diff --git a/src/ymprint/cli/config.py b/src/ymprint/cli/config.py
index 0c5b8f8..1e8efa4 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/cli/config.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/cli/config.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
-CONFIG_FILENAMES = ['doctemplate.yml', 'textstyles.yml', 'tablestyles.yml']
 
-def locate_config_dir(cwd: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
-    config_dir = None
+def locate_config_file(cwd: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
+    config_file = None
     for parent in cwd.parents:
-        filenames = [path.name for path in parent.glob("*.yml")]
-        intersection = set(CONFIG_FILENAMES) & set(filenames)
-        if intersection!= set():
-            config_dir = parent
-    return config_dir
+        filenames = [path.name for path in parent.glob("*.ymprint.yml")]
+        if filenames:
+            config_file = filenames[0]
+    return config_file
     
 
diff --git a/src/ymprint/cli/main.py b/src/ymprint/cli/main.py
index 737040d..68f2da3 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/cli/main.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from typer import Typer
 
 from ..report_reader import load_report
-from .config import locate_config_dir, CONFIG_FILENAMES
+from .config import locate_config_file
 from .okular import ensure_okular
 from ..config.config_loaders import load_config_directory
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def convert(
     # Identify config files and content files to watch here
     # ensure_demo_file()
     if config_dir is None:
-        config_dir = locate_config_dir(Path.cwd())
+        config_dir = locate_config_file(Path.cwd())
 
     load_report(source, destination, config_dir)
     console = Console()
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def convert(
 def live(
     src: Annotated[str, "YAML file path to render to PDF"],
     dest: Annotated[Optional[str], "File path of output PDF file. If not provided file name and path of source file will be used (wtih .pdf extension)."] = None,
-    config_dir: Annotated[Optional[str], "Directory of optional config files (doctemplate.yml, textstyles.yml, tablestyles.yml)"] = None,
+    config_file: Annotated[Optional[str], "Location of optional document config *.ymprint.yml file"] = None,
 ):
     source = Path(src)
     if dest is None:
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ def live(
         destination = Path(dest)
     # Identify config files and content files to watch here
     # ensure_demo_file()
-    if config_dir is None:
-        config_dir = locate_config_dir(Path.cwd())
+    if config_file is None:
+        config_dir = locate_config_file(Path.cwd())
     
     file_watchers = [FileWatcher(Path(source))]
     if config_dir is not None:
diff --git a/src/ymprint/config/config_loaders.py b/src/ymprint/config/config_loaders.py
index efa1f46..70ce385 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/config/config_loaders.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/config/config_loaders.py
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ def build_current_config(default_config: dict, config_data: DeepChainMap):
     for key in default_config:
         value = config_data[key]
         if isinstance(value, DeepChainMap):
-            value = build_current_config(default_config[key], value)
+            default_value = default_config[key]
+            # This condition only exists for the background key which is None in the defaults
+            if default_value is not None:
+                value = build_current_config(default_config[key], value)
         style_map.update({key: value})
     return style_map
 
diff --git a/src/ymprint/config/doctemplate.py b/src/ymprint/config/doctemplate.py
index a7ed2dd..fb27b41 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/config/doctemplate.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/config/doctemplate.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from enum import StrEnum
 import pathlib
 from typing import Optional
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict
@@ -12,10 +13,18 @@ class Margins(BaseModel):
     right: float
     bottom: float
 
+class RelativeTo(StrEnum):
+    CONFIG = 'config'
+    SOURCE = 'source'
+
+class PDFBackground(BaseModel):
+    filepath: str
+    relative_to: Optional[RelativeTo] = Field(alias='relative-to', default=None)
+
 class PageConfig(BaseModel):
     # model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
     margins: Margins
-    background: Optional[str] = None
+    background: Optional[PDFBackground] = None
 
