diff --git a/metaflow/cli.py b/metaflow/cli.py
index 3a8dc4ecaa9..42a9038cfe7 100644
--- a/metaflow/cli.py
+++ b/metaflow/cli.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def start(
     event_logger=None,
     monitor=None,
     local_config_file=None,
-    config_file=None,
+    config=None,
     config_value=None,
     **deco_options
 ):
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def start(
     # When we process the options, the first one processed will return None and the
     # second one processed will return the actual options. The order of processing
     # depends on what (and in what order) the user specifies on the command line.
-    config_options = config_file or config_value
+    config_options = config or config_value
 
     if (
         hasattr(ctx, "saved_args")
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def start(
         # if we need to in the first place
         if getattr(ctx.obj, "has_cl_config_options", False):
             raise click.UsageError(
-                "Cannot specify --config-file or --config-value with 'resume'"
+                "Cannot specify --config or --config-value with 'resume'"
             )
         # We now load the config artifacts from the original run id
         run_id = None
diff --git a/metaflow/cli_args.py b/metaflow/cli_args.py
index e894e6da2fa..ae58a2f6991 100644
--- a/metaflow/cli_args.py
+++ b/metaflow/cli_args.py
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ def _options(mapping):
             # keyword in Python, so we call it 'decospecs' in click args
             if k == "decospecs":
                 k = "with"
-            if k in ("config_file", "config_value"):
+            if k in ("config", "config_value"):
                 # Special handling here since we gather them all in one option but actually
                 # need to send them one at a time using --config-value <name> kv.<name>.
-                # Note it can be either config_file or config_value depending
+                # Note it can be either config or config_value depending
                 # on click processing order.
                 for config_name in v.keys():
                     yield "--config-value"
diff --git a/metaflow/flowspec.py b/metaflow/flowspec.py
index b36d9c3af75..0c1330e5672 100644
--- a/metaflow/flowspec.py
+++ b/metaflow/flowspec.py
@@ -223,17 +223,18 @@ def _check_parameters(cls, config_parameters=False):
             seen.add(norm)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _process_config_decorators(cls, config_options, ignore_errors=False):
+    def _process_config_decorators(cls, config_options, process_configs=True):
 
         # Fast path for no user configurations
-        if not cls._flow_state.get(_FlowState.CONFIG_DECORATORS) and all(
-            len(step.config_decorators) == 0 for step in cls._steps
+        if not process_configs or (
+            not cls._flow_state.get(_FlowState.CONFIG_DECORATORS)
+            and all(len(step.config_decorators) == 0 for step in cls._steps)
         ):
             # Process parameters to allow them to also use config values easily
             for var, param in cls._get_parameters():
                 if param.IS_CONFIG_PARAMETER:
                     continue
-                param.init(ignore_errors)
+                param.init(not process_configs)
             return None
 
         debug.userconf_exec("Processing mutating step/flow decorators")
@@ -258,6 +259,11 @@ def _process_config_decorators(cls, config_options, ignore_errors=False):
             debug.userconf_exec("Setting config %s to %s" % (var, str(val)))
             setattr(cls, var, val)
 
+        # Reset cached parameters since we have replaced configs already with ConfigValue
+        # so they are not parameters anymore to be re-evaluated when we do _get_parameters
+        if _FlowState.CACHED_PARAMETERS in cls._flow_state:
+            del cls._flow_state[_FlowState.CACHED_PARAMETERS]
+
         # Run all the decorators. Step decorators are directly in the step and
         # we will run those first and *then* we run all the flow level decorators
         for step in cls._steps:
@@ -277,7 +283,7 @@ def _process_config_decorators(cls, config_options, ignore_errors=False):
                 setattr(cls, step.name, step)
 
