diff --git a/terminus-core/src/services/config.ts b/terminus-core/src/services/config.ts
index b981f894..1af43f9d 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/terminus-core/src/services/config.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,58 @@ import { EventEmitter, Injectable, Inject } from '@angular/core'
 import { ElectronService } from '../services/electron'
 import { ConfigProvider } from '../api/configProvider'
 
+
+export class ConfigProxy {
+    constructor (real: any, defaults: any, structure: any) {
+        for (let key in structure) {
+            if (!real[key]) {
+                real[key] = {}
+            }
+            let proxy = new ConfigProxy(real[key], defaults[key], structure[key])
+            Object.defineProperty(
+                this,
+                key,
+                {
+                    enumerable: true,
+                    configurable: false,
+                    get: () => {
+                        return proxy
+                    },
+                }
+            )
+        }
+        for (let key in defaults) {
+            if (structure[key]) {
+                continue
+            }
+            Object.defineProperty(
+                this,
+                key,
+                {
+                    enumerable: true,
+                    configurable: false,
+                    get: () => {
+                        return real[key] || defaults[key]
+                    },
+                    set: (value) => {
+                        real[key] = value
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 const configMerge = (a, b) => require('deepmerge')(a, b, { arrayMerge: (_d, s) => s })
 
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ConfigService {
-    store: any
+    store: ConfigProxy
     change = new EventEmitter()
     restartRequested: boolean
+    private _store: any
     private path: string
     private configStructure: any = require('../defaultConfigStructure.yaml')
     private defaultConfigValues: any = require('../defaultConfigValues.yaml')
@@ -29,19 +73,20 @@ export class ConfigService {
 
     load (): void {
         if (fs.existsSync(this.path)) {
-            this.store = configMerge(this.configStructure, yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(this.path, 'utf8')))
+            this._store = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(this.path, 'utf8'))
         } else {
-            this.store = Object.assign({}, this.configStructure)
+            this._store = {}
         }
+        this.store = new ConfigProxy(this._store, this.defaultConfigValues, this.configStructure)
     }
 
     save (): void {
-        fs.writeFileSync(this.path, yaml.safeDump(this.store), 'utf8')
+        fs.writeFileSync(this.path, yaml.safeDump(this._store), 'utf8')
         this.emitChange()
     }
 
     full (): any {
-        return configMerge(this.defaultConfigValues, this.store)
+        return configMerge(this.defaultConfigValues, this._store)
     }
 
     emitChange (): void {