diff --git a/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/ApplicationConfig.java b/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/ApplicationConfig.java
index df7fb5c7bc41b43f56ee3b979b05d1da79b10e43..e5ba97d3cc5cc8fcd9ab5b83200b46fc84151e3e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/ApplicationConfig.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/ApplicationConfig.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class ApplicationConfig {
     private Integer httpProxyPort = 0;
     private Integer requestTimeoutInSeconds;
     private String metadataSchemaPath;
+    private String privateSigningKeyPath;
 
     private Sender sender;
     private Subscriber subscriber;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/Subscriber.java b/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/Subscriber.java
index dd3eef1b96b204aa1210369e089bc30609a6df1f..6d68a97183b1d6f15f6328dc8583ba9ace5325a5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/Subscriber.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/api/config/Subscriber.java
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ public class Subscriber {
     private String clientId;
     private String clientSecret;
     private String privateDecryptionKeyPath;
-    private String privateSigningKeyPath;
     private String securityEventTokenSchemaPath;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactory.java b/client/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactory.java
index e7c9f895b19e2c4347106d71431e777451ca1a4a..c157b39840089f42978d0786e2f5f5385aaee821 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactory.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactory.java
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public class ClientFactory {
     }
 
     private static SecurityEventTokenService getSecurityEventTokenService(final ApplicationConfig config) {
-        logger.info("Reading private signing key from {} ", config.getSubscriber().getPrivateSigningKeyPath());
-        final String signingKey = readPath(config.getSubscriber().getPrivateSigningKeyPath());
+        logger.info("Reading private signing key from {} ", config.getPrivateSigningKeyPath());
+        final String signingKey = readPath(config.getPrivateSigningKeyPath());
         return new SecurityEventTokenService(signingKey);
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/ClientIntegrationTest.java b/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/ClientIntegrationTest.java
index 51e20556671505774cbb90fa5e95aa4a5e8a7aa0..049909a1ec781588a4b61d63a81385395400081d 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/ClientIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/ClientIntegrationTest.java
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ public class ClientIntegrationTest {
         subscriber.setClientId(System.getenv("SUBSCRIBER_CLIENT_ID"));
         subscriber.setClientSecret(System.getenv("SUBSCRIBER_CLIENT_SECRET"));
         subscriber.setPrivateDecryptionKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_decryption_test_key.json");
-        subscriber.setPrivateSigningKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_test_signing_key.json");
 
         final var resourcePaths = new ResourcePaths();
         resourcePaths.setAuthTokenPath("/token");
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ public class ClientIntegrationTest {
         config.setUsedEnvironment(TEST);
         config.setResourcePaths(resourcePaths);
         config.setMetadataSchemaPath("src/test/resources/metadata_schema.json");
+        config.setPrivateSigningKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_test_signing_key.json");
 
         return config;
     }
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactoryTest.java b/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactoryTest.java
index cb34ab68ff4e248767a087ca63e9ab3a2f3f8d6d..af7d628c929eb1c56ee50218518520c7aa8ff8d5 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactoryTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/de/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ClientFactoryTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public class ClientFactoryTest {
         senderConfig.setSender(sender);
         senderConfig.setUsedEnvironment(DEV);
         senderConfig.setResourcePaths(resourcePaths);
+        senderConfig.setMetadataSchemaPath("src/test/resources/metadata_schema.json");
+        senderConfig.setPrivateSigningKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_test_signing_key.json");
 
         assertNotNull(ClientFactory.senderClient(senderConfig));
     }
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ public class ClientFactoryTest {
         subscriber.setClientSecret("123");
         subscriber.setClientSecret("abc");
         subscriber.setPrivateDecryptionKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_decryption_test_key.json");
-        subscriber.setPrivateSigningKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_test_signing_key.json");
 
         final var subscriberConfig = new ApplicationConfig();
         subscriberConfig.setHttpProxyHost("https://proxy.fitco.de");
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class ClientFactoryTest {
         subscriberConfig.setUsedEnvironment(DEV);
         subscriberConfig.setResourcePaths(resourcePaths);
         subscriberConfig.setMetadataSchemaPath("src/test/resources/metadata_schema.json");
+        subscriberConfig.setPrivateSigningKeyPath("src/test/resources/private_test_signing_key.json");
 
         assertNotNull(ClientFactory.subscriberClient(subscriberConfig));
     }
diff --git a/sdk.conf b/sdk.conf
index 3531ec7f2784d46ce14445257cbeb215c339c1c3..a099696393950820a462154ae1dffbcf3c9cd71a 100644
--- a/sdk.conf
+++ b/sdk.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ sdk {
   # Path that references the metadata schema
   metadataSchemaPath: "path/to/metadata_schema.json"
 
+  # Path that references the signing key file
+  privateSigningKeyPath: "path/to/singning_key.json"
+
   # switch between the active environments DEV, PROD or TEST
   usedEnvironment: "DEV"
 
@@ -25,9 +28,6 @@ sdk {
     # Path that references the private key file
     privateDecryptionKeyPath: "path/to/decrpytion_key.json"
 
-    # Path that references the signing key file
-    privateSigningKeyPath: "path/to/singning_key.json"
-
     securityEventTokenSchemaPath: ""
   }