         mutable_flow = MutableFlow(cls)
-        for deco in cls._flow_state[_FlowState.CONFIG_DECORATORS]:
+        for deco in cls._flow_state.get(_FlowState.CONFIG_DECORATORS, []):
             if isinstance(deco, CustomFlowDecorator):
                 # Sanity check to make sure we are applying the decorator to the right
                 # class
diff --git a/metaflow/runner/click_api.py b/metaflow/runner/click_api.py
index 9fd7ec45e1e..68aca56406c 100644
--- a/metaflow/runner/click_api.py
+++ b/metaflow/runner/click_api.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 from metaflow.includefile import FilePathClass
 from metaflow.metaflow_config import CLICK_API_PROCESS_CONFIG
 from metaflow.parameters import JSONTypeClass, flow_context
+from metaflow.user_configs.config_decorators import CustomFlowDecorator
 from metaflow.user_configs.config_options import (
     ConfigValue,
     ConvertDictOrStr,
@@ -252,10 +253,14 @@ def extract_flow_class_from_file(flow_file: str) -> FlowSpec:
             # Cache the loaded module
             loaded_modules[flow_file] = module
 
-        classes = inspect.getmembers(module, inspect.isclass)
+        classes = inspect.getmembers(
+            module, lambda x: inspect.isclass(x) or isinstance(x, CustomFlowDecorator)
+        )
         flow_cls = None
 
         for _, kls in classes:
+            if isinstance(kls, CustomFlowDecorator):
+                kls = kls._flow_cls
             if (
                 kls is not FlowSpec
                 and kls.__module__ == module_name
@@ -444,10 +449,10 @@ def _compute_flow_parameters(self):
                 ds = opts.get("datastore", defaults["datastore"])
                 quiet = opts.get("quiet", defaults["quiet"])
                 is_default = False
-                config_file = opts.get("config-file")
+                config_file = opts.get("config")
                 if config_file is None:
                     is_default = True
-                    config_file = defaults.get("config_file")
+                    config_file = defaults.get("config")
 
                 if config_file:
                     config_file = map(
@@ -480,7 +485,7 @@ def _compute_flow_parameters(self):
                     # Process both configurations; the second one will return all the merged
                     # configuration options properly processed.
                     self._config_input.process_configs(
-                        self._flow_cls.__name__, "config_file", config_file, quiet, ds
+                        self._flow_cls.__name__, "config", config_file, quiet, ds
                     )
                     config_options = self._config_input.process_configs(
                         self._flow_cls.__name__, "config_value", config_value, quiet, ds
@@ -493,7 +498,7 @@ def _compute_flow_parameters(self):
         # it will init all parameters (config_options will be None)
         # We ignore any errors if we don't check the configs in the click API.
         new_cls = self._flow_cls._process_config_decorators(
-            config_options, ignore_errors=not CLICK_API_PROCESS_CONFIG
+            config_options, process_configs=CLICK_API_PROCESS_CONFIG
         )
         if new_cls:
             self._flow_cls = new_cls
@@ -522,6 +527,12 @@ def extract_all_params(cmd_obj: Union[click.Command, click.Group]):
             )
             arg_parameters[each_param.name] = each_param
         elif isinstance(each_param, click.Option):
+            if each_param.hidden:
+                # Skip hidden options because users should not be setting those.
+                # These are typically internal only options (used by the Runner in part
+                # for example to pass state files or configs to pass local-config-file).
+                continue
+
             opt_params_sigs[each_param.name], annotations[each_param.name] = (
                 get_inspect_param_obj(each_param, inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY)
             )
diff --git a/metaflow/user_configs/config_decorators.py b/metaflow/user_configs/config_decorators.py
index afcec2ba077..be08e903bb0 100644
--- a/metaflow/user_configs/config_decorators.py
+++ b/metaflow/user_configs/config_decorators.py
@@ -406,19 +406,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self._args = args
             self._kwargs = kwargs
 
