diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 5aeff505b6..35167ebabf 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! script which will use local paths.
 
 use anyhow::{bail, ensure, Context};
+use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ pub struct LocalEnv {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub private_key_path: PathBuf,
 
-    // A comma separated broker (etcd) endpoints for storage nodes coordination, e.g. 'http://127.0.0.1:2379'.
+    // Broker (etcd) endpoints for storage nodes coordination, e.g. 'http://127.0.0.1:2379'.
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub broker_endpoints: Option<String>,
+    #[serde_as(as = "Vec<DisplayFromStr>")]
+    pub broker_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
 
     /// A prefix to all to any key when pushing/polling etcd from a node.
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -184,12 +186,7 @@ impl LocalEnv {
             if old_timeline_id == &timeline_id {
                 Ok(())
             } else {
-                bail!(
-                    "branch '{}' is already mapped to timeline {}, cannot map to another timeline {}",
-                    branch_name,
-                    old_timeline_id,
-                    timeline_id
-                );
+                bail!("branch '{branch_name}' is already mapped to timeline {old_timeline_id}, cannot map to another timeline {timeline_id}");
             }
         } else {
             existing_values.push((tenant_id, timeline_id));
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ impl LocalEnv {
     ///
     /// Unlike 'load_config', this function fills in any defaults that are missing
     /// from the config file.
-    pub fn create_config(toml: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+    pub fn parse_config(toml: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let mut env: LocalEnv = toml::from_str(toml)?;
 
         // Find postgres binaries.
@@ -238,25 +235,20 @@ impl LocalEnv {
                 env.pg_distrib_dir = cwd.join("tmp_install")
             }
         }
-        if !env.pg_distrib_dir.join("bin/postgres").exists() {
-            bail!(
-                "Can't find postgres binary at {}",
-                env.pg_distrib_dir.display()
-            );
-        }
 
         // Find zenith binaries.
         if env.zenith_distrib_dir == Path::new("") {
-            env.zenith_distrib_dir = env::current_exe()?.parent().unwrap().to_owned();
-        }
-        for binary in ["pageserver", "safekeeper"] {
-            if !env.zenith_distrib_dir.join(binary).exists() {
-                bail!(
-                    "Can't find binary '{}' in zenith distrib dir '{}'",
-                    binary,
-                    env.zenith_distrib_dir.display()
-                );
-            }
+            let current_exec_path =
+                env::current_exe().context("Failed to find current excecutable's path")?;
+            env.zenith_distrib_dir = current_exec_path
+                .parent()
+                .with_context(|| {
+                    format!(
+                        "Failed to find a parent directory for executable {}",
+                        current_exec_path.display(),
+                    )
+                })?
+                .to_owned();
         }
 
         // If no initial tenant ID was given, generate it.
@@ -351,6 +343,20 @@ impl LocalEnv {
             "directory '{}' already exists. Perhaps already initialized?",
             base_path.display()
         );
+        for binary in ["pageserver", "safekeeper"] {
+            if !self.zenith_distrib_dir.join(binary).exists() {
+                bail!(
+                    "Can't find binary '{binary}' in zenith distrib dir '{}'",
+                    self.zenith_distrib_dir.display()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        if !self.pg_distrib_dir.join("bin/postgres").exists() {
+            bail!(
+                "Can't find postgres binary at {}",
+                self.pg_distrib_dir.display()
+            );
+        }
 
         fs::create_dir(&base_path)?;
 
