diff --git a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
index f5f06662..71df589a 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ impl Configuration {
         &self.config
     }
 
+    pub fn store_config(&self) -> Option<&Value> {
+        match &self.config {
+            &Value::Table(ref tabl) => tabl.get("store"),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 fn get_verbosity(v: &Value) -> bool {
diff --git a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index a1cbc63d..053fc408 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,14 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
             Some(cfg.unwrap())
         };
 
-        Store::new(storepath).map(|store| {
+        let store_config = {
+            match &cfg {
+                &Some(ref c) => c.store_config().map(|c| c.clone()),
+                _ => None
+            }
+        };
+
+        Store::new(storepath, store_config).map(|store| {
             Runtime {
                 cli_matches: matches,
                 configuration: cfg,