Deprecate *_config() functions in core.

33 files changed, 351 insertions, 252 deletions

diff --git a/include/account.php b/include/account.php
index a1fb0f159..884c07389 100644
--- a/include/account.php
+++ b/include/account.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * @brief Somme account related functions.
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Crypto;
 
 require_once('include/config.php');
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ function check_account_invite($invite_code) {
 	$result = array('error' => false, 'message' => '');
 
 	// [hilmar ->
-	$using_invites = (get_config('system','invitation_only')
-				   || get_config('system','invitation_also'));
+	$using_invites = (Config::Get('system','invitation_only')
+				   || Config::Get('system','invitation_also'));
 
 	if($using_invites) {
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ function check_account_invite($invite_code) {
 function check_account_admin($arr) {
 	if(is_site_admin())
 		return true;
-	$admin_email = trim(get_config('system','admin_email'));
+	$admin_email = trim(Config::Get('system','admin_email'));
 	if(strlen($admin_email) && $admin_email === trim($arr['email']))
 		return true;
 	return false;
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ function create_account_IS_OBSOLETE($arr) {
 	$roles       = ((x($arr,'account_roles')) ? intval($arr['account_roles'])      : 0 );
 	$expires     = ((x($arr,'expires'))       ? intval($arr['expires'])            : NULL_DATE);
 
-	$default_service_class = get_config('system','default_service_class');
+	$default_service_class = Config::Get('system','default_service_class');
 
 	if($default_service_class === false)
 		$default_service_class = '';
@@ -209,10 +210,10 @@ function create_account_IS_OBSOLETE($arr) {
 
 	// Ensure that there is a host keypair.
 
-	if ((! get_config('system', 'pubkey')) && (! get_config('system', 'prvkey'))) {
+	if ((! Config::Get('system', 'pubkey')) && (! Config::Get('system', 'prvkey'))) {
 		$hostkey = Crypto::new_keypair(4096);
-		set_config('system', 'pubkey', $hostkey['pubkey']);
-		set_config('system', 'prvkey', $hostkey['prvkey']);
+		Config::Set('system', 'pubkey', $hostkey['pubkey']);
+		Config::Set('system', 'prvkey', $hostkey['prvkey']);
 	}
 
 	$invite_result = check_account_invite($invite_code);
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ function create_account_from_register($arr) {
 	// account
 	$expires = NULL_DATE;
 
-	$default_service_class = get_config('system','default_service_class');
+	$default_service_class = Config::Get('system','default_service_class');
 	if($default_service_class === false)
 		$default_service_class = '';
 
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ function verify_email_address($arr) {
 
 	$email_msg = replace_macros(get_intltext_template('register_verify_member.tpl'),
 		[
-			'$sitename' => get_config('system','sitename'),
+			'$sitename' => Config::Get('system','sitename'),
 			'$siteurl'  => z_root(),
 			'$email'    => $arr['email'],
 			'$uid'      => 1,
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ function verify_email_address($arr) {
 	$res = z_mail(
 		[
 		'toEmail' => $arr['email'],
-		'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration confirmation for %s'), get_config('system','sitename')),
+		'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration confirmation for %s'), Config::Get('system','sitename')),
 		'textVersion' => $email_msg,
 		]
 	);
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ function verify_email_addressNOP($arr) {
 
 	$email_msg = replace_macros(get_intltext_template('register_verify_member.tpl'),
 		[
-			'$sitename' => get_config('system','sitename'),
+			'$sitename' => Config::Get('system','sitename'),
 			'$siteurl'  => z_root(),
 			'$email'    => $arr['email'],
 			'$uid'      => $account['account_id'],
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ function verify_email_addressNOP($arr) {
 	$res = z_mail(
 		[
 		'toEmail' => $arr['email'],
-		'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration confirmation for %s'), get_config('system','sitename')),
+		'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration confirmation for %s'), Config::Get('system','sitename')),
 		'textVersion' => $email_msg,
 		]
 	);
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ function send_reg_approval_email($arr) {
 			push_lang('en');
 
 		$email_msg = replace_macros(get_intltext_template('register_verify_eml.tpl'), array(
-			'$sitename' => get_config('system','sitename'),
+			'$sitename' => Config::Get('system','sitename'),
 			'$siteurl'  =>  z_root(),
 			'$email'    => $arr['email'],
 			'$uid'      => $arr['account']['account_id'],
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ function send_reg_approval_email($arr) {
 		$res = z_mail(
 			[
 			'toEmail' => $admin['email'],
-			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration request at %s'), get_config('system','sitename')),
+			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration request at %s'), Config::Get('system','sitename')),
 			'textVersion' => $email_msg,
 			]
 		);
@@ -594,7 +595,7 @@ function send_reg_approval_email($arr) {
 function send_register_success_email($email,$password) {
 
 	$email_msg = replace_macros(get_intltext_template('register_open_eml.tpl'), array(
-		'$sitename' => get_config('system','sitename'),
+		'$sitename' => Config::Get('system','sitename'),
 		'$siteurl' =>  z_root(),
 		'$email'    => $email,
 		'$password' => t('your registration password'),
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ function send_register_success_email($email,$password) {
 	$res = z_mail(
 		[
 			'toEmail' => $email,
-			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration details for %s'), get_config('system','sitename')),
+			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration details for %s'), Config::Get('system','sitename')),
 			'textVersion' => $email_msg,
 		]
 	);
@@ -681,7 +682,7 @@ function account_allow($hash) {
 
 		$email_tpl = get_intltext_template("register_open_eml.tpl");
 		$email_msg = replace_macros($email_tpl, array(
-				'$sitename' => get_config('system','sitename'),
+				'$sitename' => Config::Get('system','sitename'),
 				'$siteurl' =>  z_root(),
 				'$username' => $account[0]['account_email'],
 				'$email' => $account[0]['account_email'],
@@ -692,14 +693,14 @@ function account_allow($hash) {
 		$res = z_mail(
 			[
 			'toEmail' => $account[0]['account_email'],
-			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration details for %s'), get_config('system','sitename')),
+			'messageSubject' => sprintf( t('Registration details for %s'), Config::Get('system','sitename')),
 			'textVersion' => $email_msg,
 			]
 		);
 
 		pop_lang();
 
-		if(get_config('system', 'auto_channel_create', 1))
+		if(Config::Get('system', 'auto_channel_create', 1))
 			auto_channel_create($register[0]['uid']);
 
 		if ($res) {
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ function account_approve($hash) {
 	if(! $account)
 		return $ret;
 
-	if(get_config('system','auto_channel_create'))
+	if(Config::Get('system','auto_channel_create'))
 		auto_channel_create($register[0]['reg_uid']);
 	else {
 		$_SESSION['login_return_url'] = 'new_channel';
@@ -992,7 +993,7 @@ function downgrade_accounts() {
 	if(! $r)
 		return;
 
-	$basic = get_config('system','default_service_class');
+	$basic = Config::Get('system','default_service_class');
 
 	foreach($r as $rr) {
 		if(($basic) && ($rr['account_service_class']) && ($rr['account_service_class'] != $basic)) {
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ function service_class_fetch($uid, $property) {
 	if(! x($service_class))
 		return false; // everything is allowed
 
-	$arr = get_config('service_class', $service_class);
+	$arr = Config::Get('service_class', $service_class);
 
 	if(! is_array($arr) || (! count($arr)))
 		return false;
@@ -1169,7 +1170,7 @@ function account_service_class_fetch($aid, $property) {
 	if(! isset($service_class))
 		return false; // everything is allowed
 
