diff --git a/cmd/provider/provider.go b/cmd/provider/provider.go
index cf78ff48..a605ec56 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/provider.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/provider.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func initNode(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var conf darknode.Config
 	if configFile != "" {
 		var err error
-		conf, err = darknode.NewConfigFromJSONFile(path)
+		conf, err = darknode.NewConfigFromJSONFile(configFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.New("invalid config file")
 		}
diff --git a/util/node.go b/util/node.go
index ae994cab..10c33802 100644
--- a/util/node.go
+++ b/util/node.go
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ func IP(name string) (string, error) {
 
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cd %v && terraform output ip", NodePath(name))
 	ip, err := CommandOutput(cmd)
+	ip = strings.TrimSpace(ip)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(ip, "\"") {
 		ip = strings.Trim(ip, "\"")
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(ip), err
+	return ip, err
 }
 
 // Version gets the version of the software the darknode currently is running.