diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/LocalDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/LocalDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95c0a03e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/LocalDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Signal Messenger, LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.DynamicConfigurationManager;
+
+import io.dropwizard.util.Resources;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
+
+@JsonTypeName("local")
+public class LocalDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory implements DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory {
+
+  @JsonProperty
+  @NotEmpty
+  private String application;
+
+  @JsonProperty
+  @NotEmpty
+  private String environment;
+
+  @JsonProperty
+  @NotEmpty
+  private String configuration;
+
+  @JsonProperty
+  @NotBlank
+  private String configPath;
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> DynamicConfigurationManager<T> build(final Class<T> klazz,
+      final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService, final AwsCredentialsProvider awsCredentialsProvider) {
+
+    return new LocalDynamicConfigurationManager<>(configPath, application, environment, configuration,
+        awsCredentialsProvider, klazz, scheduledExecutorService);
+  }
+
+  private static class LocalDynamicConfigurationManager<T> extends DynamicConfigurationManager<T> {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DynamicConfigurationManager.class);
+
+    private final Path configPath;
+    private final Class<T> configurationClass;
+    private T cachedConfig;
+    private final Instant lastConfigLoadedTime;
+
+    public LocalDynamicConfigurationManager(final String configPath, final String application, final String environment,
+        final String configurationName, final AwsCredentialsProvider awsCredentialsProvider,
+        final Class<T> configurationClass, final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService) {
+
+      super(application, environment, configurationName, awsCredentialsProvider, configurationClass,
+          scheduledExecutorService);
+
+      this.configPath = Path.of(Resources.getResource("config").getPath()).resolve(configPath);
+      this.configurationClass = configurationClass;
+      this.cachedConfig = null;
+      this.lastConfigLoadedTime = null;
+      maybeUpdateConfig();
+      if (cachedConfig == null) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("failed to load initial config");
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public T getConfiguration() {
+      maybeUpdateConfig();
+      return cachedConfig;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void maybeUpdateConfig() {
+      try {
+        if (lastConfigLoadedTime != null &&
+            !lastConfigLoadedTime.isBefore(Files.readAttributes(configPath, BasicFileAttributes.class).lastModifiedTime().toInstant())) {
+          return;
+        }
+        String configContents = Files.readString(configPath);
+        parseConfiguration(configContents, configurationClass).ifPresent(config -> cachedConfig = config);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        logger.warn("Failed to update configuration", e);
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/StaticDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/StaticDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d01f49bfb..000000000
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/StaticDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.DynamicConfigurationManager;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
-
-@JsonTypeName("static")
-public class StaticDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory implements DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory {
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String application;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String environment;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String configuration;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotBlank
-  private String staticConfig;
-
-  @Override
-  public <T> DynamicConfigurationManager<T> build(final Class<T> klazz,
-      final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService, final AwsCredentialsProvider awsCredentialsProvider) {
-
-    return new StaticDynamicConfigurationManager<>(staticConfig, application, environment, configuration,
-        awsCredentialsProvider, klazz, scheduledExecutorService);
-  }
-
-  private static class StaticDynamicConfigurationManager<T> extends DynamicConfigurationManager<T> {
-
-    private final T configuration;
-
-    public StaticDynamicConfigurationManager(final String config, final String application, final String environment,
-        final String configurationName, final AwsCredentialsProvider awsCredentialsProvider,
-        final Class<T> configurationClass, final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService) {
-
-      super(application, environment, configurationName, awsCredentialsProvider, configurationClass,
-          scheduledExecutorService);
-
-      try {
-        this.configuration = parseConfiguration(config, configurationClass).orElseThrow();
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public T getConfiguration() {
-      return configuration;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() {
-      // do nothing
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/service/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory b/service/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory
index 9bc8ddf4d..4ffece4f8 100644
--- a/service/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory
+++ b/service/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.DynamicConfigurationManagerFactory
@@ -1 +1 @@
-org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.StaticDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory
+org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.LocalDynamicConfigurationManagerFactory
diff --git a/service/src/test/resources/config/test-dynamic.yml b/service/src/test/resources/config/test-dynamic.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8e6d4d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/test/resources/config/test-dynamic.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+captcha:
+  scoreFloor: 1.0
diff --git a/service/src/test/resources/config/test.yml b/service/src/test/resources/config/test.yml
index 21d7ed23c..274879b87 100644
--- a/service/src/test/resources/config/test.yml
+++ b/service/src/test/resources/config/test.yml
@@ -311,13 +311,11 @@ backupsZkConfig:
   serverSecret: secret://backupsZkConfig.serverSecret
 
 appConfig:
-  type: static
+  type: local
   application: test
   environment: test
   configuration: test
-  staticConfig: |
-    captcha:
-      scoreFloor: 1.0
+  configPath: test-dynamic.yml
 
 remoteConfig:
   globalConfig: # keys and values that are given to clients on GET /v1/config