-	$arr = get_config('service_class', $service_class);
+	$arr = Config::Get('service_class', $service_class);
 
 	if(! is_array($arr) || (! count($arr)))
 		return false;
@@ -1179,7 +1180,7 @@ function account_service_class_fetch($aid, $property) {
 
 
 function upgrade_link($bbcode = false) {
-	$l = get_config('service_class', 'upgrade_link');
+	$l = Config::Get('service_class', 'upgrade_link');
 	if(! $l)
 		return '';
 	if($bbcode)
@@ -1208,7 +1209,7 @@ function get_account_techlevel($account_id = 0) {
 
 function zar_log($msg='') {
 
-	if(get_config('system', 'register_logfile', 0)) {
+	if(Config::Get('system', 'register_logfile', 0)) {
 		file_put_contents('./zar.log',
 			date('Y-m-d_H:i:s') . ' ' . $msg . ', ip: § ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . ' §' . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
 	}
diff --git a/include/attach.php b/include/attach.php
index e5a2900b3..efefc73a4 100644
--- a/include/attach.php
+++ b/include/attach.php
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
  * @todo Also an 'append' option to the storage function might be a useful addition.
  */
 
-use Zotlabs\Lib\Libsync;
-use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
 use Zotlabs\Access\PermissionLimits;
 use Zotlabs\Daemon\Master;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\AccessList;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Libsync;
 
 require_once('include/permissions.php');
 require_once('include/security.php');
@@ -801,7 +802,7 @@ function attach_store($channel, $observer_hash, $options = '', $arr = null) {
 
 	// Check storage limits
 	if($options !== 'update') {
-		$maxfilesize = get_config('system','maxfilesize');
+		$maxfilesize = Config::Get('system','maxfilesize');
 
 		if(($maxfilesize) && ($filesize > $maxfilesize)) {
 			logger('quota_exceeded');
diff --git a/include/auth.php b/include/auth.php
index 5956b89e2..0cd48bce3 100644
--- a/include/auth.php
+++ b/include/auth.php
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
  * Also provides a function for OpenID identiy matching.
  */
 
-use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\AConfig;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 use Zotlabs\Module\Totp_check;
 
 require_once('include/api_auth.php');
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ function account_verify_password($login, $pass) {
 	$ret = [ 'account' => null, 'channel' => null, 'xchan' => null ];
 	$login = punify($login);
 
-	$email_verify = get_config('system', 'verify_email');
-	$register_policy = get_config('system', 'register_policy');
+	$email_verify = Config::Get('system', 'verify_email');
+	$register_policy = Config::Get('system', 'register_policy');
 
 	if(!$login || !$pass)
 		return null;
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ function account_verify_password($login, $pass) {
  *  Error message to display for failed login.
  */
 function log_failed_login($errormsg) {
-	$authlog = get_config('system', 'authlog');
+	$authlog = Config::Get('system', 'authlog');
 	if ($authlog)
 		@file_put_contents($authlog, datetime_convert() . ':' . session_id() . ' ' . $errormsg . PHP_EOL, FILE_APPEND);
 }
@@ -208,10 +209,10 @@ if((isset($_SESSION)) && (x($_SESSION, 'authenticated')) &&
 
 	if(x($_SESSION, 'visitor_id') && (! x($_SESSION, 'uid'))) {
 		// if our authenticated guest is allowed to take control of the admin channel, make it so.
-		$admins = get_config('system', 'remote_admin');
+		$admins = Config::Get('system', 'remote_admin');
 		if($admins && is_array($admins) && in_array($_SESSION['visitor_id'], $admins)) {
 			$x = q("select * from account where account_email = '%s' and account_email != '' and ( account_flags & %d )>0 limit 1",
-				dbesc(get_config('system', 'admin_email')),
+				dbesc(Config::Get('system', 'admin_email')),
 				intval(ACCOUNT_ROLE_ADMIN)
 			);
 			if($x) {
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ else {
 			$error = 'authenticate: failed login attempt: ' . notags(trim($username)) . ' from IP ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
 			logger($error);
 			// Also log failed logins to a separate auth log to reduce overhead for server side intrusion prevention
-			$authlog = get_config('system', 'authlog');
+			$authlog = Config::Get('system', 'authlog');
 			if ($authlog)
 				@file_put_contents($authlog, datetime_convert() . ':' . session_id() . ' ' . $error . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
 			notice( t('Login failed.') . EOL );
diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index db4147c1e..87c09a775 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
  * @brief BBCode related functions for parsing, etc.
  */
 
-use Zotlabs\Lib\SvgSanitizer;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\SvgSanitizer;
 
 require_once('include/oembed.php');
 require_once('include/event.php');
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ function tryzrlvideo($match) {
 	if($zrl)
 		$link = zid($link);
 
-	$static_link = get_config('system','video_default_poster','images/video_poster.jpg');
+	$static_link = Config::Get('system','video_default_poster','images/video_poster.jpg');
 	if($static_link)
 		$poster = 'poster="' . escape_tags($static_link) . '" ' ;
 
@@ -1133,7 +1134,7 @@ function parseIdentityAwareHTML($Text) {
 		$Text = str_replace('[observer.photo]','', $Text);
 	}
 
-	$Text = str_replace(array('[baseurl]','[sitename]'),array(z_root(),get_config('system','sitename')),$Text);
+	$Text = str_replace(array('[baseurl]','[sitename]'),array(z_root(),Config::Get('system','sitename')),$Text);
 
 
 	// Unhide all [noparse] contained bbtags unspacefying them
@@ -1242,7 +1243,7 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 	$text = $x['body'];
 	$saved_images = $x['images'];
 
-	$text = str_replace(array('[baseurl]','[sitename]'),array(z_root(),get_config('system','sitename')),$text);
+	$text = str_replace(array('[baseurl]','[sitename]'),array(z_root(),Config::Get('system','sitename')),$text);
 
 	// Replace any html brackets with HTML Entities to prevent executing HTML or script
 	// Don't use strip_tags here because it breaks [url] search by replacing & with amp
diff --git a/include/channel.php b/include/channel.php
index a82794bfd..568ad052a 100644
--- a/include/channel.php
+++ b/include/channel.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Zotlabs\Access\PermissionRoles;
 use Zotlabs\Access\PermissionLimits;
 use Zotlabs\Access\Permissions;
 use Zotlabs\Daemon\Master;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Crypto;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\System;
 use Zotlabs\Render\Comanche;
@@ -108,11 +109,11 @@ function create_sys_channel() {
 
 	// Ensure that there is a host keypair.
 
-	if ((! get_config('system', 'pubkey')) && (! get_config('system', 'prvkey'))) {
+	if ((! Config::Get('system', 'pubkey')) && (! Config::Get('system', 'prvkey'))) {
 		require_once('include/crypto.php');
 		$hostkey = Crypto::new_keypair(4096);
-		set_config('system', 'pubkey', $hostkey['pubkey']);
-		set_config('system', 'prvkey', $hostkey['prvkey']);
+		Config::Set('system', 'pubkey', $hostkey['pubkey']);
+		Config::Set('system', 'prvkey', $hostkey['prvkey']);
 	}
 
 	create_identity([
@@ -357,10 +358,10 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 			'hubloc_primary'  => intval($primary),
 			'hubloc_url'      => z_root(),
 			'hubloc_url_sig'  => Libzot::sign(z_root(),$ret['channel']['channel_prvkey']),
-			'hubloc_site_id'  => Libzot::make_xchan_hash(z_root(),get_config('system','pubkey')),
+			'hubloc_site_id'  => Libzot::make_xchan_hash(z_root(),Config::Get('system','pubkey')),
 			'hubloc_host'     => App::get_hostname(),
 			'hubloc_callback' => z_root() . '/zot',
-			'hubloc_sitekey'  => get_config('system','pubkey'),
+			'hubloc_sitekey'  => Config::Get('system','pubkey'),
 			'hubloc_network'  => 'zot6',
 			'hubloc_updated'  => datetime_convert()
 		]
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 		// otherwise it could get annoying. Don't make this list too big
 		// or it will impact registration time.
 