@@ -408,7 +414,49 @@ impl LocalEnv {
 
 fn base_path() -> PathBuf {
     match std::env::var_os("ZENITH_REPO_DIR") {
-        Some(val) => PathBuf::from(val.to_str().unwrap()),
-        None => ".zenith".into(),
+        Some(val) => PathBuf::from(val),
+        None => PathBuf::from(".zenith"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn simple_conf_parsing() {
+        let simple_conf_toml = include_str!("../simple.conf");
+        let simple_conf_parse_result = LocalEnv::parse_config(simple_conf_toml);
+        assert!(
+            simple_conf_parse_result.is_ok(),
+            "failed to parse simple config {simple_conf_toml}, reason: {simple_conf_parse_result:?}"
+        );
+
+        let regular_url_string = "broker_endpoints = ['localhost:1111']";
+        let regular_url_toml = simple_conf_toml.replace(
+            "[pageserver]",
+            &format!("\n{regular_url_string}\n[pageserver]"),
+        );
+        match LocalEnv::parse_config(&regular_url_toml) {
+            Ok(regular_url_parsed) => {
+                assert_eq!(
+                    regular_url_parsed.broker_endpoints,
+                    vec!["localhost:1111".parse().unwrap()],
+                    "Unexpectedly parsed broker endpoint url"
+                );
+            }
+            Err(e) => panic!("failed to parse simple config {regular_url_toml}, reason: {e}"),
+        }
+
+        let spoiled_url_string = "broker_endpoints = ['!@$XOXO%^&']";
+        let spoiled_url_toml = simple_conf_toml.replace(
+            "[pageserver]",
+            &format!("\n{spoiled_url_string}\n[pageserver]"),
+        );
+        let spoiled_url_parse_result = LocalEnv::parse_config(&spoiled_url_toml);
+        assert!(
+            spoiled_url_parse_result.is_err(),
+            "expected toml with invalid Url {spoiled_url_toml} to fail the parsing, but got {spoiled_url_parse_result:?}"
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs b/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
index 074ee72f69..aeeb4a50ec 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use nix::sys::signal::{kill, Signal};
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use postgres::Config;
 use reqwest::blocking::{Client, RequestBuilder, Response};
-use reqwest::{IntoUrl, Method};
+use reqwest::{IntoUrl, Method, Url};
 use safekeeper::http::models::TimelineCreateRequest;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use utils::{
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl ResponseErrorMessageExt for Response {
         Err(SafekeeperHttpError::Response(
             match self.json::<HttpErrorBody>() {
                 Ok(err_body) => format!("Error: {}", err_body.msg),
-                Err(_) => format!("Http error ({}) at {}.", status.as_u16(), url),
+                Err(_) => format!("Http error ({}) at {url}.", status.as_u16()),
             },
         ))
     }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub struct SafekeeperNode {
 
     pub pageserver: Arc<PageServerNode>,
 
-    broker_endpoints: Option<String>,
+    broker_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
     broker_etcd_prefix: Option<String>,
 }
 
@@ -142,8 +142,21 @@ impl SafekeeperNode {
         if !self.conf.sync {
             cmd.arg("--no-sync");
         }
-        if let Some(ref ep) = self.broker_endpoints {
-            cmd.args(&["--broker-endpoints", ep]);
+
+        if !self.broker_endpoints.is_empty() {
+            cmd.args(&[
+                "--broker-endpoints",
+                &self.broker_endpoints.iter().map(Url::as_str).fold(
+                    String::new(),
+                    |mut comma_separated_urls, url| {
+                        if !comma_separated_urls.is_empty() {
+                            comma_separated_urls.push(',');
+                        }
+                        comma_separated_urls.push_str(url);
+                        comma_separated_urls
+                    },
+                ),
+            ]);
         }
         if let Some(prefix) = self.broker_etcd_prefix.as_deref() {
             cmd.args(&["--broker-etcd-prefix", prefix]);
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
index 9bbb855dd5..8092e4fc49 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ pub trait RemoteStorage: Send + Sync {
     async fn delete(&self, path: &Self::RemoteObjectId) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 }
 
-/// TODO kb
+/// Every storage, currently supported.
+/// Serves as a simple way to pass around the [`RemoteStorage`] without dealing with generics.
 pub enum GenericRemoteStorage {
     Local(LocalFs),
     S3(S3Bucket),
diff --git a/neon_local/src/main.rs b/neon_local/src/main.rs
index 6538cdefc4..e5ac46d3b1 100644
--- a/neon_local/src/main.rs
+++ b/neon_local/src/main.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             "pageserver" => handle_pageserver(sub_args, &env),
             "pg" => handle_pg(sub_args, &env),
             "safekeeper" => handle_safekeeper(sub_args, &env),
-            _ => bail!("unexpected subcommand {}", sub_name),
+            _ => bail!("unexpected subcommand {sub_name}"),
         };
 
         if original_env != env {
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         Ok(Some(updated_env)) => updated_env.persist_config(&updated_env.base_data_dir)?,
         Ok(None) => (),
         Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("command failed: {:?}", e);
+            eprintln!("command failed: {e:?}");
             exit(1);
         }
     }
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ fn handle_init(init_match: &ArgMatches) -> Result<LocalEnv> {
     };
 
     let mut env =
-        LocalEnv::create_config(&toml_file).context("Failed to create neon configuration")?;
+        LocalEnv::parse_config(&toml_file).context("Failed to create neon configuration")?;
     env.init().context("Failed to initialize neon repository")?;
 
     // default_tenantid was generated by the `env.init()` call above
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
index 357db4c16d..50b7ef6dbb 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/zenith_fixtures.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ class ZenithEnv:
                                port=self.port_distributor.get_port(),
                                peer_port=self.port_distributor.get_port())
             toml += textwrap.dedent(f"""
-            broker_endpoints = 'http://127.0.0.1:{self.broker.port}'
+            broker_endpoints = ['http://127.0.0.1:{self.broker.port}']
         """)
 
         # Create config for pageserver