diff --git a/webapp/backend/pkg/config/interface.go b/webapp/backend/pkg/config/interface.go
index fabe8af..8f0b773 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/pkg/config/interface.go
+++ b/webapp/backend/pkg/config/interface.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 type Interface interface {
 	Init() error
 	ReadConfig(configFilePath string) error
+	WriteConfig() error
 	Set(key string, value interface{})
 	SetDefault(key string, value interface{})
 
diff --git a/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go b/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
index 0102771..f442a20 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
+++ b/webapp/backend/pkg/database/scrutiny_repository.go
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ func NewScrutinyRepository(appConfig config.Interface, globalLogger logrus.Field
 		}
 
 		appConfig.Set("web.influxdb.token", *onboardingResponse.Auth.Token)
-		//todo: determine if we should write the config file out here.
+		// we should write the config file out here. Ignore failures.
+		_ = appConfig.WriteConfig()
+
 	}
 
 	// Use blocking write client for writes to desired bucket