-    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
-        # Required so that we "present" as a FlowSpec when the flow decorator is
-        # of the form
-        # @MyFlowDecorator
-        # class MyFlow(FlowSpec):
-        #     pass
-        #
-        # In that case, if we don't have __get__, the object is a CustomFlowDecorator
-        # and not a FlowSpec. This is more critical for steps (and CustomStepDecorator)
-        # because other parts of the code rely on steps having is_step. There are
-        # other ways to solve this but this allowed for minimal changes going forward.
-        return self()
-
     def __call__(
         self, flow_spec: Optional["metaflow.flowspec.FlowSpecMeta"] = None
     ) -> "metaflow.flowspec.FlowSpecMeta":
@@ -447,6 +434,15 @@ def __call__(
             raise MetaflowException(
                 "A CustomFlowDecorator can only be applied to a FlowSpec"
             )
+        # NOTA: This returns self._flow_cls() because the object in the case of
+        # @FlowDecorator
+        # class MyFlow(FlowSpec):
+        #     pass
+        # the object is a FlowDecorator and when the main function calls it, we end up
+        # here and need to actually call the FlowSpec. This is not the case when using
+        # a decorator with arguments because in the line above, we will have returned a
+        # FlowSpec object. Previous solution was to use __get__ but this does not seem
+        # to work properly.
         return self._flow_cls()
 
     def _set_flow_cls(
@@ -500,7 +496,16 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self._kwargs = kwargs
 
     def __get__(self, instance, owner):
-        # See explanation in CustomFlowDecorator.__get__
+        # Required so that we "present" as a step when the step decorator is
+        # of the form
+        # @MyStepDecorator
+        # @step
+        # def my_step(self):
+        #     pass
+        #
+        # In that case, if we don't have __get__, the object is a CustomStepDecorator
+        # and not a step. Other parts of the code rely on steps having is_step. There are
+        # other ways to solve this but this allowed for minimal changes going forward.
         return self()
 
