diff --git a/containerm/deployment/deployment.go b/containerm/deployment/deployment.go
index cc40304..54ea4c4 100755
--- a/containerm/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/containerm/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -88,14 +88,12 @@ func (d *deploymentMgr) Deploy(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if !entry.IsDir() {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".json") {
-				ctr, readErr := util.ReadContainer(path)
-				if readErr != nil {
-					log.ErrorErr(readErr, "error reading container configuration from file = %s", path)
-				} else {
-					ctrs = append(ctrs, ctr)
-				}
+		if !entry.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(path, ".json") {
+			ctr, readErr := util.ReadContainer(path)
+			if readErr != nil {
+				log.ErrorErr(readErr, "error reading container configuration from file =", path)
+			} else {
+				ctrs = append(ctrs, ctr)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/containerm/deployment/deployment_test.go b/containerm/deployment/deployment_test.go
index 8a815d3..adf96c6 100755
--- a/containerm/deployment/deployment_test.go
+++ b/containerm/deployment/deployment_test.go
@@ -85,20 +85,7 @@ func TestDeployCommon(t *testing.T) {
 		"test_deploy_ignore_non_json_files": {
 			ctrPath: filepath.Join(baseCtrJSONPath, "non_json_files"),
 			mockExec: func(mockMgr *mocks.MockContainerManager) error {
-				// Set up the mock directory with only the specified non-JSON file
-				mockDirPath := filepath.Join(baseCtrJSONPath, "non_json_files")
-				createMockDirectoryWithNonJSONFile(t, mockDirPath)
-
-				// Expecting no interactions with the mock manager for the non-JSON file
 				mockMgr.EXPECT().List(testContext).Return(nil, nil).Times(2)
-
-				// Clean up the mock directory after test
-				defer func() {
-					if err := os.RemoveAll(mockDirPath); err != nil {
-						t.Fatalf("failed to remove mock directory: %v", err)
-					}
-				}()
-
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
@@ -644,16 +631,3 @@ func createTmpMetaPathNonEmpty(t *testing.T) string {
 func newTestContainer(name, image string) *types.Container {
 	return &types.Container{Name: name, Image: types.Image{Name: image}}
 }
-
-func createMockDirectoryWithNonJSONFile(t *testing.T, dirPath string) {
-	err := os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create mock directory: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	filePath := filepath.Join(dirPath, "file1.txt")
-	content := "This is a text file."
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(content), 0644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create mock file %s: %v", filePath, err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/containerm/pkg/testutil/config/container/non_json_files/file1.txt b/containerm/pkg/testutil/config/container/non_json_files/file1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..815e2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerm/pkg/testutil/config/container/non_json_files/file1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file is for testing purpose of non json files