diff --git a/bin/core/imag-ref/Cargo.toml b/bin/core/imag-ref/Cargo.toml
index 42f4665a..bf3cb6c0 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-ref/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/core/imag-ref/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ is-it-maintained-open-issues      = { repository = "matthiasbeyer/imag" }
 maintenance                       = { status     = "actively-developed" }
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.0"
+log        = "0.4.0"
+failure    = "0.1"
 
 libimagstore       = { version = "0.10.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagstore" }
 libimagrt          = { version = "0.10.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagrt" }
@@ -36,3 +37,8 @@ version = "^2.29"
 default-features = false
 features = ["color", "suggestions", "wrap_help"]
 
+[dependencies.toml-query]
+version = "0.8"
+default-features = false
+features = ["typed"]
+
diff --git a/bin/core/imag-ref/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag-ref/src/main.rs
index 332e9477..63edf367 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-ref/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-ref/src/main.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 )]
 
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
+#[macro_use] extern crate failure;
 extern crate clap;
+extern crate toml_query;
 
 extern crate libimagstore;
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagrt;
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ use ui::build_ui;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::io::Write;
 
+use failure::Fallible as Result;
+
 use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
 use libimagerror::exit::ExitUnwrap;
 use libimagrt::setup::generate_runtime_setup;
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ use libimagentryref::reference::Ref;
 use libimagentryref::reference::MutRef;
 use libimagentryref::reference::RefFassade;
 use libimagentryref::hasher::default::DefaultHasher;
+use libimagentryref::reference::Config as RefConfig;
 
 fn main() {
     let version = make_imag_version!();
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn deref(rt: &Runtime) {
     let cmd = rt.cli().subcommand_matches("deref").unwrap();
     let ids = rt.ids::<::ui::PathProvider>().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
+    let cfg = get_ref_config(&rt).map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
     let out = rt.stdout();
     let mut outlock = out.lock();
 
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ fn deref(rt: &Runtime) {
                 Some(entry) => {
                     entry
                         .as_ref_with_hasher::<DefaultHasher>()
-                        .get_path()
+                        .get_path(&cfg)
                         .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
                         .to_str()
                         .ok_or_else(|| {
@@ -157,3 +163,14 @@ fn create(rt: &Runtime) {
     unimplemented!()
 }
 
+fn get_ref_config(rt: &Runtime) -> Result<RefConfig> {
+    use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
+
+    let setting_name = "ref.basepathes";
+
+    rt.config()
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("No configuration, cannot find collection name for ref collection"))?
+        .read_deserialized::<RefConfig>(setting_name)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("Setting missing: {}", setting_name))
+}
+