diff --git a/cmd/proxy/main.go b/cmd/proxy/main.go
index 3c013af9..13ddedb7 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/proxy/main.go
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ VERSION:
 		Name:  "start-swagger-ui",
 		Usage: "If set to true, will start a Swagger UI on the root",
 	}
-	// sovereignConfig defines a flag that specifies if what run type components should use
-	sovereignConfig = cli.BoolFlag{
+	// sovereign defines a flag that specifies if what run type components should use
+	sovereign = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "sovereign-config",
 		Usage: "If set to true, will use sovereign run type components",
 	}
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func main() {
 		workingDirectory,
 		memBallast,
 		startSwaggerUI,
-		sovereignConfig,
+		sovereign,
 	}
 	app.Authors = []cli.Author{
 		{
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ func createVersionsRegistryTestOrProduction(
 			statusMetricsHandler,
 			ctx.GlobalString(walletKeyPemFile.Name),
 			ctx.GlobalString(apiConfigDirectory.Name),
+			ctx.GlobalBool(sovereign.Name),
 			closableComponents,
-			ctx.GlobalBool(sovereignConfig.Name),
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ func createVersionsRegistryTestOrProduction(
 		statusMetricsHandler,
 		ctx.GlobalString(walletKeyPemFile.Name),
 		ctx.GlobalString(apiConfigDirectory.Name),
+		ctx.GlobalBool(sovereign.Name),
 		closableComponents,
-		ctx.GlobalBool(sovereignConfig.Name),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ func createVersionsRegistry(
 	statusMetricsHandler data.StatusMetricsProvider,
 	pemFileLocation string,
 	apiConfigDirectoryPath string,
-	closableComponents *data.ClosableComponentsHandler,
 	isSovereignConfig bool,
+	closableComponents *data.ClosableComponentsHandler,
 ) (data.VersionsRegistryHandler, error) {
 	pubKeyConverter, err := pubkeyConverter.NewBech32PubkeyConverter(cfg.AddressPubkeyConverter.Length, addressHRP)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/factory/errors.go b/factory/errors.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b899847..00000000
--- a/factory/errors.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package factory
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-)
-
-// ErrNilRunTypeComponents signals that nil run type components were provided
-var ErrNilRunTypeComponents = errors.New("nil run type components")
diff --git a/factory/runType/interface.go b/factory/runType/interface.go
index d749ae48..37448d92 100644
--- a/factory/runType/interface.go
+++ b/factory/runType/interface.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package runType
 
-// RunTypeComponentsCreator is the interface for the runTypeComponentsCreator
+// RunTypeComponentsCreator is the interface for creating run type components
 type RunTypeComponentsCreator interface {
 	Create() *runTypeComponents
 	IsInterfaceNil() bool
diff --git a/factory/runType/runTypeComponents.go b/factory/runType/runTypeComponents.go
index db4a7a5f..5e96d670 100644
--- a/factory/runType/runTypeComponents.go
+++ b/factory/runType/runTypeComponents.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package runType
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-proxy-go/process"
 )
 
+var errNilRunTypeComponents = errors.New("nil run type components")
+
 type runTypeComponents struct {
 	txNotarizationCheckerHandlerCreator process.TxNotarizationCheckerHandler
 }
diff --git a/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler.go b/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler.go
index 4548cab0..b098f309 100644
--- a/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler.go
+++ b/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type managedRunTypeComponents struct {
 // NewManagedRunTypeComponents returns a news instance of managed runType core components
 func NewManagedRunTypeComponents(rtc RunTypeComponentsCreator) (*managedRunTypeComponents, error) {
 	if rtc == nil {
-		return nil, factory.ErrNilRunTypeComponents
+		return nil, errNilRunTypeComponents
 	}
 
 	return &managedRunTypeComponents{
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (mrtc *managedRunTypeComponents) CheckSubcomponents() error {
 	defer mrtc.mutRunTypeCoreComponents.RUnlock()
 
 	if check.IfNil(mrtc.runTypeComponents) {
-		return factory.ErrNilRunTypeComponents
+		return errNilRunTypeComponents
 	}
 	if check.IfNil(mrtc.txNotarizationCheckerHandlerCreator) {
 		return process.ErrNilTxNotarizationCheckerHandler
diff --git a/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler_test.go b/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler_test.go
index 9cd5d46a..3e1991d8 100644
--- a/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler_test.go
+++ b/factory/runType/runTypeComponentsHandler_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ func TestNewManagedRunTypeComponents(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("should error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		managedRunTypeComponents, err := NewManagedRunTypeComponents(nil)
-		require.ErrorIs(t, err, factory.ErrNilRunTypeComponents)
-		require.True(t, managedRunTypeComponents.IsInterfaceNil())
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errNilRunTypeComponents)
+		require.Nil(t, managedRunTypeComponents)
 	})
 	t.Run("should work", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rtcf := NewRunTypeComponentsFactory()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestManagedRunTypeComponents_CheckSubcomponents(t *testing.T) {
 
 	managedRunTypeComponents, _ := createComponents()
 	err := managedRunTypeComponents.CheckSubcomponents()
-	require.Equal(t, factory.ErrNilRunTypeComponents, err)
+	require.Equal(t, errNilRunTypeComponents, err)
 
 	err = managedRunTypeComponents.Create()
 	require.NoError(t, err)