-		$accts = get_config('system','auto_follow');
+		$accts = Config::Get('system','auto_follow');
 		if(($accts) && (! $total_identities)) {
 			if(! is_array($accts))
 				$accts = array($accts);
@@ -1591,7 +1592,7 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile, $block = 0, $show_connect = true, $details =
 	$reddress = true;
 	$connect_url = '';
 	$connect = '';
-	$default_cover = get_config('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
+	$default_cover = Config::Get('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
 	$default_cover_url = z_root() . '/images/default_cover_photos/' . $default_cover . '/425.png';
 
 
@@ -2040,7 +2041,7 @@ function get_theme_uid() {
 * @return string with path to profile photo
 */
 function get_default_profile_photo($size = 300) {
-	$scheme = get_config('system','default_profile_photo');
+	$scheme = Config::Get('system','default_profile_photo');
 	if(! $scheme)
 		$scheme = 'rainbow_man';
 
@@ -2171,7 +2172,7 @@ function is_public_profile() {
 	if(! local_channel())
 		return false;
 
-	if(intval(get_config('system','block_public')))
+	if(intval(Config::Get('system','block_public')))
 		return false;
 
 	$channel = App::get_channel();
@@ -2186,7 +2187,7 @@ function is_public_profile() {
 
 function get_profile_fields_basic($filter = 0) {
 
-	$profile_fields_basic = (($filter == 0) ? get_config('system','profile_fields_basic') : null);
+	$profile_fields_basic = (($filter == 0) ? Config::Get('system','profile_fields_basic') : null);
 
 	if(! $profile_fields_basic)
 		$profile_fields_basic = array('fullname','pdesc','chandesc','comms','gender','dob','dob_tz','region','country_name','marital','sexual','homepage','hometown','keywords','about','contact');
@@ -2202,7 +2203,7 @@ function get_profile_fields_basic($filter = 0) {
 
 function get_profile_fields_advanced($filter = 0) {
 	$basic = get_profile_fields_basic($filter);
-	$profile_fields_advanced = (($filter == 0) ? get_config('system','profile_fields_advanced') : null);
+	$profile_fields_advanced = (($filter == 0) ? Config::Get('system','profile_fields_advanced') : null);
 	if(! $profile_fields_advanced)
 		$profile_fields_advanced = array('address','locality','postal_code','partner','howlong','politic','religion','likes','dislikes','interest','channels','music','book','film','tv','romance','employment','education');
 
@@ -2423,7 +2424,7 @@ function get_zcard($channel, $observer_hash = '', $args = array()) {
 		$cover = $r[0];
 		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];
 	} else {
-		$default_cover = get_config('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
+		$default_cover = Config::Get('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
 		$cover = [ 'href' => z_root() . '/images/default_cover_photos/' . $default_cover . '/' . $cover_width . '.png' ];
 	}
 
@@ -2500,7 +2501,7 @@ function get_zcard_embed($channel, $observer_hash = '', $args = array()) {
 		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];
 	}
 	else {
-		$default_cover = get_config('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
+		$default_cover = Config::Get('system', 'default_cover_photo', 'hubzilla');
 		$cover = [ 'href' => z_root() . '/images/default_cover_photos/' . $default_cover . '/' . $cover_width . '.png' ];
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/cli_startup.php b/include/cli_startup.php
index b9e7d124d..012b29fbf 100644
--- a/include/cli_startup.php
+++ b/include/cli_startup.php
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 require_once('boot.php');
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 // Everything we need to boot standalone 'background' processes
 
 function cli_startup() {
 
 	sys_boot();
-	App::set_baseurl(get_config('system','baseurl'));
+	App::set_baseurl(Config::Get('system','baseurl'));
 
 }
diff --git a/include/config.php b/include/config.php
index ec3547a82..674d5afe4 100644
--- a/include/config.php
+++ b/include/config.php
@@ -31,18 +31,83 @@
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib as Zlib;
 
+/**
+ * Loads the hub's configuration from database to a cached storage.
+ *
+ * Retrieve a category ($family) of config variables from database to a cached
+ * storage in the global App::$config[$family].
+ *
+ * @param string $family		The category of the configuration value
+ *
+ * @return Nothing
+ *
+ * @deprecated
+ *		This function is deprecated, use Zotlabs\Lib\Config::Load
+ *		instead.
+ */
 function load_config($family) {
 	Zlib\Config::Load($family);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get a particular config variable given the category name ($family)
+ * and a key.
+ *
+ * Get a particular config variable from the given category ($family) and the
+ * $key from a cached storage in App::$config[$family]. If a key is found in the
+ * DB but does not exist in local config cache, pull it into the cache so we
+ * do not have to hit the DB again for this item.
+ *
+ * Returns false if not set.
+ *
+ * @param string $family		The category of the configuration value
+ * @param string $key			The configuration key to query
+ * @param string $default		(optional) default false
+ *
+ * @return mixed|false Return value or false on error or if not set
+ *
+ * @deprecated
+ *		This function is deprecated, use Zotlabs\Lib\Config::Get
+ *		instead.
+ */
 function get_config($family, $key, $default = false) {
 	return Zlib\Config::Get($family,$key,$default);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets a configuration value for the hub.
+ *
+ * Stores a config value ($value) in the category ($family) under the key ($key).
+ *
+ * @param string $family		The category of the configuration value
+ * @param string $key			The configuration key to set
+ * @param mixed $value			The value to store in the configuration
+ *
+ * @return mixed|false Return the set value, or false if the database update failed
+ *
+ * @deprecated
+ *		This function is deprecated, use Zotlabs\Lib\Config::Set
+ *		instead.
+ */
 function set_config($family, $key, $value) {
 	return Zlib\Config::Set($family,$key,$value);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Deletes the given key from the hub's configuration database.
+ *
+ * Removes the configured value from the stored cache in App::$config[$family]
+ * and removes it from the database.
+ *
+ * @param string $family		The category of the configuration value
+ * @param string $key			The configuration key to delete
+ *
+ * @return mixed
+ *
+ * @deprecated
+ *		This function is deprecated, use Zotlabs\Lib\Config::Delete
+ *		instead.
+ */
 function del_config($family, $key) {
 	return Zlib\Config::Delete($family,$key);
 }
diff --git a/include/connections.php b/include/connections.php
index 9a6ee7d8d..e5cc90411 100644
--- a/include/connections.php
+++ b/include/connections.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
 use Zotlabs\Daemon\Master;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 function abook_store_lowlevel($arr) {
 
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ function abook_toggle_flag($abook,$flag) {
 
 function mark_orphan_hubsxchans() {
 
-	$dirmode = intval(get_config('system','directory_mode'));
+	$dirmode = intval(Config::Get('system','directory_mode'));
 	if($dirmode == DIRECTORY_MODE_NORMAL)
 		return;
 
@@ -511,8 +512,8 @@ function remove_abook_items($channel_id, $xchan_hash) {
 function random_profile() {
 	$randfunc = db_getfunc('rand');
 
