diff --git a/src/rsync_offsite_backup.sh b/src/rsync_offsite_backup.sh
index 26b757b..59dbd82 100755
--- a/src/rsync_offsite_backup.sh
+++ b/src/rsync_offsite_backup.sh
@@ -372,29 +372,33 @@ function get_config_file() {
   fi
 }
 
-return 0 # FIXME: Remove
+function load_config() {
+  local conf="$(get_config_file)"
 
-#
-# Read config
-#
-_CONF=''
-readonly SSH_KEY="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.ssh.key' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-readonly SSH_HOST="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.ssh.host' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-readonly SSH_PORT="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.ssh.port' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-readonly SSH_USER="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.ssh.user' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-
-readonly PATH_SOURCE="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.path.source' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-readonly PATH_REMOTE="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel --null -c '.path.remote' -p yaml 2>/dev/null)"
-
-for var_name in SSH_KEY SSH_HOST SSH_PORT SSH_USER PATH_SOURCE PATH_REMOTE
-do
-  if [[ "${!var_name}" == '' ]]
-  then
-    echo "ERROR: Config file syntax is invalid." >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
+  SSH_KEY="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.ssh.key')"
+  SSH_HOST="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.ssh.host')"
+  SSH_PORT="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.ssh.port')"
+  SSH_USER="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.ssh.user')"
+
+  PATH_SOURCE="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.path.source')"
+  PATH_REMOTE="$(_get_config_value "${conf}" '.path.remote')"
 
+  for var_name in SSH_KEY SSH_HOST SSH_PORT SSH_USER PATH_SOURCE PATH_REMOTE; do
+    if [[ "${!var_name}" == '' ]]; then
+      _error 'Config file syntax is invalid.'
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  export SSH_KEY
+  export SSH_HOST
+  export SSH_PORT
+  export SSH_USER
+  export PATH_SOURCE
+  export PATH_REMOTE
+}
+
+return 0 # FIXME: Remove
 
 #
 # Parse ssh connection parameters
@@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ RSYNC_OPTIONS+=(
 #
 # Parse info flags
 #
-readonly info_json="$(echo "${_CONF}" | dasel -c -p yaml -r yaml -w json '.rsync.info' 2>/dev/null || echo "[\"${DEFAULT_INFO}\"]")"
+readonly info_json="$(echo "${_CONF:-}" | dasel -c -p yaml -r yaml -w json '.rsync.info' 2>/dev/null || echo "[\"${DEFAULT_INFO}\"]")"
 
 RSYNC_OPTIONS+=(
   --info                      # fine-grained informational verbosity
diff --git a/test/test_config.bats b/test/test_config.bats
index dce4dd3..26e9c2a 100644
--- a/test/test_config.bats
+++ b/test/test_config.bats
@@ -8,9 +8,21 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
-  rm -f "${TMPFILE}"
+  set -e
+  rm -f "${TMPFILE}" "${PROJECT_ROOT:?}/test/bin/envsubst"
+
+  set +e
   unset CONFIG_FILE
+  unset DASEL_VER
+  unset YQ_VER
   unset TMPFILE
+
+  unset SSH_KEY
+  unset SSH_HOST
+  unset SSH_PORT
+  unset SSH_USER
+  unset PATH_SOURCE
+  unset PATH_REMOTE
 }
 
 # get_config_file --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -48,7 +60,11 @@ teardown() {
   export CONFIG_FILE="${TMPFILE}"
 
   # MOCK
-  envsubst() { echo "lorem ipsum config:$(</dev/stdin)"; }
+  {
+    echo '#!/bin/sh'
+    echo 'echo "lorem ipsum config:$(</dev/stdin)"'
+  } > "${PROJECT_ROOT}/test/bin/envsubst"
+  chmod a+x "${PROJECT_ROOT}/test/bin/envsubst"
 
   # WHEN
   run get_config_file
@@ -57,3 +73,59 @@ teardown() {
   assert_success
   assert_output "lorem ipsum config:${given_config_contents}"
 }
+
+# load_config ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@test "load_config should load config file using dasel" {
+  # GIVEN
+  export DASEL_VER='irrelevant'
+  export YQ_VER="${__NO_VALUE__:?}"
+  export CONFIG_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT:?}/src/example.config.yml"
+
+  assert_equal "${SSH_KEY:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_HOST:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_PORT:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_USER:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${PATH_SOURCE:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${PATH_REMOTE:-}" ''
+
+  # WHEN
+  load_config
+
+  # THEN
+  assert_equal $? 0
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2088
+  assert_equal "${SSH_KEY}" '~/.ssh/id_rda'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_HOST}" 'example.com'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_PORT}" '22'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_USER}" 'johndoe'
+  assert_equal "${PATH_SOURCE}" '/tmp/'
+  assert_equal "${PATH_REMOTE}" 'tmp/'
+}
+
+@test "load_config should load config file using yq" {
+  # GIVEN
+  export DASEL_VER="${__NO_VALUE__:?}"
+  export YQ_VER='irrelevant'
+  export CONFIG_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT:?}/src/example.config.yml"
+
+  assert_equal "${SSH_KEY:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_HOST:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_PORT:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${SSH_USER:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${PATH_SOURCE:-}" ''
+  assert_equal "${PATH_REMOTE:-}" ''
+
+  # WHEN
+  load_config
+
+  # THEN
+  assert_equal $? 0
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2088
+  assert_equal "${SSH_KEY}" '~/.ssh/id_rda'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_HOST}" 'example.com'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_PORT}" '22'
+  assert_equal "${SSH_USER}" 'johndoe'
+  assert_equal "${PATH_SOURCE}" '/tmp/'
+  assert_equal "${PATH_REMOTE}" 'tmp/'
+}
diff --git a/test/test_helper/common-setup.bash b/test/test_helper/common-setup.bash
index 26af4a2..6b89021 100644
--- a/test/test_helper/common-setup.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper/common-setup.bash
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ _common_setup() {
   # use $BATS_TEST_FILENAME instead of ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} or $0,
   # as those will point to the bats executable's location or the preprocessed file respectively
 
-   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-  local project_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BATS_TEST_FILENAME}")/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
-  PATH="${project_root}/src:${project_root}/test/bin:${PATH}"
+  export PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BATS_TEST_FILENAME:?}")/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+  PATH="${PROJECT_ROOT}/src:${PROJECT_ROOT}/test/bin:${PATH}"
 
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  PATH_BACKUP="${PATH}"
+  export PATH_BACKUP="${PATH}"
 
   source rsync_offsite_backup.sh
 }
diff --git a/test/test_list_active_jobs.bats b/test/test_list_active_jobs.bats
index 1748731..0c9b889 100644
--- a/test/test_list_active_jobs.bats
+++ b/test/test_list_active_jobs.bats
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ get_active_jobs_stdout=(
 
 setup() {
   load 'test_helper/common-setup'
-  load 'test_helper/mocks/stub'
   _common_setup
 }