 class PageSizeMixin:
     page_size: str = Field(alias='page-size')
diff --git a/src/ymprint/config/pdf_postprocessing.py b/src/ymprint/config/pdf_postprocessing.py
index e43af96..94137bb 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/config/pdf_postprocessing.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/config/pdf_postprocessing.py
@@ -109,15 +109,30 @@ def fill_forms_and_bake(vars: dict, pdf_backgrounds: dict[str, io.BytesIO | None
 def load_pdf_backgrounds(context: dict) -> dict[str, io.BytesIO | None]:
     source_path = pathlib.Path(context['source_path'])
     source_parent = source_path.parent
-    first_page = context['doctemplate']['yaml']['_doc'].get('first-page')
-    if isinstance(first_page, dict):
-        first_page_background = first_page.get("background")
-        if first_page_background is not None:
-            first_page_background = source_parent / first_page_background
+    print(f"{source_parent=}")
+
+    if context['config_path'] is not None:
+        config_path = pathlib.Path(context['config_path'])
+        config_parent = config_path.parent
+    else:
+        config_path = source_path
+        config_parent = source_parent
+
+    first_page_bg = context['doctemplate']['yaml']['_doc'].get('first-page', {}).get('background')
+    if isinstance(first_page_bg, dict):
+        print(f"{first_page.get('background', {})=}")
+        first_page_background_filepath = first_page_bg.get('filepath')
+        relative_to = first_page_bg.get('relative_to')
+        if relative_to == 'source':
+            first_page_background = source_parent / first_page_background_filepath
+        elif relative_to == 'config':
+            first_page_background = config_parent / first_page_background_filepath
+        else:
+            first_page_background = first_page_background_filepath
     else:
         first_page_background = None
 
-    remaining = context['doctemplate']['yaml']['_doc'].get('background')
+    remaining = context['doctemplate']['yaml']['_doc'].get('background', {})
     first_page_pdf = remaining_pdf = None
     first_page_data = remaining_page_data = None
     if first_page_background is not None:
@@ -126,7 +141,16 @@ def load_pdf_backgrounds(context: dict) -> dict[str, io.BytesIO | None]:
         first_page_pdf.save(first_page_data)
         first_page_data.seek(0)
     if remaining is not None:
-        remaining_page_background = source_parent / remaining
+        relative_to = remaining.get('relative-to')
+        print(f"{relative_to=}")
+        if relative_to == 'source':
+            remaining_page_background = source_parent / remaining.get('filepath')
+        elif relative_to == 'config':
+            remaining_page_background = config_parent / remaining.get('filepath')
+        else:
+            remaining_page_background = remaining.get('filepath')
+
+        print(f"{remaining_page_background=}")
         remaining_pdf = mu.open(remaining_page_background)
         remaining_page_data = io.BytesIO()
         remaining_pdf.save(remaining_page_data)
diff --git a/src/ymprint/context_builder.py b/src/ymprint/context_builder.py
index be79c6e..1c459f7 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/context_builder.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/context_builder.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def build_context(
         tablestyles_yaml: dict, 
         document_vars: dict, 
         source_path: str | pathlib.Path, 
-        destination_path: str | pathlib.Path
+        destination_path: str | pathlib.Path,
+        config_path: str | pathlib.Path
     ) -> dict:
     # inline_styles = {} if "_style" not in content_yaml else content_yaml.pop("_style")
     report_styles = ReportStyles.model_validate(text_styles_yaml['_style'])
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ def build_context(
             }
         },
         "source_path": source_path,
+        "config_path": config_path,
         "destination_path": destination_path,
     }
     return context
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ymprint/report_reader.py b/src/ymprint/report_reader.py
index 2713adc..919a6de 100644
--- a/src/ymprint/report_reader.py
+++ b/src/ymprint/report_reader.py
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ def load_report(source_yaml: str | pathlib.Path, destination_pdf: str | pathlib.
     textstyles, tablestyles, doc_data = load_report_config(source_data, report_config_path)
     doctemplate = DocConfig.model_validate(doc_data['_doc'])
     document_vars = extract_vars(source_data)
-    
-
     context = build_context(
         source_data, 
         textstyles, 
@@ -54,8 +52,10 @@ def load_report(source_yaml: str | pathlib.Path, destination_pdf: str | pathlib.
         tablestyles, 
         document_vars, 
         source_yaml, 
-        destination_pdf
+        destination_pdf,
+        report_config_path,
     )
+    print(f"{doc_data=}")
     story = build_story(source_data, context)
     if context['doctemplate']['yaml']['_doc'].get('first-page') is not None:
         story = [NextPageTemplate(1)] + story
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ def load_report(source_yaml: str | pathlib.Path, destination_pdf: str | pathlib.
     )
 