     def __call__(
diff --git a/metaflow/user_configs/config_options.py b/metaflow/user_configs/config_options.py
index 341e775dd99..2453c427aea 100644
--- a/metaflow/user_configs/config_options.py
+++ b/metaflow/user_configs/config_options.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def config_options_with_config_input(cmd):
     cmd.params.insert(
         0,
         click.Option(
-            ["--config", "config_file"],
+            ["--config", "config"],
             nargs=2,
             multiple=True,
             type=MultipleTuple([click.Choice(config_seen), ConvertPath()]),
diff --git a/metaflow/util.py b/metaflow/util.py
index cd3447d0e48..f9051aff589 100644
--- a/metaflow/util.py
+++ b/metaflow/util.py
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ def dict_to_cli_options(params):
             # keyword in Python, so we call it 'decospecs' in click args
             if k == "decospecs":
                 k = "with"
-            if k in ("config_file", "config_value"):
+            if k in ("config", "config_value"):
                 # Special handling here since we gather them all in one option but actually
                 # need to send them one at a time using --config-value <name> kv.<name>
-                # Note it can be either config_file or config_value depending
+                # Note it can be either config or config_value depending
                 # on click processing order.
                 for config_name in v.keys():
                     yield "--config-value"
diff --git a/test/test_config/basic_config_silly.txt b/test/test_config/basic_config_silly.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c438d89d5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/basic_config_silly.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+baz:amazing
diff --git a/test/test_config/card_config.py b/test/test_config/card_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd3026e7ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/card_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import time
+from metaflow import FlowSpec, step, Config, card
+
+
+class CardConfigFlow(FlowSpec):
+
+    config = Config("config", default_value="")
+
+    @card(type=config.type)
+    @step
+    def start(self):
+        print("card type", self.config.type)
+        self.next(self.end)
+
+    @step
+    def end(self):
+        print("full config", self.config)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    CardConfigFlow()
diff --git a/test_config/config2.json b/test/test_config/config2.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/config2.json
rename to test/test_config/config2.json
diff --git a/test/test_config/config_card.py b/test/test_config/config_card.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04855a1ebed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/config_card.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import time
+from metaflow import FlowSpec, step, card, current, Config, Parameter, config_expr
+from metaflow.cards import Image
+
+BASE = "https://picsum.photos/id"
+
+
+class ConfigurablePhotoFlow(FlowSpec):
+    cfg = Config("config", default="photo_config.json")
+    id = Parameter("id", default=cfg.id, type=int)
+    size = Parameter("size", default=cfg.size, type=int)
+
+    @card
+    @step
+    def start(self):
+        import requests
+
+        params = {k: v for k, v in self.cfg.style.items() if v}
+        self.url = f"{BASE}/{self.id}/{self.size}/{self.size}"
+        img = requests.get(self.url, params)
+        current.card.append(Image(img.content))
+        self.next(self.end)
+
+    @step
+    def end(self):
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ConfigurablePhotoFlow()
diff --git a/test_config/config_parser.py b/test/test_config/config_parser.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/config_parser.py
rename to test/test_config/config_parser.py
diff --git a/test_config/config_parser_requirements.txt b/test/test_config/config_parser_requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/config_parser_requirements.txt
rename to test/test_config/config_parser_requirements.txt
diff --git a/test_config/config_simple.json b/test/test_config/config_simple.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/config_simple.json
rename to test/test_config/config_simple.json
diff --git a/test_config/config_simple.py b/test/test_config/config_simple.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/config_simple.py
rename to test/test_config/config_simple.py
diff --git a/test/test_config/config_simple2.py b/test/test_config/config_simple2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18ecb39eb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/config_simple2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+from metaflow import (
+    Config,
+    FlowSpec,
+    Parameter,
+    config_expr,
+    current,
+    environment,
+    project,
+    step,
+    timeout,
+)
+
+default_config = {"blur": 123, "timeout": 10}
+
+
+def myparser(s: str):
+    return {"hi": "you"}
+
+
+class ConfigSimple(FlowSpec):
+
+    cfg = Config("cfg", default_value=default_config)
+    cfg_req = Config("cfg_req2", required=True)
+    blur = Parameter("blur", default=cfg.blur)
+    blur2 = Parameter("blur2", default=cfg_req.blur)
+    cfg_non_req = Config("cfg_non_req")
+    cfg_empty_default = Config("cfg_empty_default", default_value={})
+    cfg_empty_default_parser = Config(
+        "cfg_empty_default_parser", default_value="", parser=myparser
+    )
+    cfg_non_req_parser = Config("cfg_non_req_parser", parser=myparser)
+
+    @timeout(seconds=cfg["timeout"])
+    @step
+    def start(self):
+        print(
+            "Non req: %s; emtpy_default %s; empty_default_parser: %s, non_req_parser: %s"
+            % (
+                self.cfg_non_req,
+                self.cfg_empty_default,
+                self.cfg_empty_default_parser,
+                self.cfg_non_req_parser,
+            )
+        )
+        print("Blur is %s" % self.blur)
+        print("Blur2 is %s" % self.blur2)
+        print("Config is of type %s" % type(self.cfg))
+        self.next(self.end)
+
+    @step
+    def end(self):
+        print("Blur is %s" % self.blur)
+        print("Blur2 is %s" % self.blur2)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ConfigSimple()
diff --git a/test_config/helloconfig.py b/test/test_config/helloconfig.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/helloconfig.py
rename to test/test_config/helloconfig.py
diff --git a/test_config/mutable_flow.py b/test/test_config/mutable_flow.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/mutable_flow.py
rename to test/test_config/mutable_flow.py
diff --git a/test/test_config/no_default.py b/test/test_config/no_default.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6acc0dbcbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/no_default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from metaflow import Config, FlowSpec, card, step
+
+
+class Sample(FlowSpec):
+    config = Config("config", default=None)
+
+    @card
+    @step
+    def start(self):
+        self.next(self.end)
+
+    @step
+    def end(self):
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    Sample()
diff --git a/test/test_config/photo_config.json b/test/test_config/photo_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d04a5a102e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/photo_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": 1084,
+    "size": 400,
+    "style": {
+        "grayscale": true,
+        "blur": 5
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/test_config/runner_flow.py b/test/test_config/runner_flow.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b55234b42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_config/runner_flow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from metaflow import FlowSpec, Runner, step
+
+
+class RunnerFlow(FlowSpec):
+    @step
+    def start(self):
+        with Runner("./mutable_flow.py") as r:
+            r.run()
+        self.next(self.end)
+
+    @step
+    def end(self):
+        print("Done")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    RunnerFlow()
diff --git a/test_config/test.py b/test/test_config/test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test_config/test.py
rename to test/test_config/test.py