diff --git a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
index e6c6c726..dc19dca4 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 
 use toml::Value;
 
+use error::RuntimeErrorKind as REK;
+use libimagerror::into::IntoError;
+
 generate_error_module!(
     generate_error_types!(ConfigError, ConfigErrorKind,
         TOMLParserError => "TOML Parsing error",
@@ -221,14 +224,12 @@ fn fetch_config(rtp: &PathBuf) -> Result<Value> {
     use std::env;
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::Read;
-    use std::io::Write;
-    use std::io::stderr;
 
     use xdg_basedir;
     use itertools::Itertools;
 
     use libimagutil::variants::generate_variants as gen_vars;
-    use libimagerror::trace::trace_error;
+    use self::error::MapErrInto;
 
     let variants = vec!["config", "config.toml", "imagrc", "imagrc.toml"];
     let modifier = |base: &PathBuf, v: &'static str| {
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ fn fetch_config(rtp: &PathBuf) -> Result<Value> {
         .flatten()
         .filter(|path| path.exists() && path.is_file())
         .map(|path| {
+            debug!("Reading {:?}", path);
             let content = {
                 let mut s = String::new();
                 let f = File::open(path);
@@ -261,17 +263,18 @@ fn fetch_config(rtp: &PathBuf) -> Result<Value> {
                 s
             };
 
-            match ::toml::de::from_str(&content[..]) {
-                Ok(res) => res,
-                Err(e) => {
-                    write!(stderr(), "Config file parser error:").ok();
-                    trace_error(&e);
-                    None
-                }
-            }
+            trace!("Contents of config file: \n---\n{}\n---", content);
+
+            let toml = ::toml::de::from_str(&content[..])
+                .map_err_into(ConfigErrorKind::TOMLParserError)
+                .map_err(Box::new)
+                .map_err(|e| REK::Instantiate.into_error_with_cause(e));
+
+            Some(toml)
         })
-        .filter(|loaded| loaded.is_some())
-        .nth(0)
+        .filter_map(|x| x)
+        .filter(|loaded| loaded.is_ok())
         .map(|inner| Value::Table(inner.unwrap()))
+        .nth(0)
         .ok_or(ConfigErrorKind::NoConfigFileFound.into())
 }
diff --git a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index f8f29a2d..60ec08f3 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         let configpath = matches.value_of("config")
                                 .map_or_else(|| rtp.clone(), PathBuf::from);
 
+        debug!("RTP path    = {:?}", rtp);
+        debug!("Store path  = {:?}", storepath);
+        debug!("Config path = {:?}", configpath);
+
         let cfg = match Configuration::new(&configpath) {
             Err(e) => if e.err_type() != ConfigErrorKind::NoConfigFileFound {
                 return Err(RuntimeErrorKind::Instantiate.into_error_with_cause(Box::new(e)));
@@ -354,7 +358,7 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         use std::rc::Rc;
         use std::cell::RefCell;
 
-        let mut input = ::std::io::empty();
+        let mut input = ::std::io::stdin();
         let output    = ::std::io::stdout();
         let output    = Rc::new(RefCell::new(output));
         let mapper    = JsonMapper::new();
@@ -368,6 +372,25 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
             })
     }
 
+    pub fn store_backend_to_stdout(&mut self) -> Result<(), RuntimeError> {
+        use libimagstore::file_abstraction::stdio::mapper::json::JsonMapper;
+        use libimagstore::file_abstraction::stdio::out::StdoutFileAbstraction;
+        use std::rc::Rc;
+        use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+        let output    = ::std::io::stdout();
+        let output    = Rc::new(RefCell::new(output));
+        let mapper    = JsonMapper::new();
+
+        StdoutFileAbstraction::new(output, mapper)
+            .map_err_into(RuntimeErrorKind::Instantiate)
+            .and_then(|backend| {
+                self.store
+                    .reset_backend(Box::new(backend))
+                    .map_err_into(RuntimeErrorKind::Instantiate)
+            })
+    }
+
     /// Get a editor command object which can be called to open the $EDITOR
     pub fn editor(&self) -> Option<Command> {
         self.cli()