diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index 44e36b82..2735eaf7 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ policy:
 # - https://tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns/
 # - https://tailscale.com/blog/2021-09-private-dns-with-magicdns/
 #
-# Please not that for the DNS configuration to have any effect,
-# clients must have the `--accept-ds=true` option enabled. This is the
+# Please note that for the DNS configuration to have any effect,
+# clients must have the `--accept-dns=true` option enabled. This is the
 # default for the Tailscale client. This option is enabled by default
 # in the Tailscale client.
 #
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/config.go b/hscontrol/types/config.go
index bff80998..30fa1c6b 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/config.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/config.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string, isFile bool) error {
 	// https://github.com/spf13/viper/issues/560
 
 	// Alias the old ACL Policy path with the new configuration option.
-	depr.warnWithAlias("policy.path", "acl_policy_path")
+	depr.fatalIfNewKeyIsNotUsed("policy.path", "acl_policy_path")
 
 	// Move dns_config -> dns
 	depr.warn("dns_config.override_local_dns")
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/config_test.go b/hscontrol/types/config_test.go
index 7cf562b1..2b36e45c 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/config_test.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/config_test.go
@@ -161,6 +161,25 @@ func TestReadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "policy-path-is-loaded",
+			configPath: "testdata/policy-path-is-loaded.yaml",
+			setup: func(t *testing.T) (any, error) {
+				cfg, err := GetHeadscaleConfig()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+
+				return map[string]string{
+					"policy.mode": string(cfg.Policy.Mode),
+					"policy.path": cfg.Policy.Path,
+				}, err
+			},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"policy.mode": "file",
+				"policy.path": "/etc/policy.hujson",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/testdata/policy-path-is-loaded.yaml b/hscontrol/types/testdata/policy-path-is-loaded.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da0d29cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hscontrol/types/testdata/policy-path-is-loaded.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+noise:
+  private_key_path: "private_key.pem"
+
+prefixes:
+  v6: fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48
+  v4: 100.64.0.0/10
+
+database:
+  type: sqlite3
+
+server_url: "https://derp.no"
+
+acl_policy_path: "/etc/acl_policy.yaml"
+policy:
+  type: file
+  path: "/etc/policy.hujson"
+
+dns.magic_dns: false
diff --git a/integration/hsic/config.go b/integration/hsic/config.go
index c4d8b283..244470f2 100644
--- a/integration/hsic/config.go
+++ b/integration/hsic/config.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ noise:
 func DefaultConfigEnv() map[string]string {
 	return map[string]string{
 		"HEADSCALE_LOG_LEVEL":                         "trace",
-		"HEADSCALE_ACL_POLICY_PATH":                   "",
+		"HEADSCALE_POLICY_PATH":                       "",
 		"HEADSCALE_DATABASE_TYPE":                     "sqlite",
 		"HEADSCALE_DATABASE_SQLITE_PATH":              "/tmp/integration_test_db.sqlite3",
 		"HEADSCALE_EPHEMERAL_NODE_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT": "30m",
diff --git a/integration/hsic/hsic.go b/integration/hsic/hsic.go
index 3794e085..0b5a6be3 100644
--- a/integration/hsic/hsic.go
+++ b/integration/hsic/hsic.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ type Option = func(c *HeadscaleInContainer)
 func WithACLPolicy(acl *policy.ACLPolicy) Option {
 	return func(hsic *HeadscaleInContainer) {
 		// TODO(kradalby): Move somewhere appropriate
-		hsic.env["HEADSCALE_ACL_POLICY_PATH"] = aclPolicyPath
+		hsic.env["HEADSCALE_POLICY_PATH"] = aclPolicyPath
 
 		hsic.aclPolicy = acl
 	}