diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d5978c4..46857c2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ correctly.
 ### Binary
 
 ```bash
-pebble -config ./test/config/pebble-config.json
+pebble -config ./test/config/default-config.json
 ```
 
 Afterwards you can access the Pebble server's ACME directory
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ challenge to observe the state since the CA may send many validation requests.
 To test issuance "at full speed" with no artificial sleeps set the environment
 variable `PEBBLE_VA_NOSLEEP` to `1`. E.g.
 
-`PEBBLE_VA_NOSLEEP=1 pebble -config ./test/config/pebble-config.json`
+`PEBBLE_VA_NOSLEEP=1 pebble -config ./test/config/default-config.json`
 
 The maximal number of seconds to sleep can be configured by defining
 `PEBBLE_VA_SLEEPTIME`. It must be set to a positive integer.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ These endpoints are specific to Pebble and its internal behavior, and are not pa
 of the RFC 8555 that defines the ACME protocol.
 
 The management interface is configured by the `managementListenAddress` field in
-`pebble-config.json` that defines the address and the port on which the management
+`default-config.json` that defines the address and the port on which the management
 interface will listen on. Set `managementListenAddress` to an empty string or `null`
 to disable it.
 
@@ -353,12 +353,12 @@ The endpoint returns the information as a JSON object:
 Pebble does not support the OCSP protocol as a responder and so does not set
 the OCSP Responder URL in the issued certificates. However, if you setup a
 proper OCSP Responder run side by side with Pebble, you may want to set this URL.
-This is possible by setting the field `ocspResponderURL` of the `pebble-config.json`
+This is possible by setting the field `ocspResponderURL` of the `default-config.json`
 consummed by Pebble to a non empty string: in this case, this string will be use
 in the appropriate field of all issued certificates.
 
 For instance, to have Pebble issue certificates that instruct a client to check the URL `http://127.0.0.1:4002`
-to retrieve the OCSP status of a certificate, run Pebble with a `pebble-config.json` that includes:
+to retrieve the OCSP status of a certificate, run Pebble with a `default-config.json` that includes:
 
 ```
   "ocspResponderURL": "http://127.0.0.1:4002",
diff --git a/cmd/pebble/main.go b/cmd/pebble/main.go
index bb4bea4b..962e5213 100644
--- a/cmd/pebble/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pebble/main.go
@@ -29,10 +29,21 @@ type config struct {
 	}
 }
 
+const DefaultConfigPath = "test/config/default-config.json"
+
+func getDefaultConfig() config {
+	var c config
+	if _, err := os.Stat(DefaultConfigPath); err == nil {
+		err := cmd.ReadConfigFile(DefaultConfigPath, &c)
+		cmd.FailOnError(err, "Reading default JSON config file into config structure")
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
 func main() {
 	configFile := flag.String(
 		"config",
-		"test/config/pebble-config.json",
+		DefaultConfigPath,
 		"File path to the Pebble configuration file")
 	strictMode := flag.Bool(
 		"strict",
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "Pebble ", log.LstdFlags)
 	logger.Printf("Starting Pebble ACME server")
 
-	var c config
+	c := getDefaultConfig()
 	err := cmd.ReadConfigFile(*configFile, &c)
 	cmd.FailOnError(err, "Reading JSON config file into config structure")
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 96170349..199751bf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   pebble:
     image: letsencrypt/pebble:latest
-    command: pebble -config /test/config/pebble-config.json -strict -dnsserver 10.30.50.3:8053
+    command: pebble -config /test/config/default-config.json -strict -dnsserver 10.30.50.3:8053
     environment:
       # TODO(@cpu): Delete this explicit GODEBUG env var once Pebble is built
       # with Go 1.13.x which defaults TLS 1.3 to on
diff --git a/test/config/pebble-config.json b/test/config/default-config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test/config/pebble-config.json
rename to test/config/default-config.json