diff --git a/config/multifiles_it_test.go b/config/multifiles_it_test.go
index a28430ad1..2afae1867 100644
--- a/config/multifiles_it_test.go
+++ b/config/multifiles_it_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 package config
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
 )
@@ -28,6 +31,11 @@ import (
 var mfCgrCfg *CGRConfig
 
 func TestMfInitConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	for key, val := range map[string]string{"LOGGER": "*syslog", "LOG_LEVEL": "6", "TLS_VERIFY": "false", "ROUND_DEC": "5",
+		"DB_ENCODING": "*msgpack", "TP_EXPORT_DIR": "/var/spool/cgrates/tpe", "FAILED_POSTS_DIR": "/var/spool/cgrates/failed_posts",
+		"DF_TENANT": "cgrates.org", "TIMEZONE": "Local"} {
+		os.Setenv(key, val)
+	}
 	var err error
 	if mfCgrCfg, err = NewCGRConfigFromFolder("/usr/share/cgrates/conf/samples/multifiles"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("Got config error: ", err.Error())
@@ -88,3 +96,32 @@ func TestMfCdreExport1Instance(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Unexpected headerField value: ", mfCgrCfg.CdreProfiles[prfl].ContentFields[2].Tag)
 	}
 }
+func TestEnvReaderITRead(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := GeneralCfg{
+		NodeID:            "d80fac5",
+		Logger:            "*syslog",
+		LogLevel:          6,
+		HttpSkipTlsVerify: false,
+		RoundingDecimals:  5,
+		DBDataEncoding:    "msgpack",
+		TpExportPath:      "/var/spool/cgrates/tpe",
+		PosterAttempts:    3,
+		FailedPostsDir:    "/var/spool/cgrates/failed_posts",
+		DefaultReqType:    utils.META_PSEUDOPREPAID,
+		DefaultCategory:   "call",
+		DefaultTenant:     "cgrates.org",
+		DefaultTimezone:   "Local",
+		ConnectAttempts:   3,
+		Reconnects:        -1,
+		ConnectTimeout:    time.Duration(1 * time.Second),
+		ReplyTimeout:      time.Duration(2 * time.Second),
+		ResponseCacheTTL:  time.Duration(0),
+		InternalTtl:       time.Duration(2 * time.Minute),
+		LockingTimeout:    time.Duration(0),
+		DigestSeparator:   ",",
+		DigestEqual:       ":",
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, *mfCgrCfg.generalCfg) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %+v\n, recived: %+v", utils.ToJSON(expected), utils.ToJSON(*mfCgrCfg.generalCfg))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/data/conf/samples/multifiles/d.json b/data/conf/samples/multifiles/d.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3adfb8c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/conf/samples/multifiles/d.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+// CGRateS Configuration file
+// Used in multifile configuration tests
+// Should be the second file loaded
+
+"general": {
+	"node_id": "d80fac5",									// identifier of this instance in the cluster, if empty it will be autogenerated
+	"logger":"*env:LOGGER",									// controls the destination of logs <*syslog|*stdout>
+	"log_level": *env:LOG_LEVEL,							// control the level of messages logged (0-emerg to 7-debug)
+	"http_skip_tls_verify": *env:TLS_VERIFY,				// if enabled Http Client will accept any TLS certificate
+	"rounding_decimals": *env:ROUND_DEC,					// system level precision for floats
+	"dbdata_encoding": "*env:DB_ENCODING",					// encoding used to store object data in strings: <*msgpack|*json>
+	"tpexport_dir": "*env:TP_EXPORT_DIR",					// path towards export folder for offline Tariff Plans
+	"poster_attempts": 3,									// number of attempts before considering post request failed (eg: *call_url, CDR replication)
+	"failed_posts_dir": "*env:FAILED_POSTS_DIR",			// directory path where we store failed requests
+	"default_tenant": "*env:DF_TENANT",						// default tenant to consider when missing from requests
+	"default_timezone": "*env:TIMEZONE",					// default timezone for timestamps where not specified <""|UTC|Local|$IANA_TZ_DB>
+	"connect_attempts": 3,									// initial server connect attempts
+	"reconnects": -1,										// number of retries in case of connection lost
+	"connect_timeout": "1s",								// consider connection unsuccessful on timeout, 0 to disable the feature
+	"reply_timeout": "2s",									// consider connection down for replies taking longer than this value
+	"response_cache_ttl": "0s",								// the life span of a cached response
+	"internal_ttl": "2m",									// maximum duration to wait for internal connections before giving up
+	"locking_timeout": "0",									// timeout internal locks to avoid deadlocks
+	"digest_separator": ",",
+	"digest_equal": ":",
+},
+}
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