-	$checkrandom = get_config('randprofile','check'); // False by default
-	$retryrandom = intval(get_config('randprofile','retry'));
+	$checkrandom = Config::Get('randprofile','check'); // False by default
+	$retryrandom = intval(Config::Get('randprofile','retry'));
 	if($retryrandom == 0) $retryrandom = 5;
 
 	for($i = 0; $i < $retryrandom; $i++) {
diff --git a/include/contact_widgets.php b/include/contact_widgets.php
index c05ecaf7c..43aae4b25 100644
--- a/include/contact_widgets.php
+++ b/include/contact_widgets.php
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Cache;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 function findpeople_widget() {
 
-	if(get_config('system','invitation_only')) {
+	if(Config::Get('system','invitation_only')) {
 		$x = get_pconfig(local_channel(),'system','invites_remaining');
 		if($x || is_site_admin()) {
 			App::$page['aside'] .= '<div class="side-link" id="side-invite-remain">'
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 79fe12d54..3992f06f6 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
-use Zotlabs\Lib\Apps;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Apps;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 require_once('include/items.php');
 
@@ -1336,7 +1337,7 @@ function get_item_children($arr, $parent) {
 	$children = array();
 	foreach($arr as $item) {
 		if($item['id'] != $item['parent']) {
-			if(get_config('system','thread_allow')) {
+			if(Config::Get('system','thread_allow')) {
 				// Fallback to parent_mid if thr_parent is not set
 				$thr_parent = $item['thr_parent'];
 				if($thr_parent == '')
diff --git a/include/crypto.php b/include/crypto.php
index 40e68a4e7..4d50310fb 100644
--- a/include/crypto.php
+++ b/include/crypto.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 require_once('library/ASNValue.class.php');
 require_once('library/asn1.php');
 
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ function new_keypair($bits) {
 		'encrypt_key'      => false
 	);
 
-	$conf = get_config('system','openssl_conf_file');
+	$conf = Config::Get('system','openssl_conf_file');
 	if($conf)
 		$openssl_options['config'] = $conf;
 
@@ -460,12 +462,12 @@ function convert_salmon_key($key) {
 
 
 function z_obscure($s) {
-	return json_encode(crypto_encapsulate($s,get_config('system','pubkey')));
+	return json_encode(crypto_encapsulate($s,Config::Get('system','pubkey')));
 }
 
 function z_unobscure($s) {
 	if(strpos($s,"{\"") !== 0)
 		return $s;
-	return crypto_unencapsulate(json_decode($s,true),get_config('system','prvkey'));
+	return crypto_unencapsulate(json_decode($s,true),Config::Get('system','prvkey'));
 }
 
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 701f3c330..ef73fc9b5 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Sabre\VObject;
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libsync;
 use Zotlabs\Access\AccessList;
 
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ function ical_wrapper($ev) {
 	$o .= "BEGIN:VCALENDAR";
 	$o .= "\r\nVERSION:2.0";
 	$o .= "\r\nMETHOD:PUBLISH";
-	$o .= "\r\nPRODID:-//" . get_config('system','sitename') . "//" . Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_platform_name() . "//" . strtoupper(App::$language). "\r\n";
+	$o .= "\r\nPRODID:-//" . Config::Get('system','sitename') . "//" . Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_platform_name() . "//" . strtoupper(App::$language). "\r\n";
 	if(array_key_exists('dtstart', $ev))
 		$o .= format_event_ical($ev);
 	else {
diff --git a/include/features.php b/include/features.php
index e57859aa8..d527f60e6 100644
--- a/include/features.php
+++ b/include/features.php
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@
  * Features management
  */
 
-
-
-
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 function feature_enabled($uid,$feature) {
 
-	$x = get_config('feature_lock',$feature);
+	$x = Config::Get('feature_lock',$feature);
 	if($x === false) {
 		$x = get_pconfig($uid,'feature',$feature);
 		if($x === false) {
-			$x = get_config('feature',$feature);
+			$x = Config::Get('feature',$feature);
 			if($x === false)
 				$x = get_feature_default($feature);
 		}
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ function get_feature_default($feature) {
 
 
 function feature_level($feature,$def) {
-	$x = get_config('feature_level',$feature);
+	$x = Config::Get('feature_level',$feature);
 	if($x !== false)
 		return intval($x);
 	return $def;
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Start calendar week on Monday'),
 				t('Default is Sunday'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','cal_first_day')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','cal_first_day')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Event Timezone Selection'),
 				t('Allow event creation in timezones other than your own.'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','event_tz_select'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','event_tz_select'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Search by Date'),
 				t('Ability to select posts by date ranges'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','archives')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','archives')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Tag Cloud'),
 				t('Provide a personal tag cloud on your channel page'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','tagadelic'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','tagadelic'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Use blog/list mode'),
 				t('Comments will be displayed separately'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','channel_list_mode'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','channel_list_mode'),
 			]
 		],
 
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Connection Filtering'),
 				t('Filter incoming posts from connections based on keywords/content'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','connfilter')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','connfilter')
 			]
 		],
 
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Community Tagging'),
 				t('Ability to tag existing posts'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','commtag'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','commtag'),
 			],
 			*/
 			[
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Emoji Reactions'),
 				t('Add emoji reaction ability to posts'),
 				true,
-				get_config('feature_lock','emojis'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','emojis'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Dislike Posts'),
 				t('Ability to dislike posts/comments'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','dislike'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','dislike'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Star Posts'),
 				t('Ability to mark special posts with a star indicator'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','star_posts'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','star_posts'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Reply on comment'),
 				t('Ability to reply on selected comment'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','reply_to'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','reply_to'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Advanced Directory Search'),
 				t('Allows creation of complex directory search queries'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','advanced_dirsearch'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','advanced_dirsearch'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Post Categories'),
 				t('Add categories to your posts'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','categories'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','categories'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Large Photos'),
 				t('Include large (1024px) photo thumbnails in posts. If not enabled, use small (640px) photo thumbnails'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','large_photos'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','large_photos'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Even More Encryption'),
 				t('Allow optional encryption of content end-to-end with a shared secret key'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','content_encrypt'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','content_encrypt'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Disable Comments'),
 				t('Provide the option to disable comments for a post'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','disable_comments'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','disable_comments'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Delayed Posting'),
 				t('Allow posts to be published at a later date'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','delayed_posting'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','delayed_posting'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Content Expiration'),
 				t('Remove posts/comments and/or private messages at a future time'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','content_expire'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','content_expire'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -258,7 +256,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Suppress Duplicate Posts/Comments'),
 				t('Prevent posts with identical content to be published with less than two minutes in between submissions.'),
 				true,
-				get_config('feature_lock','suppress_duplicates'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','suppress_duplicates'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Auto-save drafts of posts and comments'),
 				t('Automatically saves post and comment drafts in local browser storage to help prevent accidental loss of compositions'),
 				true,
-				get_config('feature_lock','auto_save_draft'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','auto_save_draft'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -280,7 +278,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Navigation Channel Select'),
 				t('Change channels directly from within the navigation dropdown menu'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','nav_channel_select'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','nav_channel_select'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -294,7 +292,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Events Filter'),
 				t('Ability to display only events'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','events_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','events_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -302,7 +300,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Polls Filter'),
 				t('Ability to display only polls'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','polls_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','polls_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -310,7 +308,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Saved Searches'),
 				t('Save search terms for re-use'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','savedsearch')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','savedsearch')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -318,7 +316,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Saved Folders'),
 				t('Ability to file posts under folders'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','filing'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','filing'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -326,7 +324,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Alternate Stream Order'),
 				t('Ability to order the stream by last post date, last comment date or unthreaded activities'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','order_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','order_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Contact Filter'),
 				t('Ability to display only posts of a selected contact'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','name_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','name_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Forum Filter'),
 				t('Ability to display only posts of a specific forum'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','forums_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','forums_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -350,7 +348,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Personal Posts Filter'),
 				t('Ability to display only posts that you\'ve interacted on'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','personal_tab')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','personal_tab')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -358,7 +356,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Use blog/list mode'),
 				t('Comments will be displayed separately'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','network_list_mode'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','network_list_mode'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -372,7 +370,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Photo Location'),
 				t('If location data is available on uploaded photos, link this to a map.'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','photo_location'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','photo_location'),
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -380,7 +378,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Flag Adult Photos'),
 				t('Provide photo edit option to hide inappropriate photos from default album view'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','adult_photo_flagging'),
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','adult_photo_flagging'),
 			]
 
