diff --git a/cmd/collect.go b/cmd/collect.go
index 7fb225b..94f1901 100644
--- a/cmd/collect.go
+++ b/cmd/collect.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	magellan "github.com/OpenCHAMI/magellan/internal"
 	"github.com/OpenCHAMI/magellan/internal/api/smd"
 	"github.com/OpenCHAMI/magellan/internal/db/sqlite"
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ var collectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 		}
 
+		if verbose {
+			fmt.Printf("access token: %v\n", accessToken)
+		}
+
 		//
 		if threads <= 0 {
 			threads = mathutil.Clamp(len(probeStates), 1, 255)
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5afc031..2223ea1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ func LoadAccessToken() (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// TODO: try to load token from config
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not load from environment variable or file")
+	testToken = viper.GetString("access_token")
+	if testToken != "" {
+		return testToken, nil
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not load token from environment variable, file, or config")
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 3007cc4..33808c3 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 scan:
   hosts:
-  - "172.16.1.15"
+    - "172.16.1.15"
   subnets:
-  - "172.16.0.0"
-  - "172.16.0.0/24"
+    - "172.16.0.0"
+    - "172.16.0.0/24"
   subnet-masks:
   ports:
-  - 433
+    - 433
   disable-probing: false
 collect:
   # host: smd-host
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ collect:
   secure-tls: false
   cert-pool:
   drivers:
-  - "redfish"
+    - "redfish"
   ipmitool:
     path: "/usr/bin/ipmitool"
 update:
diff --git a/internal/db/sqlite/sqlite.go b/internal/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
index 73f0376..564fd0d 100644
--- a/internal/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/internal/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func CreateProbeResultsIfNotExists(path string) (*sqlx.DB, error) {
 		PRIMARY KEY (host, port)
 	);
 	`
+	// TODO: it may help with debugging to check for file permissions here first
 	db, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite3", path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not open database: %v", err)