diff --git a/cmd/tetragon/conf.go b/cmd/tetragon/conf.go
index 26a1cbc172f..41889b1867d 100644
--- a/cmd/tetragon/conf.go
+++ b/cmd/tetragon/conf.go
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/option"
@@ -22,45 +19,6 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func readConfigFile(path string, file string) error {
-	filePath := filepath.Join(path, file)
-	st, err := os.Stat(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if st.Mode().IsRegular() == false {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file '%s' not a regular file", file)
-	}
-
-	viper.AddConfigPath(path)
-	err = viper.MergeInConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func readConfigDir(path string) error {
-	st, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if st.IsDir() == false {
-		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a directory", path)
-	}
-
-	cm, err := option.ReadDirConfig(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := viper.MergeConfigMap(cm); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("merge config failed %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func readConfigSettings(defaultConfDir string, defaultConfDropIn string, dropInsDir []string) {
 	viper.SetEnvPrefix("tetragon")
 	replacer := strings.NewReplacer("-", "_")
@@ -73,24 +31,24 @@ func readConfigSettings(defaultConfDir string, defaultConfDropIn string, dropIns
 
 	// Read default drop-ins directories
 	for _, dir := range dropInsDir {
-		readConfigDir(dir)
+		option.ReadConfigDir(dir)
 	}
 
 	// Look into cwd first, this is needed for quick development only
-	readConfigFile(".", "tetragon.yaml")
+	option.ReadConfigFile(".", "tetragon.yaml")
 
 	// Look for /etc/tetragon/tetragon.yaml
-	readConfigFile(defaultConfDir, "tetragon.yaml")
+	option.ReadConfigFile(defaultConfDir, "tetragon.yaml")
 
 	// Look into default /etc/tetragon/tetragon.conf.d/ now
-	readConfigDir(defaultConfDropIn)
+	option.ReadConfigDir(defaultConfDropIn)
 
 	// Read now the passed key --config-dir
 	if viper.IsSet(keyConfigDir) {
 		configDir := viper.GetString(keyConfigDir)
 		// viper.IsSet could return true on an empty string reset
 		if configDir != "" {
-			err := readConfigDir(configDir)
+			err := option.ReadConfigDir(configDir)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.WithField(keyConfigDir, configDir).WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to read config from directory")
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/option/config.go b/pkg/option/config.go
index ea40624ab53..d0d23d84add 100644
--- a/pkg/option/config.go
+++ b/pkg/option/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 type config struct {
@@ -137,3 +138,42 @@ func ReadDirConfig(dirName string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	}
 	return m, nil
 }
+
+func ReadConfigFile(path string, file string) error {
+	filePath := filepath.Join(path, file)
+	st, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if st.Mode().IsRegular() == false {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file '%s' not a regular file", file)
+	}
+
+	viper.AddConfigPath(path)
+	err = viper.MergeInConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ReadConfigDir(path string) error {
+	st, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if st.IsDir() == false {
+		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a directory", path)
+	}
+
+	cm, err := ReadDirConfig(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := viper.MergeConfigMap(cm); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("merge config failed %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}