diff --git a/rvs/conf/rvs.conf b/rvs/conf/rvs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7bc7657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rvs/conf/rvs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# ################################################################################
+# #
+# # Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# #
+# # MIT LICENSE:
+# # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+# # this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+# # the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+# # use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+# # of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+# # so, subject to the following conditions:
+# #
+# # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# # copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+# #
+# # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# # SOFTWARE.
+# #
+# ###############################################################################
+
+actions:
+- name: action_1 
+  device: all
+  module: gpup
+  properties:
+    all:
+  io_links-properties:
+    all:
+
+- name: action_2
+  module: peqt
+  device: all
+  capability:
+    link_cap_max_speed:
+    link_cap_max_width:
+    link_stat_cur_speed:
+    link_stat_neg_width:
+    slot_pwr_limit_value:
+    slot_physical_num:
+    device_id:
+    vendor_id:
+    kernel_driver:
+    dev_serial_num:
+    D0_Maximum_Power_12V:
+    D0_Maximum_Power_3_3V:
+    D0_Sustained_Power_12V:
+    D0_Sustained_Power_3_3V:
+    atomic_op_routing:
+    atomic_op_32_completer:
+    atomic_op_64_completer:
+    atomic_op_128_CAS_completer:
+
+- name: action_3
+  device: all
+  module: pebb
+  log_interval: 800
+  duration: 2000
+  device_to_host: false
+  host_to_device: true
+  parallel: false
+  block_size: 10240000
+
+- name: action_4
+  device: all
+  module: pbqt
+  log_interval: 800
+  duration: 5000
+  peers: all
+  test_bandwidth: true
+  bidirectional: true
+  block_size: 1000000 2000000 10000000
+
+- name: action_5
+  device: all
+  module: iet
+  parallel: true
+  count: 1
+  wait: 100
+  duration: 50000
+  ramp_interval: 5000
+  sample_interval: 700
+  log_interval: 700
+  max_violations: 1
+  target_power: 180
+  tolerance: 0.06
+  matrix_size: 8640
+  ops_type: dgemm
+
+- name: action_6
+  device: all
+  module: gst
+  parallel: false
+  count: 1
+  duration: 10000
+  copy_matrix: false
+  target_stress: 9000
+  matrix_size_a: 8640
+  matrix_size_b: 8640
+  matrix_size_c: 8640
+  ops_type: sgemm
+  lda: 8640
+  ldb: 8640
+  ldc: 8640
+
+- name: action_7
+  device: all
+  module: babel
+  parallel: true
+  count: 1
+  num_iter: 5000
+  array_size: 33554432
+  test_type: 2
+  mibibytes: false
+  o/p_csv: false
+  subtest: 1
+
+- name: action_8
+  device: all
+  module: mem
+  parallel: true
+  count: 1
+  wait: 100
+  mapped_memory: false
+  mem_blocks: 128
+  num_passes: 500
+  thrds_per_blk: 64
+  stress: true
+  num_iter: 50000
+  exclude : 9 10
+
+- name: action_9
+  device: all
+  deviceid: 26720
+  module: pesm
+  monitor: true
diff --git a/rvs/src/rvsexec.cpp b/rvs/src/rvsexec.cpp
index 4b8ece5d..b6b3c765 100644
--- a/rvs/src/rvsexec.cpp
+++ b/rvs/src/rvsexec.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /********************************************************************************
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * MIT LICENSE:
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
@@ -127,24 +127,32 @@ int rvs::exec::run() {
     logger::to_json(true);
   }
 
-  // check -c option
   string config_file;
   if (rvs::options::has_option("-c", &val)) {
     config_file = val;
-
-    // Check if conf. file exists
-    std::ifstream file(config_file);
+  } else {
+    config_file = "../share/rocm-validation-suite/conf/rvs.conf";
+    // Check if pConfig file exist if not use old path for backward compatibility
+    std::ifstream file(path + config_file);
     if (!file.good()) {
-      char buff[1024];
-      snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff),
-          "%s file is missing.", config_file.c_str());
-      rvs::logger::Err(buff, MODULE_NAME_CAPS);
-      return -1;
-    } else {
-      file.close();
+      config_file = "conf/rvs.conf";
     }
+    file.close();
+    config_file = path + config_file;
   }
 
+  // Check if pConfig file exists
+  std::ifstream file(config_file);
+  if (!file.good()) {
+    char buff[1024];
+    snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff),
+              "%s file is missing.", config_file.c_str());
+    rvs::logger::Err(buff, MODULE_NAME_CAPS);
+    return -1;
+  } else {
+    file.close();
+  }
+  
   // construct modules configuration file relative path
   val = path + "../share/rocm-validation-suite/conf/.rvsmodules.config";
   // Check if config file exists if not check the old file location for backward compatibility
@@ -422,8 +430,7 @@ void rvs::exec::do_help() {
                               "overwrite the content\n";
   cout << "                   of the current log. Used in conjuction with "
                                "-d and -l options.\n";
-  cout << "-c --config        Specify the configuration file to be used.\n";
-  cout << "                   supported GPUs.This is Mandatory field\n";
+  cout << "-c --config        Specify the configuration file to be used.\n\n";
   cout << "-d --debugLevel    Specify the debug level for the output log. "
                               "The range is\n";
   cout << "                   0 to 5 with 5 being the highest verbose level.\n";