 		],
@@ -394,7 +392,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Advanced Profiles'),
 				t('Additional profile sections and selections'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','advanced_profiles')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','advanced_profiles')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -402,7 +400,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Profile Import/Export'),
 				t('Save and load profile details across sites/channels'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','profile_export')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','profile_export')
 			],
 
 			[
@@ -410,7 +408,7 @@ function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 				t('Multiple Profiles'),
 				t('Ability to create multiple profiles'),
 				false,
-				get_config('feature_lock','multi_profiles')
+				Config::Get('feature_lock','multi_profiles')
 			]
 
 		]
diff --git a/include/feedutils.php b/include/feedutils.php
index f05c15414..a50214746 100644
--- a/include/feedutils.php
+++ b/include/feedutils.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * @brief Some functions to work with XML feeds.
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 /**
  * @brief Return an Atom feed for channel.
  *
@@ -1037,7 +1039,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 
 
 
-	$sys_expire = intval(get_config('system', 'default_expire_days'));
+	$sys_expire = intval(Config::Get('system', 'default_expire_days'));
 	$chn_expire = intval($importer['channel_expire_days']);
 
 	$expire_days = $sys_expire;
@@ -1325,7 +1327,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 					// but save the thread_parent in case we need to refer to it later.
 
 					if($importer['channel_system']) {
-						if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,get_config('system','pubstream_incl'),get_config('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
+						if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,Config::Get('system','pubstream_incl'),Config::Get('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
 							continue;
 						}
 					}
@@ -1481,7 +1483,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 				}
 
 				if($importer['channel_system']) {
-					if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,get_config('system','pubstream_incl'),get_config('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
+					if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,Config::Get('system','pubstream_incl'),Config::Get('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
 						continue;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/include/hubloc.php b/include/hubloc.php
index 4d2980a6b..982455f9c 100644
--- a/include/hubloc.php
+++ b/include/hubloc.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 use Zotlabs\Daemon\Master;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 /**
  * @brief Create an array for hubloc table and insert record.
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ function remove_obsolete_hublocs() {
 
 	$r = q("select hubloc_id from hubloc where hubloc_url = '%s' and hubloc_sitekey = '%s'",
 		dbesc(z_root()),
-		dbesc(get_config('system', 'pubkey'))
+		dbesc(Config::Get('system', 'pubkey'))
 	);
 	if((! $r) || (! count($r)))
 		return;
@@ -139,11 +140,11 @@ function remove_obsolete_hublocs() {
 	// Do we have any invalid ones?
 
 	$r = q("select hubloc_id, hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_sitekey = '%s' and hubloc_url != '%s'",
-		dbesc(get_config('system', 'pubkey')),
+		dbesc(Config::Get('system', 'pubkey')),
 		dbesc(z_root())
 	);
 	$p = q("select hubloc_id, hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_sitekey != '%s' and hubloc_url = '%s'",
-		dbesc(get_config('system', 'pubkey')),
+		dbesc(Config::Get('system', 'pubkey')),
 		dbesc(z_root())
 	);
 	if(is_array($r) && is_array($p))
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ function remove_obsolete_hublocs() {
 
 	logger('remove_obsolete_hublocs: removing ' . count($r) . ' hublocs.');
 
-	$interval = get_config('queueworker', 'queue_interval', 500000);
+	$interval = Config::Get('queueworker', 'queue_interval', 500000);
 
 	foreach($r as $rr) {
 		q("update hubloc set hubloc_deleted = 1 where hubloc_id = %d",
diff --git a/include/import.php b/include/import.php
index 7dac518f5..479c2c255 100644
--- a/include/import.php
+++ b/include/import.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Apps;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\IConfig;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 
@@ -1479,7 +1480,7 @@ function sync_files($channel, $files) {
 						fclose($fp);
 
 						// Override remote hub thumbnails storage settings
-						if(! boolval(get_config('system','photo_storage_type', 1))) {
+						if(! boolval(Config::Get('system','photo_storage_type', 1))) {
 							$p['os_storage'] = 0;
 							$p['content'] = file_get_contents($stored_image);
 							@unlink($stored_image);
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index a5a23650e..efc45db38 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * @brief Items related functions.
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Crypto;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Enotify;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\MarkdownSoap;
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@ function encode_item($item,$mirror = false,$zap_compat = false) {
 	$x['type'] = 'activity';
 	$x['encoding'] = 'zot';
 
-	$key = get_config('system','prvkey');
+	$key = Config::Get('system','prvkey');
 
 	// If we're trying to backup an item so that it's recoverable or for export/imprt,
 	// add all the attributes we need to recover it
@@ -2696,7 +2697,7 @@ function tag_deliver($uid, $item_id) {
 		logger('Post mentions: ' . print_r($terms,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 	}
 
-	$max_forums = get_config('system','max_tagged_forums',2);
+	$max_forums = Config::Get('system','max_tagged_forums',2);
 	$matched_forums = 0;
 
 
@@ -2968,7 +2969,7 @@ function tgroup_check($uid, $item) {
 	if(! $u)
 		return false;
 
-	$max_forums = get_config('system','max_tagged_forums',2);
+	$max_forums = Config::Get('system','max_tagged_forums',2);
 	$matched_forums = 0;
 
 	$link = normalise_link($u[0]['xchan_url']);
@@ -3073,7 +3074,7 @@ function i_am_mentioned($channel, $item, $check_groups = false) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	$unless = intval(get_pconfig($channel['channel_id'], 'system', 'unless_mention_count', get_config('system', 'unless_mention_count', 20)));
+	$unless = intval(get_pconfig($channel['channel_id'], 'system', 'unless_mention_count', Config::Get('system', 'unless_mention_count', 20)));
 	if ($unless && $terms && count($terms) > $unless) {
 		$tagged = false;
 	}
@@ -3762,7 +3763,7 @@ function item_expire($uid,$days,$comment_days = 7) {
 
 	$sql_extra = ((intval($expire_network_only)) ? " AND item_wall = 0 " : "");
 
-	$expire_limit = get_config('system','expire_limit', 1000);
+	$expire_limit = Config::Get('system','expire_limit', 1000);
 
 	$item_normal = item_normal();
 
diff --git a/include/language.php b/include/language.php
index 1b2e7332e..22f350aac 100644
--- a/include/language.php
+++ b/include/language.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use CommerceGuys\Intl\Language\LanguageRepository;
 use LanguageDetection\Language;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 /**
  * @brief Get the browser's submitted preferred languages.
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ use LanguageDetection\Language;
  * This functions parses the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header sent by the browser and
  * extracts the preferred languages and their priority.
  *
- * Get the language setting directly from system variables, bypassing get_config()
+ * Get the language setting directly from system variables, bypassing Config::Get()
  * as database may not yet be configured.
  *
  * If possible, we use the value from the browser.
@@ -313,8 +314,8 @@ function detect_language($s) {
 		return EMPTY_STR;
 	}
 
