diff --git a/scripts/update_config.ts b/scripts/update_config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f78657a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { Utils } from '@shardus/types'
+import * as crypto from '@shardus/crypto-utils'
+import { config, overrideDefaultConfig } from '../src/Config'
+
+const configFile = join(process.cwd(), 'archiver-config.json')
+overrideDefaultConfig(configFile)
+
+crypto.init(config.ARCHIVER_HASH_KEY)
+
+const DEV_KEYS = {
+  pk: config.ARCHIVER_PUBLIC_KEY,
+  sk: config.ARCHIVER_SECRET_KEY,
+}
+
+function sign<T>(obj: T, sk: string, pk: string): T & any {
+  const objCopy = JSON.parse(crypto.stringify(obj))
+  crypto.signObj(objCopy, sk, pk)
+  return objCopy
+}
+
+function createSignature(data: any, pk: string, sk: string): any {
+  return sign({ ...data }, sk, pk)
+}
+
+const UPDATE_CONFIG = {
+  /* Add Config properties that need to be updated here */
+  VERBOSE: true,
+  RATE_LIMIT: 200,
+}
+
+const INPUT = Utils.safeStringify(createSignature(UPDATE_CONFIG, DEV_KEYS.pk, DEV_KEYS.sk))
+
+axios
+  .patch('http://127.0.0.1:4000/set-config', INPUT, {
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+  .then((response) => {
+    console.log(response.data)
+  })
+  .catch((error) => {
+    if (error.response) {
+      console.error(error.response)
+    } else {
+      console.error(error.message)
+    }
+  })
diff --git a/src/API.ts b/src/API.ts
index a76f5891..5335754c 100644
--- a/src/API.ts
+++ b/src/API.ts
@@ -925,6 +925,10 @@ export function registerRoutes(server: FastifyInstance<Server, IncomingMessage,
     reply.send(res)
   })
 
+  /**
+   * This endpoint is used to update the archiver config.
+   * @script A test script to hit this endpoint is available at `scripts/update_config.ts`
+   */
   server.patch(
     '/set-config',
     {