diff --git a/cmd/kubehound/dumper.go b/cmd/kubehound/dumper.go
index a9aeb6a0..71282532 100644
--- a/cmd/kubehound/dumper.go
+++ b/cmd/kubehound/dumper.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var (
 		PreRunE: func(cobraCmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			viper.Set(config.CollectorFileDirectory, args[0])
 
-			return cmd.InitializeKubehoundConfig(cobraCmd.Context(), "", true, true)
+			return cmd.InitializeKubehoundConfig(cobraCmd.Context(), cfgFile, true, true)
 		},
 		RunE: func(cobraCmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			// Passing the Kubehound config from viper
diff --git a/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go b/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
index 982b4022..8f436086 100644
--- a/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
+++ b/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var (
 				cobraCmd.MarkFlagRequired("cluster") //nolint: errcheck
 			}
 
-			return cmd.InitializeKubehoundConfig(cobraCmd.Context(), "", false, true)
+			return cmd.InitializeKubehoundConfig(cobraCmd.Context(), cfgFile, false, true)
 		},
 		RunE: func(cobraCmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			// Passing the Kubehound config from viper