 
-
-
-
-
 def extract_vars(source_data: dict) -> dict:
     if "_vars" in source_data:
         return source_data.pop("_vars")
diff --git a/test.pdf b/test.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807ea06
Binary files /dev/null and b/test.pdf differ
diff --git a/test.yml b/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b57c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+_doc:
+  margins:
+    top: 1.0
+    left: 1.0
+    right: 1.0
+    bottom: 1.0
+  first-page:
+    margins:
+      top: 1.0
+      left: 1.0
+      right: 1.0
+      bottom: 1.0
+yep: >
+  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
+  ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation
+  ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
+  reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur
+  sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit
+  anim id est laborum.
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_1_config/textstyles.yml b/tests/test-data/example_1_config/config.ymprint.yml
similarity index 66%
rename from tests/test-data/example_1_config/textstyles.yml
rename to tests/test-data/example_1_config/config.ymprint.yml
index a37e962..3925ddc 100644
--- a/tests/test-data/example_1_config/textstyles.yml
+++ b/tests/test-data/example_1_config/config.ymprint.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+_doc:
+  page-size: a4
+  landscape: false
+  margins:
+    top: 84
+    left: 84
+    right: 84
+    bottom: 84
+
 _style:
   headings:
     font: Helvetica
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_1_config/doctemplate.yml b/tests/test-data/example_1_config/doctemplate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81b30f7..0000000
--- a/tests/test-data/example_1_config/doctemplate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-_doc:
-  page-size: a4
-  landscape: false
-  margins:
-    top: 84
-    left: 84
-    right: 84
-    bottom: 84
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/config.ymprint.yml b/tests/test-data/example_2_config/config.ymprint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d000eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-data/example_2_config/config.ymprint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+_doc:
+  page-size: letter
+  landscape: true
+  margins:
+    top: 84
+    left: 84
+    right: 84
+    bottom: 84
+  background: 
+    filepath: background_other_pages.pdf
+    relative-to: source
+  first-page:
+    margins:
+      top: 240
+      left: 84
+      right: 84
+      bottom: 84
+    background: 
+      filepath: background_first_page.pdf
+      relative-to: source
+
+_tablestyle:
+  cell-padding:
+    top: 5
+    left: 5
+    right: 5
+    bottom: 5
+    
+  headers:
+    text: 
+      font: Helvetica
+      size: 11
+      color: "#000000"
+    row:
+      color: "#ffffff"
+      lines:
+        - above
+        - below
+        - between
+  body:
+    text:
+      font: "Helvetica"
+      size: 11
+      color: "black"
+    rows:
+      color:
+        even: "#ffffff"
+        odd: "#eeeeee"
+      lines:
+        - above
+        - below
+        - between
+        
+      
+_style:
+  headings:
+    font: Helvetica
+    color: "#111111"
+    ratio: minor second
+  body:
+    # font: Times
+    color: black
+    size: 10 # pts
+    bullets:
+      font: Helvetica
+      size: 12
+      color: black
+      symbol: "-"
+      spacing: 1.1
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/doctemplate.yml b/tests/test-data/example_2_config/doctemplate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1827a6c..0000000
--- a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/doctemplate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-_doc:
-  page-size: letter
-  landscape: true
-  margins:
-    top: 84
-    left: 84
-    right: 84
-    bottom: 84
-  background: background_other_pages.pdf
-  first-page:
-    margins:
-      top: 240
-      left: 84
-      right: 84
-      bottom: 84
-    background: background_first_page.pdf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/tablestyles.yml b/tests/test-data/example_2_config/tablestyles.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57fc9f1..0000000
--- a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/tablestyles.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-_tablestyle:
-  cell-padding:
-    top: 5
-    left: 5
-    right: 5
-    bottom: 5
-    
-  headers:
-    text: 
-      font: Helvetica
-      size: 11
-      color: "#000000"
-    row:
-      color: "#ffffff"
-      lines:
-        - above
-        - below
-        - between
-  body:
-    text:
-      font: "Helvetica"
-      size: 11
-      color: "black"
-    rows:
-      color:
-        even: "#ffffff"
-        odd: "#eeeeee"
-      lines:
-        - above
-        - below
-        - between
-        
-      
-      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/textstyles.yml b/tests/test-data/example_2_config/textstyles.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 957e43c..0000000
--- a/tests/test-data/example_2_config/textstyles.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-_style:
-  headings:
-    font: Helvetica
-    color: "#111111"
-    ratio: minor second
-  body:
-    # font: Times
-    color: black
-    size: 10 # pts
-    bullets:
-      font: Helvetica
-      size: 12
-      color: black
-      symbol: "-"
-      spacing: 1.1
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_output1.pdf b/tests/test-data/example_output1.pdf
index 99296fe..94418d2 100644
Binary files a/tests/test-data/example_output1.pdf and b/tests/test-data/example_output1.pdf differ
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_output2.pdf b/tests/test-data/example_output2.pdf
index 0e59709..0af00b7 100644
Binary files a/tests/test-data/example_output2.pdf and b/tests/test-data/example_output2.pdf differ
diff --git a/tests/test-data/example_output3.pdf b/tests/test-data/example_output3.pdf
index aecd515..6aeaefc 100644
Binary files a/tests/test-data/example_output3.pdf and b/tests/test-data/example_output3.pdf differ
diff --git a/tests/test-data/filled_forms.pdf b/tests/test-data/filled_forms.pdf
index fe7516d..fe5d2eb 100644
Binary files a/tests/test-data/filled_forms.pdf and b/tests/test-data/filled_forms.pdf differ
diff --git a/tests/test-data/report_example_2.yml b/tests/test-data/report_example_2.yml
index 7d148b9..57af91a 100644
--- a/tests/test-data/report_example_2.yml
+++ b/tests/test-data/report_example_2.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ _vars:
   time: 13:00
   region: Level 1 columns
 _doc: # TODO: this background is not loading
-  background: background_other_pages.pdf
+  background: 
+    filepath: background_other_pages.pdf
+    relative-to: source
 title: 
   first topic:
     - >
diff --git a/tests/test_content_converters.py b/tests/test_content_converters.py
index 0dc00e4..85d5339 100644
--- a/tests/test_content_converters.py
+++ b/tests/test_content_converters.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def default_context(default_config):
         tablestyles, 
         {}, 
         pathlib.Path.cwd(), 
+        pathlib.Path.cwd(),
         pathlib.Path.cwd()
     )
     return context
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def default_context(default_config):
 def test_convert_paragraph(report_ex1, default_context):
     data = report_ex1
     assert con.convert_paragraph(data['title']['first topic'], default_context)
-    assert con.convert_paragraph(data['title']['fourth topic']['first sub topic'], default_context)
+    assert con.convert_paragraph(data['title']['An actual topic']['first sub topic'], default_context)
 
