diff --git a/core/config.example.toml b/config/core.config.example.toml
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rename from core/config.example.toml
rename to config/core.config.example.toml
diff --git a/config/core.env.example b/config/core.env.example
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+CONFIG_PATH=..config/core.config.example.toml # optional, default is /config/config.toml. this is usually bind mounted into the container
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diff --git a/periphery/config.example.toml b/config/periphery.config.example.toml
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rename from periphery/config.example.toml
rename to config/periphery.config.example.toml
diff --git a/config/periphery.env.example b/config/periphery.env.example
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+CONFIG_PATH=../config/periphery.config.example.toml    # optional, default is /config/config.toml. this is usually bind mounted into the container
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diff --git a/core/.env.example b/core/.env.example
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diff --git a/periphery/.env.example b/periphery/.env.example
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-CONFIG_PATH=./config.example.toml    # optional, default is /config/config.toml. this is usually bind mounted into the periphery container
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