diff --git a/nym-node/tests/src/config/config.yaml b/common/api-test-utils/config/config.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from nym-node/tests/src/config/config.yaml
rename to common/api-test-utils/config/config.yaml
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/src/config/configHandler.ts b/common/api-test-utils/config/configHandler.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from nym-node/tests/src/config/configHandler.ts
rename to common/api-test-utils/config/configHandler.ts
index 18c0f3a4fd..c90f5d4cda 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/src/config/configHandler.ts
+++ b/common/api-test-utils/config/configHandler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { dir } from "console";
 import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { dirname } from "path";
 import { TLogLevelName } from "tslog";
 
 import YAML from "yaml";
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ class ConfigHandler {
 
   private setCommonConfig(): void {
     try {
+      const baseWorkingDirectory = __dirname;
+      console.log(`Base Working Directory: ${baseWorkingDirectory}`);
       this.commonConfig = YAML.parse(
-        readFileSync("src/config/config.yaml", "utf8"),
+        readFileSync("/Users/benedetta/nym/workspace/nym/common/api-test-utils/config/config.yaml", "utf8"),
       ).common;
     } catch (error) {
       throw Error(`Error reading common config: (${error})`);
@@ -49,9 +53,10 @@ class ConfigHandler {
     this.ensureEnvironmentIsValid(environment);
     try {
       this.environmentConfig = YAML.parse(
-        readFileSync("src/config/config.yaml", "utf8"),
+        readFileSync("/Users/benedetta/nym/workspace/nym/common/api-test-utils/config/config.yaml", "utf8"),
       )[environment];
     } catch (error) {
+      console.log("fadsfasdfasdfsdfsa")
       throw Error(`Error reading environment config: (${error})`);
     }
   }
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ class ConfigHandler {
   public getEnvironmentConfig(environment: string): any {
     return (
       this.environmentConfig ||
-      YAML.parse(readFileSync("src/config/config.yaml", "utf8"))[environment]
+      YAML.parse(readFileSync("api-test-utils/config/config.yaml", "utf8"))[environment]
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/common/api-test-utils/index.ts b/common/api-test-utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87cc687dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/api-test-utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+    ConfigHandler: require('./config/configHandler.ts'),
+    RestClient: require('./restClient/RestClient.ts')
+  };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/src/restClient/RestClient.ts b/common/api-test-utils/restClient/RestClient.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from nym-node/tests/src/restClient/RestClient.ts
rename to common/api-test-utils/restClient/RestClient.ts
index 7883c46aca..bb386cdd81 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/src/restClient/RestClient.ts
+++ b/common/api-test-utils/restClient/RestClient.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function isSet(property): boolean {
 }
 
 export class RestClient {
-  private static authToken: string;
+  public static authToken: string;
 
   private axiosInstance: AxiosInstance;
 
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/package.json b/nym-node/tests/package.json
index 381cf97c2c..18e97e5bcf 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/package.json
+++ b/nym-node/tests/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "eslint": "^8.51.0",
     "form-data": "4.0.0",
     "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
-    "tslog": "3.3.3",
+    "tslog": "../../../../../node_modules/tslog",
     "uuid": "8.3.2",
     "yaml": "^2.2.2"
   },
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.1",
     "jest": "^28.1.3",
-    "jest-junit": "^14.0.0",
+    "jest-junit": "^14.0.0", 
     "prettier": "^3.0.3",
     "process": "0.11.10",
     "ts-jest": "28.0.7",
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/src/endpoints/abstracts/APIClient.ts b/nym-node/tests/src/endpoints/abstracts/APIClient.ts
index 06e4fcf5b6..d6033f9bb5 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/src/endpoints/abstracts/APIClient.ts
+++ b/nym-node/tests/src/endpoints/abstracts/APIClient.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Logger } from "tslog";
-import ConfigHandler from "../../config/configHandler";
-import { RestClient } from "../../restClient/RestClient";
+import ConfigHandler from "../../../../../common/api-test-utils/config/configHandler";
+import { RestClient } from "../../../../../common/api-test-utils/restClient/RestClient";
+// import { ConfigHandler, RestClient } from '../../../../../common/api-test-utils';
+
 
 export abstract class APIClient {
   protected constructor(baseUrl: string, serviceUrl: string) {
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/src/helpers/helper.ts b/nym-node/tests/src/helpers/helper.ts
index f44916c0b2..c208e3845e 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/src/helpers/helper.ts
+++ b/nym-node/tests/src/helpers/helper.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import axios from "axios";
-import ConfigHandler from "../config/configHandler";
+import ConfigHandler from "../../../../common/api-test-utils/config/configHandler"
 
 // Get the current env from configHandler
 const configHandler = ConfigHandler.getInstance();
diff --git a/nym-node/tests/tsconfig.json b/nym-node/tests/tsconfig.json
index 60fd578d9a..ceb1f47f81 100644
--- a/nym-node/tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/nym-node/tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "paths": {
-      "*": ["types/*"]
+      "*": ["types/*"],
+      "common/api-test-utils": ["../../common/api-test-utils/index.ts"]
     },
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd72164411..21af7e9b86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "lerna": "^7.3.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "@npmcli/node-gyp": "^3.0.0",
-    "node-gyp": "^9.3.1"
+    "node-gyp": "^9.3.1",
+    "tslog": "3.3.3"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e5fc44427d..a5dc3d0952 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -17535,7 +17535,7 @@ source-map-resolve@^0.5.0:
     source-map-url "^0.4.0"
     urix "^0.1.0"
 
-source-map-support@^0.5.16, source-map-support@^0.5.6, source-map-support@~0.5.12, source-map-support@~0.5.20:
+source-map-support@^0.5.16, source-map-support@^0.5.21, source-map-support@^0.5.6, source-map-support@~0.5.12, source-map-support@~0.5.20:
   version "0.5.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.21.tgz#04fe7c7f9e1ed2d662233c28cb2b35b9f63f6e4f"
   integrity sha512-uBHU3L3czsIyYXKX88fdrGovxdSCoTGDRZ6SYXtSRxLZUzHg5P/66Ht6uoUlHu9EZod+inXhKo3qQgwXUT/y1w==
@@ -18620,6 +18620,13 @@ tslib@^2.0.0, tslib@^2.0.1, tslib@^2.0.3, tslib@^2.1.0, tslib@^2.3.0, tslib@^2.4
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz#703ac29425e7b37cd6fd456e92404d46d1f3e4ae"
   integrity sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==
 
+tslog@3.3.3:
+  version "3.3.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslog/-/tslog-3.3.3.tgz#751a469e0d36841bd7e03676c27e53e7ffe9bc3d"
+  integrity sha512-lGrkndwpAohZ9ntQpT+xtUw5k9YFV1DjsksiWQlBSf82TTqsSAWBARPRD9juI730r8o3Awpkjp2aXy9k+6vr+g==
+  dependencies:
+    source-map-support "^0.5.21"
+
 tsutils@^3.21.0:
   version "3.21.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tsutils/-/tsutils-3.21.0.tgz#b48717d394cea6c1e096983eed58e9d61715b623"