diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89dff23..42f8ebb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
 coverage/
-docs/
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/
+config.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/npmci.env.d.ts b/dist/npmci.env.d.ts
index ac48b1b..193aa4d 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.env.d.ts
+++ b/dist/npmci.env.d.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ export declare let buildStage: string;
 export declare let dockerRegistry: any;
 export declare let dockerFilesBuilt: Dockerfile[];
 export declare let dockerFiles: Dockerfile[];
+export declare let config: any;
+export declare let configLoad: () => void;
+export declare let configStore: () => void;
diff --git a/dist/npmci.env.js b/dist/npmci.env.js
index 29146d4..8d50763 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.env.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.env.js
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 "use strict";
 require("typings-global");
+var plugins = require("./npmci.plugins");
+var paths = require("./npmci.paths");
 var smartstring_1 = require("smartstring");
 exports.repo = new smartstring_1.GitRepo(process.env.CI_BUILD_REPO);
 exports.buildStage = process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE;
 exports.dockerFilesBuilt = [];
 exports.dockerFiles = [];
+exports.configLoad = function () {
+    exports.config = plugins.smartfile.local.toObjectSync(paths.NpmciPackageConfig, "json");
+    exports.config.dockerRegistry ? exports.dockerRegistry = exports.config.dockerRegistry : void (0);
+    exports.config.dockerFilesBuilt ? exports.dockerFilesBuilt = exports.config.dockerFilesBuilt : void (0);
+};
+exports.configStore = function () {
+};
 
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diff --git a/dist/npmci.paths.d.ts b/dist/npmci.paths.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac7cd71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/npmci.paths.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import "typings-global";
+export declare let cwd: string;
+export declare let NpmciPackageRoot: string;
+export declare let NpmciPackageConfig: string;
diff --git a/dist/npmci.paths.js b/dist/npmci.paths.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f206d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/npmci.paths.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"use strict";
+require("typings-global");
+var plugins = require("./npmci.plugins");
+exports.cwd = process.cwd();
+exports.NpmciPackageRoot = plugins.path.join(__dirname, "../");
+exports.NpmciPackageConfig = plugins.path.join(exports.NpmciPackageRoot, "./config.json");
+
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diff --git a/ts/npmci.env.ts b/ts/npmci.env.ts
index 3fad261..30eb36b 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.env.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.env.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "typings-global";
 import * as plugins from "./npmci.plugins";
+import * as paths from "./npmci.paths";
 import {GitRepo} from "smartstring";
 import {Dockerfile} from "./npmci.build.docker"
 
@@ -7,7 +8,19 @@ export let repo:GitRepo = new GitRepo(process.env.CI_BUILD_REPO);
 
 export let buildStage:string = process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE;
 
+// handling config between commands
 export let dockerRegistry; // will be set by npmci.prepare
 export let dockerFilesBuilt:Dockerfile[] = [];
 export let dockerFiles:Dockerfile[] = [];
 
+export let config;
+
+export let configLoad = () => {
+    config = plugins.smartfile.local.toObjectSync(paths.NpmciPackageConfig,"json");
+    config.dockerRegistry ? dockerRegistry = config.dockerRegistry : void(0);
+    config.dockerFilesBuilt ? dockerFilesBuilt = config.dockerFilesBuilt : void(0);
+}
+
+export let configStore = () => {
+    
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/npmci.paths.ts b/ts/npmci.paths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..498ab6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/npmci.paths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import "typings-global";
+import * as plugins from "./npmci.plugins";
+
+export let cwd = process.cwd();
+
+export let NpmciPackageRoot = plugins.path.join(__dirname,"../");#
+export let NpmciPackageConfig = plugins.path.join(NpmciPackageRoot,"./config.json")
\ No newline at end of file