diff --git a/nixos/tests/sabnzbd-module.nix b/nixos/tests/sabnzbd-module.nix
index fd9f48ae35d0..1918bf965091 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/sabnzbd-module.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/sabnzbd-module.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 { lib, ... }:
-{
-  name = "sabnzbd";
-  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jojosch ];
-
-  node.pkgsReadOnly = false;
-
-  nodes.machine =
-    { pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  common-config =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
     {
       services.sabnzbd = {
         enable = true;
@@ -62,14 +57,78 @@
       # unrar is unfree
       nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePackages = [ "unrar" ];
     };
+in
+{
+  name = "sabnzbd";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jojosch ];
+
+  node.pkgsReadOnly = false;
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      imports = [ common-config ];
+    };
+  nodes.with_writeable_config =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      imports = [ common-config ];
+      config.services.sabnzbd.allowConfigWrite = true;
+    };
+  nodes.with_raw_config_file =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      imports = [ common-config ];
+      config = {
+        services.sabnzbd = {
+          configFile = builtins.toFile "config.ini" ''
+            [misc]
+            inet_exposure = 2
+            html_login = 0
+            api_key = abcdef
+            log_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd
+            admin_dir = /var/lib/sabnzbd
+          '';
+        };
+
+        environment.systemPackages = [
+          pkgs.jq
+          (pkgs.writeScriptBin "do_test_2" ''
+            set -euxo pipefail
+
+            misc_url="http://127.0.0.1:8080/api?mode=get_config&section=misc&output=json&apikey=abcdef"
+
+            [[ $(curl $misc_url | jq .config.misc.inet_exposure) == 2 ]]
+            [[ $(curl $misc_url | jq .config.misc.html_login) == "false" ]]
+          '')
+        ];
+      };
+    };
 
   testScript = ''
-
     machine.wait_for_unit("sabnzbd.service")
     machine.wait_until_succeeds(
         "curl --fail -L http://localhost:8080/"
     )
 
     machine.succeed("do_test")
+
+
+
+    with_writeable_config.wait_for_unit("sabnzbd.service")
+    with_writeable_config.wait_until_succeeds(
+        "curl --fail -L http://localhost:8080/"
+    )
+
+    with_writeable_config.succeed("do_test")
+
+
+
+    with_raw_config_file.wait_for_unit("sabnzbd.service")
+    with_raw_config_file.wait_until_succeeds(
+        "curl --fail -L http://localhost:8080/"
+    )
+
+    with_raw_config_file.succeed("do_test_2")
   '';
 }