diff --git a/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp b/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
index 6a540ed7b..9182072ec 100644
--- a/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/app/VerifyConfig.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace app {
  * @return true if config values are all correct, false otherwise
  */
 inline bool
-verifyConfig(std::string_view configPath)
+parseConfig(std::string_view configPath)
 {
     using namespace util::config;
 
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ verifyConfig(std::string_view configPath)
     }
     return true;
 }
+
 }  // namespace app
diff --git a/src/main/Main.cpp b/src/main/Main.cpp
index b2ce539a6..11c034e58 100644
--- a/src/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/Main.cpp
@@ -41,15 +41,14 @@ try {
     return action.apply(
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::Exit const& exit) { return exit.exitCode; },
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::VerifyConfig const& verify) {
-            if (app::verifyConfig(verify.configPath)) {
+            if (app::parseConfig(verify.configPath)) {
                 std::cout << "Config " << verify.configPath << " is correct" << "\n";
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
             }
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
         },
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::Run const& run) {
-            auto const res = app::verifyConfig(run.configPath);
-            if (res != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+            if (not app::parseConfig(run.configPath))
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
             util::LogService::init(gClioConfig);
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ try {
             return clio.run(run.useNgWebServer);
         },
         [](app::CliArgs::Action::Migrate const& migrate) {
-            auto const res = app::verifyConfig(migrate.configPath);
-            if (res != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+            if (not app::parseConfig(migrate.configPath))
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
             util::LogService::init(gClioConfig);
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp b/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
index b9d00c94f..929c5ac83 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/app/VerifyConfigTests.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TEST(VerifyConfigTest, InvalidConfig)
     auto const tmpConfigFile = TmpFile(kJSON_DATA);
 
     // false because json data(kJSON_DATA) is not compatible with current configDefintion
-    EXPECT_FALSE(verifyConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parseConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
 }
 
 TEST(VerifyConfigTest, ValidConfig)
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ TEST(VerifyConfigTest, ValidConfig)
     auto const tmpConfigFile = TmpFile(kVALID_JSON_DATA);
 
     // current example config should always be compatible with configDefinition
-    EXPECT_TRUE(verifyConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(parseConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
 }
 
 TEST(VerifyConfigTest, ConfigFileNotExist)
 {
-    EXPECT_FALSE(verifyConfig("doesn't exist Config File"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parseConfig("doesn't exist Config File"));
 }
 
 TEST(VerifyConfigTest, InvalidJsonFile)
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ TEST(VerifyConfigTest, InvalidJsonFile)
                                         })";
     auto const tmpConfigFile = TmpFile(kINVALID_JSON);
 
-    EXPECT_FALSE(verifyConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parseConfig(tmpConfigFile.path));
 }