diff --git a/test/config-files/kip-config.basic.json b/test/config-files/kip-config.basic.json
index aec9826e5..1ef8ec835 100644
--- a/test/config-files/kip-config.basic.json
+++ b/test/config-files/kip-config.basic.json
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 {
+	"outDir": "dist",
+	"srcDir": "test/kipper-files",
 	"compiler": {
 		"version": "*",
 		"target": "ts"
 	},
 	"files": [
-		"src/index.kip"
+		"test/kipper-files/main.kip"
 	],
 	"resources": [
-		"my-image.png"
+		"img/icon.png"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/test/module/config/kipper-config-file-interpreter.ts b/test/module/config/kipper-config-file-interpreter.ts
index d5846399b..e2a04614e 100644
--- a/test/module/config/kipper-config-file-interpreter.ts
+++ b/test/module/config/kipper-config-file-interpreter.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+import { getFileName } from "./utils/utils";
+import { assert } from "chai";
+import { KipperConfigFile, KipperConfigInterpreter, version as kipConfigVersion } from "@kipper/config";
+import * as semver from "semver";
+
+const basicKipConfig = getFileName("kip-config.basic.json");
+
 describe("KipperConfigInterpreter", () => {
+	describe("loadConfig", () => {
+		describe("no extends", () => {
+			const interpreter = new KipperConfigInterpreter();
+
+			it("should load a basic config", async () => {
+				const kipperConfigFile = await KipperConfigFile.fromFile(basicKipConfig, "utf8");
+				const config = await interpreter.loadConfig(kipperConfigFile);
 
+				const pwd = process.cwd();
+				assert.deepEqual(config.raw, {
+					basePath: pwd,
+					srcDir: `${pwd}/test/kipper-files`,
+					outDir: `${pwd}/dist`,
+					compiler: {
+						version: semver.parse(semver.clean(kipConfigVersion))!,
+						target: "ts"
+					},
+					files: [
+						{ src: `${pwd}/test/kipper-files/main.kip`, outDir: `${pwd}/dist` }
+					],
+					resources: [
+						{ src: `${pwd}/img/icon.png`, out: `${pwd}/dist/img/icon.png` }
+					]
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/test/module/config/kipper-config-file.test.ts b/test/module/config/kipper-config-file.test.ts
index f3ab4ea87..628deb864 100644
--- a/test/module/config/kipper-config-file.test.ts
+++ b/test/module/config/kipper-config-file.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
+import { FileNotFoundError, KipperConfigFile } from "@kipper/config";
+import { getFileName } from "./utils/utils";
+import { assert } from "chai";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
+
+const basicKipConfig = getFileName("kip-config.basic.json");
+
 describe("KipperConfigFile", () => {
+	const encoding = "utf8";
+
+	describe("fromString", () => {
+		it("should return a KipperConfigFile instance", () => {
+			const kipConfig = KipperConfigFile.fromString("{}", encoding);
+			assert.instanceOf(kipConfig, KipperConfigFile);
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.content, "{}");
+			assert.deepEqual(kipConfig.parsedJSON, {});
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.fileName, "<string>");
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.encoding, encoding);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("fromFile", () => {
+		it("should return a KipperConfigFile instance", async () => {
+			// First get the file content to check what we are expecting
+			const fileContent = await fs.readFile(basicKipConfig, { encoding });
+
+			const kipConfig = await KipperConfigFile.fromFile(basicKipConfig, encoding);
+			assert.instanceOf(kipConfig, KipperConfigFile);
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.content, fileContent);
+			assert.deepEqual(kipConfig.parsedJSON, JSON.parse(fileContent));
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.fileName, path.basename(basicKipConfig));
+			assert.strictEqual(kipConfig.encoding, encoding);
+		});
 
+		it("should throw an error if the file does not exist", async () => {
+			try {
+				await KipperConfigFile.fromFile(getFileName("does-not-exist.json"), encoding);
+				assert.fail("Expected an error to be thrown");
+			} catch (error) {
+				assert.instanceOf(error, FileNotFoundError);
+			}
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/test/module/config/utils/utils.ts b/test/module/config/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a57b02a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/module/config/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import * as path from "path";
+
+export function getFileName(pathString: string): string {
+	return path.resolve(`${__dirname}/../../../config-files/${pathString}`);
+}