diff --git a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
index 6b4319f1..53e2f659 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/configuration.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::result::Result as RResult;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 
 use toml::{Parser, Value};
 
@@ -169,6 +170,15 @@ impl Configuration {
 
 }
 
+impl Deref for Configuration {
+    type Target = Value;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Value {
+        &self.config
+    }
+
+}
+
 fn get_verbosity(v: &Value) -> bool {
     match v {
         &Value::Table(ref t) => t.get("verbose")
diff --git a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index ecc5c227..3ff43d76 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -238,6 +238,13 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         &self.cli_matches
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the configuration object
+     */
+    pub fn config(&self) -> Option<&Configuration> {
+        self.configuration.as_ref()
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the store object
      */