diff --git a/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go b/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
index e3c4402a..aaf994d0 100644
--- a/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) error {
 
 }
 
-func getDNSConfig() *tailcfg.DNSConfig {
+func GetDNSConfig() *tailcfg.DNSConfig {
 	if viper.IsSet("dns_config") {
 		dnsConfig := &tailcfg.DNSConfig{}
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func getHeadscaleApp() (*headscale.Headscale, error) {
 		TLSCertPath: absPath(viper.GetString("tls_cert_path")),
 		TLSKeyPath:  absPath(viper.GetString("tls_key_path")),
 
-		DNSConfig: getDNSConfig(),
+		DNSConfig: GetDNSConfig(),
 	}
 
 	h, err := headscale.NewHeadscale(cfg)
diff --git a/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go b/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
index 58a0977e..58bf5899 100644
--- a/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
+++ b/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,36 @@ func (*Suite) TestSqliteConfigLoading(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(viper.GetStringSlice("dns_config.nameservers")[0], check.Equals, "1.1.1.1")
 }
 
+func (*Suite) TestDNSConfigLoading(c *check.C) {
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "headscale")
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	path, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Symlink the example config file
+	err = os.Symlink(filepath.Clean(path+"/../../config.json.sqlite.example"), filepath.Join(tmpDir, "config.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Load example config, it should load without validation errors
+	err = cli.LoadConfig(tmpDir)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+
+	dnsConfig := cli.GetDNSConfig()
+	fmt.Println(dnsConfig)
+
+	c.Assert(dnsConfig.Nameservers[0].String(), check.Equals, "1.1.1.1")
+
+	c.Assert(dnsConfig.Resolvers[0].Addr, check.Equals, "1.1.1.1")
+}
+
 func writeConfig(c *check.C, tmpDir string, configYaml []byte) {
 	// Populate a custom config file
 	configFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "config.yaml")