(const std::string& config_content, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options)
+void falco_configuration::init_from_content(const std::string& config_content, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options, const std::string& filename)
 {
 	config.load_from_string(config_content);
 	init_cmdline_options(cmdline_options);
-	load_yaml("default");
+	load_yaml(filename);
 }
 
-void falco_configuration::init(const std::string& conf_filename, std::vector<std::string>& loaded_conf_files,
+void falco_configuration::init_from_file(const std::string& conf_filename, std::vector<std::string>& loaded_conf_files,
 			       const std::vector<std::string> &cmdline_options)
 {
 	loaded_conf_files.clear();
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.h b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
index 175da09552e..7468590f41d 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ class falco_configuration
 	falco_configuration();
 	virtual ~falco_configuration() = default;
 
-	void init(const std::string& conf_filename, std::vector<std::string>& loaded_conf_files, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options);
-	void init(const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options);
-	void init_from_content(const std::string& config_content, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options);
+	void init_from_file(const std::string& conf_filename, std::vector<std::string>& loaded_conf_files, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options);
+	void init_from_content(const std::string& config_content, const std::vector<std::string>& cmdline_options, const std::string& filename="default");
 
 	std::string dump();