diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 38a65e22..fa326c27 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ var (
 	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHookExecutable = "nvidia-container-runtime-hook"
 	// NVIDIAContainerToolkitExecutable is the executable name for the NVIDIA Container Toolkit (an alias for the NVIDIA Container Runtime Hook)
 	NVIDIAContainerToolkitExecutable = "nvidia-container-toolkit"
-
-	configDir = "/etc/"
 )
 
 // Config represents the contents of the config.toml file for the NVIDIA Container Toolkit
@@ -70,16 +67,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHookConfig RuntimeHookConfig  `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime-hook"`
 }
 
+// GetConfigFilePath returns the path to the config file for the configured system
+func GetConfigFilePath() string {
+	if XDGConfigDir := os.Getenv(configOverride); len(XDGConfigDir) != 0 {
+		return filepath.Join(XDGConfigDir, configFilePath)
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Join("/etc", configFilePath)
+}
+
 // GetConfig sets up the config struct. Values are read from a toml file
 // or set via the environment.
 func GetConfig() (*Config, error) {
-	if XDGConfigDir := os.Getenv(configOverride); len(XDGConfigDir) != 0 {
-		configDir = XDGConfigDir
-	}
-
-	configFilePath := path.Join(configDir, configFilePath)
-
-	return Load(configFilePath)
+	return Load(GetConfigFilePath())
 }
 
 // Load loads the config from the specified file path.
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index 9cb4a946..55513433 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -284,3 +284,61 @@ func TestConfigDefault(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Subset(t, lines, expectedLines)
 }
+
+func TestFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			input:    "# comment",
+			expected: "#comment",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    " #comment",
+			expected: "#comment",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    " # comment",
+			expected: "#comment",
+		},
+		{
+			input: strings.Join([]string{
+				"some",
+				"# comment",
+				" # comment",
+				" #comment",
+				"other"}, "\n"),
+			expected: strings.Join([]string{
+				"some",
+				"#comment",
+				"#comment",
+				"#comment",
+				"other"}, "\n"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual, _ := Config{}.format([]byte(tc.input))
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, string(actual))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFormattedConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedLines := []string{
+		"#no-cgroups = false",
+		"#debug = \"/var/log/nvidia-container-toolkit.log\"",
+		"#debug = \"/var/log/nvidia-container-runtime.log\"",
+	}
+
+	config, _ := GetDefault()
+	contents, err := config.contents()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	lines := strings.Split(string(contents), "\n")
+
+	for _, line := range expectedLines {
+		require.Contains(t, lines, line)
+	}
+}