diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 39b5b13..d7ae3a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5046,6 +5046,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "directories",
  "dotenv",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs b/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
index 2a29ce5..d5ad4a0 100644
--- a/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
+++ b/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use crate::cps::lire_carte;
 use crate::libssv::{SSV_InitLIB2, SSV_LireConfig};
 
-use ::utils::config::load_config;
+use ::utils::config::{load_config, ConfigError};
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum SSVDemoError {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub enum SSVDemoError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     SSVLibErrorCode(#[from] crate::libssv::LibSSVError),
     #[error(transparent)]
-    Anyhow(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+    Configuration(#[from] ConfigError),
 }
 
 fn ssv_init_lib_2() -> Result<(), SSVDemoError> {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn demo() -> Result<(), SSVDemoError> {
 
     println!("------- Demo for the SSV library --------");
 
-    load_config()?;
+    load_config(None)?;
 
     ssv_init_lib_2()?;
 
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index fbe8c0e..d89f083 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 directories = "5.0"
 dotenv = "0.15"
+thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/config.rs b/crates/utils/src/config.rs
index d4756f5..d704e7b 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/config.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf, sync::atomic::AtomicBool};
 
-use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use dotenv::from_path;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 const CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = ".env";
 
+static CONFIG_INITIALIZED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    #[error("No config file {0} found in the following directories: {1:#?}")]
+    ConfigFileNotFound(String, Vec<PathBuf>),
+    #[error("Failed to load config file: {0}")]
+    LoadConfigError(#[from] dotenv::Error),
+    #[error("Environment variable error: {0}")]
+    EnvVarError(#[from] std::env::VarError),
+}
+
 pub fn get_config_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     let mut config_dirs = vec![
         PathBuf::from(""), // Current directory
@@ -19,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn get_config_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     config_dirs
 }
 
-pub fn get_config_files() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+pub fn get_config_files() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, ConfigError> {
     let config_dirs = get_config_dirs();
     let mut config_files = Vec::new();
     for config_dir in config_dirs.iter() {
@@ -29,14 +41,20 @@ pub fn get_config_files() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
         }
     }
     if config_files.is_empty() {
-        bail!(
-            "No config file {CONFIG_FILE_NAME} found in the following directories: {config_dirs:#?}"
-        );
+        return Err(ConfigError::ConfigFileNotFound(
+            CONFIG_FILE_NAME.to_string(),
+            config_dirs,
+        ));
     }
     Ok(config_files)
 }
 
-pub fn load_config() -> Result<()> {
+pub fn load_config(force: Option<bool>) -> Result<(), ConfigError> {
+    let force = force.unwrap_or(false);
+    if CONFIG_INITIALIZED.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) && force {
+        println!("DEBUG: Config already initialized, skipping");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
     let config_files = get_config_files()?;
     // Load the first config file found
     // TODO: add a verbose log to list all config files found
@@ -44,5 +62,7 @@ pub fn load_config() -> Result<()> {
         "DEBUG: Config files found (1st loaded): {:#?}",
         config_files
     );
-    from_path(config_files[0].as_path()).context("Failed to load config file")
+    from_path(config_files[0].as_path()).map_err(ConfigError::LoadConfigError)?;
+    CONFIG_INITIALIZED.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+    Ok(())
 }