diff --git a/src/utils/private.ts b/src/utils/private.ts
index 0a6e98064..ca23be510 100644
--- a/src/utils/private.ts
+++ b/src/utils/private.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import _sodium from "libsodium-wrappers";
 import YAML from "yaml";
 import { Payload } from "../types";
 import { Context } from "probot";
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
 import {
   getAnalyticsMode,
   getAutoPayMode,
@@ -19,12 +18,14 @@ import {
   getRegisterWalletWithVerification,
 } from "./helpers";
 
+import DEFAULT_CONFIG_JSON from "../../ubiquibot-config-default.json";
+
 const CONFIG_REPO = "ubiquibot-config";
-const KEY_PATH = ".github/ubiquibot-config.yml";
+const CONFIG_PATH = ".github/ubiquibot-config.yml";
 const KEY_NAME = "private-key-encrypted";
 const KEY_PREFIX = "HSK_";
 
-export const getConfigSuperset = async (context: Context, type: "org" | "repo"): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+export const getConfigSuperset = async (context: Context, type: "org" | "repo", filePath: string): Promise<string | undefined> => {
   try {
     const payload = context.payload as Payload;
     const repo = type === "org" ? CONFIG_REPO : payload.repository.name;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export const getConfigSuperset = async (context: Context, type: "org" | "repo"):
     const { data } = await context.octokit.rest.repos.getContent({
       owner,
       repo,
-      path: KEY_PATH,
+      path: filePath,
       mediaType: {
         format: "raw",
       },
@@ -84,11 +85,6 @@ export const parseYAML = (data?: string): WideConfig | undefined => {
   }
 };
 
-export const getDefaultConfig = (): WideRepoConfig => {
-  const defaultConfig = readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../../ubiquibot-config-default.yml`, "utf8");
-  return parseYAML(defaultConfig) as WideRepoConfig;
-};
-
 export const getPrivateKey = async (cipherText: string): Promise<string | undefined> => {
   try {
     await _sodium.ready;
@@ -130,12 +126,12 @@ export const getScalarKey = async (X25519_PRIVATE_KEY: string | undefined): Prom
 };
 
 export const getWideConfig = async (context: Context) => {
-  const orgConfig = await getConfigSuperset(context, "org");
-  const repoConfig = await getConfigSuperset(context, "repo");
+  const orgConfig = await getConfigSuperset(context, "org", CONFIG_PATH);
+  const repoConfig = await getConfigSuperset(context, "repo", CONFIG_PATH);
 
   const parsedOrg: WideOrgConfig | undefined = parseYAML(orgConfig);
   const parsedRepo: WideRepoConfig | undefined = parseYAML(repoConfig);
-  const parsedDefault: WideRepoConfig = getDefaultConfig();
+  const parsedDefault: WideRepoConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG_JSON;
   const privateKeyDecrypted = parsedOrg && parsedOrg[KEY_NAME] ? await getPrivateKey(parsedOrg[KEY_NAME]) : undefined;
 
   const configs = { parsedRepo, parsedOrg, parsedDefault };
diff --git a/ubiquibot-config-default.json b/ubiquibot-config-default.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fd16c052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubiquibot-config-default.json
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  "evm-network-id": 100,
+  "price-multiplier": 1.5,
+  "issue-creator-multiplier": 2000,
+  "time-labels": [
+    {
+      "name": "Time: <1 Hour",
+      "weight": 0.125,
+      "value": 3600
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Time: <1 Day",
+      "weight": 1,
+      "value": 86400
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Time: <1 Week",
+      "weight": 2,
+      "value": 604800
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Time: <2 Weeks",
+      "weight": 3,
+      "value": 1209600
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Time: <1 Month",
+      "weight": 4,
+      "value": 2592000
+    }
+  ],
+  "priority-labels": [
+    {
+      "name": "Priority: 0 (Normal)",
+      "weight": 1
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Priority: 1 (Medium)",
+      "weight": 2
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Priority: 2 (High)",
+      "weight": 3
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Priority: 3 (Urgent)",
+      "weight": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Priority: 4 (Emergency)",
+      "weight": 5
+    }
+  ],
+  "default-labels": ["Time: <1 Hour", "Priority: 0 (Normal)", "Test"],
+  "auto-pay-mode": true,
+  "disable-analytics": true,
+  "comment-incentives": false,
+  "max-concurrent-assigns": 2,
+  "comment-element-pricing": {
+    "text": 0.1,
+    "link": 0.5,
+    "list": 0.5,
+    "code": 5,
+    "image": 5
+  },
+  "promotion-comment": "\n<h6>If you enjoy the DevPool experience, please follow <a href='https://github.com/ubiquity'>Ubiquity on GitHub</a> and star <a href='https://github.com/ubiquity/devpool-directory'>this repo</a> to show your support. It helps a lot!</h6>",
+  "register-wallet-with-verification": false
+}
diff --git a/ubiquibot-config-default.yml b/ubiquibot-config-default.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b0c70ac9..000000000
--- a/ubiquibot-config-default.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-evm-network-id: 1
-price-multiplier: 1000
-issue-creator-multiplier: 2000
-time-labels:
-  - name: "Time: <1 Hour"
-    weight: 0.125
-    value: 3600
-  - name: "Time: <1 Day"
-    weight: 1
-    value: 86400
-  - name: "Time: <1 Week"
-    weight: 2
-    value: 604800
-  - name: "Time: <2 Weeks"
-    weight: 3
-    value: 1209600
-  - name: "Time: <1 Month"
-    weight: 4
-    value: 2592000
-priority-labels:
-  - name: "Priority: 0 (Normal)"
-    weight: 1
-  - name: "Priority: 1 (Medium)"
-    weight: 2
-  - name: "Priority: 2 (High)"
-    weight: 3
-  - name: "Priority: 3 (Urgent)"
-    weight: 4
-  - name: "Priority: 4 (Emergency)"
-    weight: 5
-auto-pay-mode: true
-disable-analytics: true
-comment-incentives: false
-max-concurrent-assigns: 2
-comment-element-pricing:
-  text: 0.1
-  link: 0.5
-  list: 0.5
-  code: 5
-  image: 5
-default-labels: []
-promotion-comment: "\n<h6>If you enjoy the DevPool experience, please follow <a href='https://github.com/ubiquity'>Ubiquity on GitHub</a> and star <a href='https://github.com/ubiquity/devpool-directory'>this repo</a> to show your support. It helps a lot!</h6>"
-register-wallet-with-verification: false