diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 456096ce54..acba5a4619 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ lazy val webapi: Project = Project(id = "webapi", base = file("webapi"))
     IntegrationTest / testForkedParallel := false, // not run forked tests in parallel
     IntegrationTest / parallelExecution  := false, // not run non-forked tests in parallel
     // Global / concurrentRestrictions += Tags.limit(Tags.Test, 1), // restrict the number of concurrently executing tests in all projects
-    IntegrationTest / javaOptions += "-Dconfig.resource=fuseki.conf",
-    // Test / javaOptions ++= Seq("-Dakka.log-config-on-start=on"), // prints out akka config
-    // Test / javaOptions ++= Seq("-Dconfig.trace=loads"), // prints out config locations
+    // IntegrationTest / javaOptions ++= Seq("-Dakka.log-config-on-start=on"), // prints out akka config
+    // IntegrationTest / javaOptions ++= Seq("-Dconfig.trace=loads"), // prints out config locations
+    // IntegrationTest / javaOptions += "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005", // starts sbt with debug port
     IntegrationTest / testOptions += Tests.Argument("-oDF"), // show full stack traces and test case durations
     // add test framework for running zio-tests
     IntegrationTest / testFrameworks ++= Seq(new TestFramework("zio.test.sbt.ZTestFramework"))
diff --git a/docs/05-internals/development/testing.md b/docs/05-internals/development/testing.md
index 97df7d6e67..f294a97eaa 100644
--- a/docs/05-internals/development/testing.md
+++ b/docs/05-internals/development/testing.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You might need to create an integration test because:
 In this case create it in the `src/it`  source set of our projects.
 
 .NOTE
-_Currently only the `webapi` project supports integration tests_
+_Currently only the `webapi` project supports integration tests._
 
 Run all integration tests from the terminal.
 
@@ -46,5 +46,14 @@ make integration-test
 ```
 
 .NOTE
-_The integration tests currently depend on a locally published Sipi container. That is why we need to start
-the `make` command and not `sbt it`._
+_The integration tests currently depend on a locally published Sipi container, the make target helps you with that._
+
+## Debugging
+
+You can debug unit tests directly in your IDE. 
+
+For debugging the integration tests locally with `sbt` or your IDE you need to have a fresh SIPI container build:
+
+```shell
+make docker-build-sipi-image
+```
diff --git a/webapi/src/it/resources/fuseki.conf b/webapi/src/it/resources/application.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from webapi/src/it/resources/fuseki.conf
rename to webapi/src/it/resources/application.conf
diff --git a/webapi/src/it/resources/test.conf b/webapi/src/it/resources/test.conf
index 67af9a8283..046f685419 100644
--- a/webapi/src/it/resources/test.conf
+++ b/webapi/src/it/resources/test.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include "application"
-
 akka {
     log-config-on-start = false
     loggers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLogger"]
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/store/triplestore/impl/TriplestoreServiceHttpConnectorImpl.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/store/triplestore/impl/TriplestoreServiceHttpConnectorImpl.scala
index 86079fe8ee..ad1206e138 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/store/triplestore/impl/TriplestoreServiceHttpConnectorImpl.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/store/triplestore/impl/TriplestoreServiceHttpConnectorImpl.scala
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ case class TriplestoreServiceHttpConnectorImpl(
                 // to the parent folder where the files can be found
                 val inputFile = Paths.get("..", elem.path)
                 if (!Files.exists(inputFile)) {
-                  throw BadRequestException(s"File ${inputFile} does not exist")
+                  throw BadRequestException(s"File ${inputFile.toAbsolutePath} does not exist")
                 }
                 val fileEntity =
                   new FileEntity(inputFile.toFile, ContentType.create(mimeTypeTextTurtle, "UTF-8"))