diff --git a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
index 2d23b11ae4..81f5cf83f1 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from pytimeparse import parse
 
 from flytekit import BlobType, Literal, Scalar
+from flytekit.clis.sdk_in_container.constants import CTX_CONFIG_FILE, CTX_DOMAIN, CTX_PROJECT
 from flytekit.configuration import Config, ImageConfig, SerializationSettings
 from flytekit.configuration.default_images import DefaultImages
 from flytekit.core import context_manager, tracker
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 from flytekit.core.data_persistence import FileAccessProvider
 from flytekit.core.type_engine import TypeEngine
 from flytekit.core.workflow import PythonFunctionWorkflow, WorkflowBase
+from flytekit.loggers import cli_logger
 from flytekit.models import literals
 from flytekit.models.interface import Variable
 from flytekit.models.literals import Blob, BlobMetadata, Primitive
@@ -527,9 +529,14 @@ def get_command(self, ctx, workflow):
         wf_entity = load_naive_entity(module, workflow)
 
         # If this is a remote execution, which we should know at this point, then create the remote object
-        p = ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get("project")
-        d = ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get("domain")
-        r = FlyteRemote(Config.auto(), default_project=p, default_domain=d)
+        p = ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_PROJECT)
+        d = ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_DOMAIN)
+        cfg_file_location = ctx.obj.get(CTX_CONFIG_FILE)
+        cfg_obj = Config.auto(cfg_file_location)
+        cli_logger.info(
+            f"Run is using config object {cfg_obj}" + (f" with file {cfg_file_location}" if cfg_file_location else "")
+        )
+        r = FlyteRemote(cfg_obj, default_project=p, default_domain=d)
         ctx.obj[FLYTE_REMOTE_INSTANCE_KEY] = r
         get_upload_url_fn = functools.partial(r.client.get_upload_signed_url, project=p, domain=d)
 
diff --git a/flytekit/configuration/file.py b/flytekit/configuration/file.py
index b9e1c81426..5ba5db91d1 100644
--- a/flytekit/configuration/file.py
+++ b/flytekit/configuration/file.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ def get_config_file(c: typing.Union[str, ConfigFile, None]) -> typing.Optional[C
         # If not, then return None and let caller handle
         return None
     if isinstance(c, str):
+        logger.debug(f"Using specified config file at {c}")
         return ConfigFile(c)
     return c