diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6a8c164..4622854f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 *~
 *.html
 *.log.*
+.vscode
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/orion-configuration/src/config.rs b/orion-configuration/src/config.rs
index 4baffae9..3bb53b5f 100644
--- a/orion-configuration/src/config.rs
+++ b/orion-configuration/src/config.rs
@@ -189,19 +189,6 @@ mod envoy_conversions {
                         Options::from_path_to_envoy(path.clone())
                     })?;
                     let serialized = serde_yaml::to_string(&new_conf)?;
-                    tracing::info!("\n{serialized}\n");
-                    if !path.ends_with("new.yaml") {
-                        let new_path = format!(
-                            "../orion-proxy/conf/{}-new.yaml",
-                            path.file_name()
-                                .unwrap()
-                                .to_str()
-                                .unwrap()
-                                .trim_end_matches(".yaml")
-                                .replace("envoy-", "orion-")
-                        );
-                        std::fs::write(new_path, serialized.as_bytes())?;
-                    }
                     let deserialized: Config = serde_yaml::from_str(&serialized)?;
                     assert_eq!(new_conf, deserialized, "failed to roundtrip config transcoding");
                 } else {
diff --git a/orion-lib/src/access_log.rs b/orion-lib/src/access_log.rs
index b48a25cb..bd2aed33 100644
--- a/orion-lib/src/access_log.rs
+++ b/orion-lib/src/access_log.rs
@@ -254,18 +254,18 @@ mod tests {
         // initialize the logger pool with one channel for access log messages
         let handles = start_access_loggers(8, 100, Rotation::NEVER, 3);
 
+        let access_log_file = AccessLogConf::File("/tmp/test-access.log".into());
         // send a new configuration for the logger(s)
-        update_configuration(
-            Target::Listener("test".into()),
-            vec![AccessLogConf::File("test-access.log".into()), AccessLogConf::Stderr],
-        )
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
+        update_configuration(Target::Listener("test".into()), vec![access_log_file, AccessLogConf::Stderr])
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
 
         let permit = log_access_reserve_single().await;
         // log the formatted message to file and stdout...
         log_access(permit, Target::Listener("test".into()), vec![message.clone(), message.clone()]);
 
         _ = timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), handles.join_all()).await;
+        // remove the log file after the test
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file("/tmp/test-access.log");
     }
 }