diff --git a/compat/migrations.ts b/compat/migrations.ts
index 0bb35a9..2b93af7 100644
--- a/compat/migrations.ts
+++ b/compat/migrations.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function updateConfig<
   type extends "up" | "down",
 >(
   fn: (
-    config: ConfigSpec,
+    config: Record<string, unknown>,
     effects: T.Effects,
   ) => ConfigSpec | Promise<ConfigSpec>,
   configured: boolean,
diff --git a/compat/setConfig.ts b/compat/setConfig.ts
index 64d1bc7..49c0594 100644
--- a/compat/setConfig.ts
+++ b/compat/setConfig.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { YAML } from "../dependencies.ts";
-import { DependsOn, Effects, ExpectedExports, SetResult } from "../types.ts";
-import { ConfigSpec } from "../types/config-types.ts";
+import { DependsOn, Effects, ExpectedExports } from "../types.ts";
+import { okOf } from "../util.ts";
 
 /**
  * Will set the config to the default start9/config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { ConfigSpec } from "../types/config-types.ts";
  */
 export const setConfig = async (
   effects: Effects,
-  newConfig: ConfigSpec,
+  newConfig: Record<string, unknown>,
   dependsOn: DependsOn = {},
 ) => {
   await effects.createDir({
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ export const setConfig = async (
     volumeId: "main",
   });
 
-  const result: SetResult = {
-    signal: "SIGTERM",
-    "depends-on": dependsOn,
-  };
-  return { result };
+  return okOf(
+    {
+      signal: "SIGTERM",
+      "depends-on": dependsOn,
+    } as const,
+  );
 };
 
 const _typeConversionCheck: ExpectedExports.setConfig = setConfig;
diff --git a/config_tools/config_file.ts b/config_tools/config_file.ts
index 6acaa15..3799d97 100644
--- a/config_tools/config_file.ts
+++ b/config_tools/config_file.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { matches, TOML, YAML } from "../dependencies.ts";
 import * as T from "../types.ts";
+import { exists } from "../util.ts";
 
 const previousPath = /(.+?)\/([^/]*)$/;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ export class ConfigFile<A> {
     });
   }
   async read(effects: T.Effects) {
+    if (
+      !(await exists(effects, {
+        path: this.options.path,
+        volumeId: this.options.volume,
+      }))
+    ) return null;
     return this.options.readData(
       await effects.readFile({
         path: this.options.path,
diff --git a/config_tools/mod.ts b/config_tools/mod.ts
index ad2f8bb..135947d 100644
--- a/config_tools/mod.ts
+++ b/config_tools/mod.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ export function nullIfEmpty(s: Record<string, unknown>) {
   return Object.keys(s).length === 0 ? null : s;
 }
 
+export { setupConfigExports } from "./setup_config_export.ts";
 export { ConfigFile };
diff --git a/config_tools/setup_config_export.ts b/config_tools/setup_config_export.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ca3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_tools/setup_config_export.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Config } from "../config_builder/mod.ts";
+import { DependsOn, Effects, ExpectedExports } from "../types.ts";
+import { ConfigSpec } from "../types/config-types.ts";
+import { okOf } from "../util.ts";
+import { TypeFromProps } from "../utils/propertiesMatcher.ts";
+import { nullIfEmpty } from "./mod.ts";
+
+export function setupConfigExports<A extends ConfigSpec>(options: {
+  spec: Config<A>;
+  dependsOn: DependsOn;
+  write(effects: Effects, config: TypeFromProps<A>): Promise<null>;
+  read(
+    effects: Effects,
+  ): Promise<Record<string | number, never> | TypeFromProps<A>>;
+}) {
+  const validator = options.spec.validator();
+  return {
+    setConfig: (async (effects: Effects, config: unknown) => {
+      if (!validator.test(config)) {
+        await effects.error(String(validator.errorMessage(config)));
+        return { error: "Set config type error for config" };
+      }
+      await options.write(effects, config);
+      return okOf({
+        signal: "SIGTERM",
+        "depends-on": options.dependsOn,
+      });
+    }) as ExpectedExports.setConfig,
+    getConfig: (async (effects: Effects) => {
+      return okOf({
+        spec: options.spec.build(),
+        config: nullIfEmpty(await options.read(effects)),
+      });
+    }) as ExpectedExports.getConfig,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/types.ts b/types.ts
index 9e2ce81..66334b1 100644
--- a/types.ts
+++ b/types.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export namespace ExpectedExports {
   /** Set configuration is called after we have modified and saved the configuration in the embassy ui. Use this to make a file for the docker to read from for configuration.  */
   export type setConfig = (
     effects: Effects,
-    input: ConfigSpec,
+    input: Record<string, unknown>,
   ) => Promise<ResultType<SetResult>>;
   /** Get configuration returns a shape that describes the format that the embassy ui will generate, and later send to the set config  */
   export type getConfig = (effects: Effects) => Promise<ResultType<ConfigRes>>;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export namespace ExpectedExports {
 
 export type ConfigRes = {
   /** This should be the previous config, that way during set config we start with the previous */
-  config?: ConfigSpec;
+  config?: null | Record<string, unknown>;
   /** Shape that is describing the form in the ui */
   spec: ConfigSpec;
 };
diff --git a/util.ts b/util.ts
index 341bff9..b8afa99 100644
--- a/util.ts
+++ b/util.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export const errorCode = (code: number, error: string) => ({
   "error-code": [code, error] as const,
 });
 export const error = (error: string) => ({ error });
+export const okOf = <A>(result: A) => ({
+  result,
+});
 export const ok = { result: null };
 
 export const isKnownError = (e: unknown): e is T.KnownError =>