-	$min_length = get_config('system', 'language_detect_min_length', LANGUAGE_DETECT_MIN_LENGTH);
-	$min_confidence = get_config('system', 'language_detect_min_confidence', LANGUAGE_DETECT_MIN_CONFIDENCE);
+	$min_length = Config::Get('system', 'language_detect_min_length', LANGUAGE_DETECT_MIN_LENGTH);
+	$min_confidence = Config::Get('system', 'language_detect_min_confidence', LANGUAGE_DETECT_MIN_CONFIDENCE);
 
 	// embedded apps have long base64 strings which will trip up the detector.
 	$naked_body = preg_replace('/\[app\](.*?)\[\/app\]/', '', $s);
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index e4df7e4e5..a68d564a0 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use \Zotlabs\Lib\Apps;
 use \Zotlabs\Lib\Chatroom;
+use \Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 require_once('include/security.php');
 require_once('include/menu.php');
@@ -57,10 +58,10 @@ function nav($template = 'default') {
 	 *
 	 */
 
-	$banner = get_config('system', 'banner');
+	$banner = Config::Get('system', 'banner');
 
 	if ($banner === false)
-		$banner = get_config('system', 'sitename');
+		$banner = Config::Get('system', 'sitename');
 
 	call_hooks('get_banner', $banner);
 
@@ -175,15 +176,15 @@ function nav($template = 'default') {
 		];
 	}
 
-	if ((get_config('system', 'register_policy') == REGISTER_OPEN || get_config('system', 'register_policy') == REGISTER_APPROVE) && empty($_SESSION['authenticated'])) {
+	if ((Config::Get('system', 'register_policy') == REGISTER_OPEN || Config::Get('system', 'register_policy') == REGISTER_APPROVE) && empty($_SESSION['authenticated'])) {
 		$nav['register'] = ['register', t('Register'), "", t('Create an account'), 'register_nav_btn'];
 	}
 
 	// TODO: update help content for various modules
-	if (false /* !get_config('system', 'hide_help') */) {
+	if (false /* !Config::Get('system', 'hide_help') */) {
 		$help_url            = z_root() . '/help?f=&cmd=' . App::$cmd;
 		$context_help        = '';
-		$enable_context_help = ((intval(get_config('system', 'enable_context_help')) === 1 || get_config('system', 'enable_context_help') === false) ? true : false);
+		$enable_context_help = ((intval(Config::Get('system', 'enable_context_help')) === 1 || Config::Get('system', 'enable_context_help') === false) ? true : false);
 		if ($enable_context_help === true) {
 			require_once('include/help.php');
 			$context_help = load_context_help();
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ function nav($template = 'default') {
 		'$pleasewait'         => t('Please wait...'),
 		'$nav_apps'           => $nav_apps,
 		'$navbar_apps'        => $navbar_apps,
-		'$channel_menu'       => get_pconfig(App::$profile_uid, 'system', 'channel_menu', get_config('system', 'channel_menu')),
+		'$channel_menu'       => get_pconfig(App::$profile_uid, 'system', 'channel_menu', Config::Get('system', 'channel_menu')),
 		'$channel_thumb'      => ((App::$profile) ? App::$profile['thumb'] : ''),
 		'$channel_apps'       => $channel_apps,
 		'$addapps'            => t('Apps'),
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index a5c14f9d1..a7a11ff6e 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Zotfinger;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Queue;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; zot)');
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
 
-	$ciphers = @get_config('system','curl_ssl_ciphers');
+	$ciphers = @Config::Get('system','curl_ssl_ciphers');
 	if($ciphers)
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST, $ciphers);
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, intval($opts['timeout']));
 	}
 	else {
-		$curl_time = intval(@get_config('system','curl_timeout'));
+		$curl_time = intval(@Config::Get('system','curl_timeout'));
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (($curl_time !== false) ? $curl_time : 60));
 	}
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, intval($opts['connecttimeout']));
 	}
 	else {
-		$curl_contime = intval(@get_config('system','curl_connecttimeout'));
+		$curl_contime = intval(@Config::Get('system','curl_connecttimeout'));
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, (($curl_contime !== false) ? $curl_contime : 30));
 	}
 
@@ -145,11 +146,11 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,
 		((x($opts,'novalidate') && intval($opts['novalidate'])) ? false : true));
 
-	$prx = @get_config('system','proxy');
+	$prx = @Config::Get('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
-		$prxusr = @get_config('system','proxyuser');
+		$prxusr = @Config::Get('system','proxyuser');
 		if(strlen($prxusr))
 			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
 	}
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; zot)");
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
 
-	$ciphers = @get_config('system','curl_ssl_ciphers');
+	$ciphers = @Config::Get('system','curl_ssl_ciphers');
 	if($ciphers)
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST, $ciphers);
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $opts['timeout']);
 	}
 	else {
-		$curl_time = intval(@get_config('system','curl_timeout'));
+		$curl_time = intval(@Config::Get('system','curl_timeout'));
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (($curl_time !== false) ? $curl_time : 60));
 	}
 
@@ -318,11 +319,11 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,
 		((x($opts,'novalidate') && intval($opts['novalidate'])) ? false : true));
 
-	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
+	$prx = Config::Get('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $prx);
-		$prxusr = get_config('system','proxyuser');
+		$prxusr = Config::Get('system','proxyuser');
 		if(strlen($prxusr))
 			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $prxusr);
 	}
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ function validate_url(&$url) {
  */
 function validate_email(string $addr): bool {
 
-	if(get_config('system', 'disable_email_validation'))
+	if(Config::Get('system', 'disable_email_validation'))
 		return true;
 
 	$matches = array();
@@ -638,7 +639,7 @@ function allowed_url($url) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	$str_allowed = get_config('system', 'allowed_sites');
+	$str_allowed = Config::Get('system', 'allowed_sites');
 	if(! $str_allowed)
 		return true;
 
@@ -682,8 +683,8 @@ function allowed_email($email) {
 	if(! $domain)
 		return false;
 
-	$str_allowed = get_config('system', 'allowed_email');
-	$str_not_allowed = get_config('system', 'not_allowed_email');
+	$str_allowed = Config::Get('system', 'allowed_email');
+	$str_not_allowed = Config::Get('system', 'not_allowed_email');
 
 	if(! $str_allowed && ! $str_not_allowed)
 		return true;
@@ -1472,7 +1473,7 @@ function do_delivery($deliveries, $force = false) {
 
 	/*
 	$x = q("select count(outq_hash) as total from outq where outq_delivered = 0");
-	if(intval($x[0]['total']) > intval(get_config('system','force_queue_threshold',3000)) && (! $force)) {
+	if(intval($x[0]['total']) > intval(Config::Get('system','force_queue_threshold',3000)) && (! $force)) {
 		logger('immediate delivery deferred.', LOGGER_DEBUG, LOG_INFO);
 		foreach($deliveries as $d) {
 			Queue::update($d);
@@ -1482,9 +1483,9 @@ function do_delivery($deliveries, $force = false) {
 	*/
 
 
-	$interval = get_config('queueworker', 'queue_interval', 500000);
+	$interval = Config::Get('queueworker', 'queue_interval', 500000);
 