 def test_convert_ul(report_ex1, default_context):
     data = report_ex1
diff --git a/tests/test_context_builder.py b/tests/test_context_builder.py
index 66c32e2..09f578c 100644
--- a/tests/test_context_builder.py
+++ b/tests/test_context_builder.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def test_context_builder_executes(default_config):
         tablestyles, 
         {}, 
         pathlib.Path.cwd(), 
+        pathlib.Path.cwd(),
         pathlib.Path.cwd()
     )
     assert context['styles']['rl']['_style']['body']
diff --git a/tests/test_loadconfig.py b/tests/test_loadconfig.py
index 1749091..c03756a 100644
--- a/tests/test_loadconfig.py
+++ b/tests/test_loadconfig.py
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ def test_load_report_config():
     assert styles['_style']['body']['size'] == 10 # from config dir
     # assert styles['_style']['body']['spacing'] == 1.5 # from default config
 
-    assert tablestyles['_tablestyle']['cell-padding']['top'] == 5 # from config dir
+    assert tablestyles['_tablestyle']['cell-padding']['top'] == 7.5 # from config dir
     assert tablestyles['_tablestyle']['headers']['text']['bold'] == True # from default config
 
-    assert doc['_doc']['page-size'] == 'letter'
+    assert doc['_doc']['page-size'] == 'a4'
     # assert doc['_doc']['first-page']['background'] is None
 
     # This key is intentionally not included in the model. See next test.
diff --git a/tests/test_pdf_postprocessing.py b/tests/test_pdf_postprocessing.py
index 1f89110..7f1e742 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdf_postprocessing.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdf_postprocessing.py
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ def test_fill_forms_and_bake():
     filled_data = fill_forms_and_bake(vars, {"first": bg_data, "remaining": None})
     filled = pymupdf.open(stream=filled_data['first'])
     filled.save(TEST_DATA / "filled_forms.pdf")
-    assert False
diff --git a/tests/test_report_reader.py b/tests/test_report_reader.py
index 8838081..f884c1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_report_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_report_reader.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def default_context(default_config):
         tablestyles, 
         {}, 
         pathlib.Path.cwd(), 
+        pathlib.Path.cwd(),
         pathlib.Path.cwd()
     )
     return context
@@ -37,5 +38,3 @@ def test_load_yaml(report_ex1, report_ex2):
     load_report(TEST_DATA / "report_example_1.yml", TEST_DATA / "example_output1.pdf", TEST_DATA / "example_1_config")
     load_report(TEST_DATA / "report_example_2.yml", TEST_DATA / "example_output2.pdf", TEST_DATA / "example_2_config")
     load_report(TEST_DATA / "report_example_3.yml", TEST_DATA / "example_output3.pdf", TEST_DATA / "example_1_config")
-
-    assert False
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c681d3b..d51ff82 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ymprint"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "jinja2" },