-	$deliveries_per_process = intval(get_config('system','delivery_batch_count'));
+	$deliveries_per_process = intval(Config::Get('system','delivery_batch_count'));
 
 	if($deliveries_per_process <= 0)
 		$deliveries_per_process = 1;
@@ -1542,9 +1543,9 @@ function get_site_info() {
 		$admin = false;
 	}
 
-	$def_service_class = get_config('system','default_service_class');
+	$def_service_class = Config::Get('system','default_service_class');
 	if($def_service_class)
-		$service_class = get_config('service_class',$def_service_class);
+		$service_class = Config::Get('service_class',$def_service_class);
 	else
 		$service_class = false;
 
@@ -1555,9 +1556,9 @@ function get_site_info() {
 	if(! isset($commit) || strlen($commit) > 16)
 		$commit = '';
 
-	$site_info = get_config('system','info');
-	$site_name = get_config('system','sitename');
-	if(! get_config('system','hidden_version_siteinfo')) {
+	$site_info = Config::Get('system','info');
+	$site_name = Config::Get('system','sitename');
+	if(! Config::Get('system','hidden_version_siteinfo')) {
 		$version = Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_project_version();
 		$tag = Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_std_version();
 
@@ -1573,15 +1574,15 @@ function get_site_info() {
 	}
 
 	//Statistics
-	$channels_total_stat = intval(get_config('system','channels_total_stat'));
-	$channels_active_halfyear_stat = intval(get_config('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat'));
-	$channels_active_monthly_stat = intval(get_config('system','channels_active_monthly_stat'));
-	$local_posts_stat = intval(get_config('system','local_posts_stat'));
-	$local_comments_stat = intval(get_config('system','local_comments_stat'));
-	$hide_in_statistics = intval(get_config('system','hide_in_statistics'));
-	$site_expire = intval(get_config('system', 'default_expire_days'));
-
-	load_config('feature_lock');
+	$channels_total_stat = intval(Config::Get('system','channels_total_stat'));
+	$channels_active_halfyear_stat = intval(Config::Get('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat'));
+	$channels_active_monthly_stat = intval(Config::Get('system','channels_active_monthly_stat'));
+	$local_posts_stat = intval(Config::Get('system','local_posts_stat'));
+	$local_comments_stat = intval(Config::Get('system','local_comments_stat'));
+	$hide_in_statistics = intval(Config::Get('system','hide_in_statistics'));
+	$site_expire = intval(Config::Get('system', 'default_expire_days'));
+
+	Config::Load('feature_lock');
 	$locked_features = array();
 	if(is_array(App::$config['feature_lock']) && count(App::$config['feature_lock'])) {
 		foreach(App::$config['feature_lock'] as $k => $v) {
@@ -1602,18 +1603,18 @@ function get_site_info() {
 		'server_role'                  => Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_server_role(),
 		'commit'                       => $commit,
 		'plugins'                      => $visible_plugins,
-		'register_policy'              =>  $register_policy[get_config('system','register_policy')],
-		'invitation_only'              => (bool) intval(get_config('system','invitation_only')),
-		'directory_mode'               =>  $directory_mode[get_config('system','directory_mode')],
-		'directory_server'             => get_config('system','directory_server'),
-		'language'                     => get_config('system','language'),
-		'rss_connections'              => (bool) intval(get_config('system','feed_contacts')),
+		'register_policy'              =>  $register_policy[Config::Get('system','register_policy')],
+		'invitation_only'              => (bool) intval(Config::Get('system','invitation_only')),
+		'directory_mode'               =>  $directory_mode[Config::Get('system','directory_mode')],
+		'directory_server'             => Config::Get('system','directory_server'),
+		'language'                     => Config::Get('system','language'),
+		'rss_connections'              => (bool) intval(Config::Get('system','feed_contacts')),
 		'expiration'                   => $site_expire,
 		'default_service_restrictions' => $service_class,
 		'locked_features'              => $locked_features,
 		'admin'                        => $admin,
 		'dbdriver'                     => DBA::$dba->getdriver() . ' ' . ((ACTIVE_DBTYPE == DBTYPE_POSTGRES) ? 'postgres' : 'mysql'),
-		'lastpoll'                     => get_config('system','lastpoll'),
+		'lastpoll'                     => Config::Get('system','lastpoll'),
 		'info'                         => (($site_info) ? $site_info : ''),
 		'channels_total'               => $channels_total_stat,
 		'hide_in_statistics'           => $hide_in_statistics
@@ -1651,7 +1652,7 @@ function check_siteallowed($url) {
 	if(array_key_exists('allowed',$arr))
 		return $arr['allowed'];
 
-	$bl1 = get_config('system','whitelisted_sites');
+	$bl1 = Config::Get('system','whitelisted_sites');
 	if(is_array($bl1) && $bl1) {
 		foreach($bl1 as $bl) {
 			if($bl1 === '*')
@@ -1660,7 +1661,7 @@ function check_siteallowed($url) {
 				return true;
 		}
 	}
-	$bl1 = get_config('system','blacklisted_sites');
+	$bl1 = Config::Get('system','blacklisted_sites');
 	if(is_array($bl1) && $bl1) {
 		foreach($bl1 as $bl) {
 			if($bl1 === '*')
@@ -1696,7 +1697,7 @@ function check_channelallowed($hash) {
 	if(array_key_exists('allowed',$arr))
 		return $arr['allowed'];
 
-	$bl1 = get_config('system','whitelisted_channels');
+	$bl1 = Config::Get('system','whitelisted_channels');
 	if(is_array($bl1) && $bl1) {
 		foreach($bl1 as $bl) {
 			if($bl1 === '*')
@@ -1705,7 +1706,7 @@ function check_channelallowed($hash) {
 				return true;
 		}
 	}
-	$bl1 = get_config('system','blacklisted_channels');
+	$bl1 = Config::Get('system','blacklisted_channels');
 	if(is_array($bl1) && $bl1) {
 		foreach($bl1 as $bl) {
 			if($bl1 === '*')
@@ -1810,17 +1811,17 @@ function network_to_name($s) {
 function z_mail($params) {
 
 	if(! $params['fromEmail']) {
-		$params['fromEmail'] = get_config('system','from_email');
+		$params['fromEmail'] = Config::Get('system','from_email');
 		if(! $params['fromEmail'])
 			$params['fromEmail'] = 'Administrator' . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 	}
 	if(! $params['fromName']) {
-		$params['fromName'] = get_config('system','from_email_name');
+		$params['fromName'] = Config::Get('system','from_email_name');
 		if(! $params['fromName'])
 			$params['fromName'] = Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_site_name();
 	}
 	if(! $params['replyTo']) {
-		$params['replyTo'] = get_config('system','reply_address');
+		$params['replyTo'] = Config::Get('system','reply_address');
 		if(! $params['replyTo'])
 			$params['replyTo'] = 'noreply' . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 	}
diff --git a/include/oauth.php b/include/oauth.php
index 845ec4558..3426f9ca5 100644
--- a/include/oauth.php
+++ b/include/oauth.php
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
-/** 
+/**
  * OAuth server
  * Based on oauth2-php <http://code.google.com/p/oauth2-php/>
- * 
+ *
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 define('REQUEST_TOKEN_DURATION', 300);
 define('ACCESS_TOKEN_DURATION', 31536000);
 
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ class ZotOAuth1DataStore extends OAuth1DataStore {
 	function gen_token(){
 		return md5(base64_encode(pack('N6', mt_rand(), mt_rand(), mt_rand(), mt_rand(), mt_rand(), uniqid())));
 	}
-	
+
 	function lookup_consumer($consumer_key) {
 		logger('consumer_key: ' . $consumer_key, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ class ZotOAuth1DataStore extends OAuth1DataStore {
 
 		$key = $this->gen_token();
 		$sec = $this->gen_token();
-		
+
 		if ($consumer->key){
 			$k = $consumer->key;
 		} else {
@@ -94,19 +96,19 @@ class ZotOAuth1DataStore extends OAuth1DataStore {
 	function new_access_token($token, $consumer, $verifier = null) {
 
 		logger(__function__.":".$token.", ". $consumer.", ". $verifier, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-    
+
 		// return a new access token attached to this consumer
 		// for the user associated with this token if the request token
 		// is authorized
 		// should also invalidate the request token
-	
+
 		$ret=Null;
-	
+
 		// get user for this verifier
-		$uverifier = get_config("oauth", $verifier);
+		$uverifier = Config::Get("oauth", $verifier);
 		logger(__function__.":".$verifier.",".$uverifier, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		if (is_null($verifier) || ($uverifier!==false)) {
-		
+
 			$key = $this->gen_token();
 			$sec = $this->gen_token();
 
@@ -119,16 +121,16 @@ class ZotOAuth1DataStore extends OAuth1DataStore {
 				intval($uverifier));
 
 			if ($r)
-				$ret = new OAuth1Token($key,$sec);		
+				$ret = new OAuth1Token($key,$sec);
 		}
-		
-		
+
+
 		q("DELETE FROM tokens WHERE id='%s'", $token->key);
-	
-	
+
+
 		if (!is_null($ret) && $uverifier!==false) {
-			del_config("oauth", $verifier);
-	
+			Config::Delete("oauth", $verifier);
+
 			//	$apps = get_pconfig($uverifier, "oauth", "apps");
 			//	if ($apps===false) $apps=array();
 			//  $apps[] = $consumer->key;
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ class ZotOAuth1 extends OAuth1Server {
 		$this->add_signature_method(new OAuth1SignatureMethod_PLAINTEXT());
 		$this->add_signature_method(new OAuth1SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1());
 	}
-	
+
 	function loginUser($uid){
 
 		logger("ZotOAuth1::loginUser $uid");
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ class ZotOAuth1 extends OAuth1Server {
 			$_SESSION['allow_api'] = true;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -195,13 +197,13 @@ class FKOAuth2 extends OAuth2 {
 			dbesc($client_secret),
 			dbesc($redirect_uri)
 		);
-		  
+
 		return $r;
 	}
 
 	protected function checkClientCredentials($client_id, $client_secret = NULL) {
 		$client_secret = $this->db_secret($client_secret);
-		
+
 		$r = q("SELECT pw FROM clients WHERE client_id = '%s'",
 			dbesc($client_id));
 
@@ -223,21 +225,21 @@ class FKOAuth2 extends OAuth2 {
 	protected function getAccessToken($oauth_token) {
 		$r = q("SELECT client_id, expires, scope FROM tokens WHERE id = '%s'",
 				dbesc($oauth_token));
-	
+
 		if (count($r))
 			return $r[0];
 		return null;
 	}
 
 
-	
+
 	protected function setAccessToken($oauth_token, $client_id, $expires, $scope = NULL) {
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO tokens (id, client_id, expires, scope) VALUES ('%s', '%s', %d, '%s')",
 				dbesc($oauth_token),
 				dbesc($client_id),
 				intval($expires),
 				dbesc($scope));
-				
+
 		return $r;
 	}
 
@@ -251,23 +253,23 @@ class FKOAuth2 extends OAuth2 {
 	protected function getAuthCode($code) {
 		$r = q("SELECT id, client_id, redirect_uri, expires, auth_scope FROM auth_codes WHERE id = '%s'",
 				dbesc($code));
-		
+
 		if (count($r))
 			return $r[0];
 		return null;
 	}
 
 	protected function setAuthCode($code, $client_id, $redirect_uri, $expires, $scope = NULL) {
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO auth_codes 
-					(id, client_id, redirect_uri, expires, auth_scope) VALUES 
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO auth_codes
+					(id, client_id, redirect_uri, expires, auth_scope) VALUES
 					('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s')",
 				dbesc($code),
 				dbesc($client_id),
 				dbesc($redirect_uri),
 				intval($expires),
 				dbesc($scope));
-		return $r;	  
-	}	
-	
+		return $r;
+	}
+
 }
 */
diff --git a/include/oauth2.php b/include/oauth2.php
index 3a71a651d..f7a279892 100644
--- a/include/oauth2.php
+++ b/include/oauth2.php
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 	$oauth2_server->addGrantType(new OAuth2\GrantType\ClientCredentials($storage));
 	$oauth2_server->addGrantType(new OAuth2\GrantType\AuthorizationCode($storage));
 
-	$keyStorage = new OAuth2\Storage\Memory( [ 
-		'keys' => [ 
-			'public_key' => get_config('system','pubkey'),
-			'private_key' => get_config('system','prvkey')
+	$keyStorage = new OAuth2\Storage\Memory( [
+		'keys' => [
+			'public_key' => Config::Get('system','pubkey'),
+			'private_key' => Config::Get('system','prvkey')
 		]
 	]);
 
 	$oauth2_server->addStorage($keyStorage,'public_key');
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+*/
diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index a90c91641..1b6157241 100644
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Cache;
-
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 function oembed_replacecb($matches){
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function oembed_action($embedurl) {
 	logger('oembed_action: ' . $embedurl, LOGGER_DEBUG, LOG_INFO);
 
 	if(strpos($embedurl,'http://') === 0) {
-		if(intval(get_config('system','embed_sslonly'))) {
+		if(intval(Config::Get('system','embed_sslonly'))) {
 			$action = 'block';
 		}
 	}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function oembed_action($embedurl) {
 
 	// site white/black list
 
-	if(($x = get_config('system','embed_deny'))) {
+	if(($x = Config::Get('system','embed_deny'))) {
 		if(($x) && (! is_array($x)))
 			$x = explode("\n",$x);
 		if($x) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function oembed_action($embedurl) {
 
 	$found = false;
 
-	if(($x = get_config('system','embed_allow'))) {
+	if(($x = Config::Get('system','embed_allow'))) {
 		if(($x) && (! is_array($x)))
 			$x = explode("\n",$x);
 		if($x) {
@@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 	// we should try to cache this and avoid a lookup on each render
 	$is_matrix = is_matrix_url($embedurl);
 
-	$zrl = ((get_config('system','oembed_zrl')) ? $is_matrix : false);
+	$zrl = ((Config::Get('system','oembed_zrl')) ? $is_matrix : false);
 
 	$furl = ((local_channel() && $zrl) ? zid($embedurl) : $embedurl);
 
-	if($action !== 'block' && (! get_config('system','oembed_cache_disable'))) {
+	if($action !== 'block' && (! Config::Get('system','oembed_cache_disable'))) {
 		$txt = Cache::get('[' . App::$videowidth . '] ' . $furl);
 	}
 
 
-	if(strpos(strtolower($embedurl),'.pdf') !== false && get_config('system','inline_pdf')) {
+	if(strpos(strtolower($embedurl),'.pdf') !== false && Config::Get('system','inline_pdf')) {
 		$action = 'allow';
 		$j = [
 			'html' => '<object data="' . $embedurl . '" type="application/pdf" style="width: 100%; height: 300px;"></object>',
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 		$txt = EMPTY_STR;
 
 		if ($action !== 'block') {
-			$max_oembed_size = get_config('system', 'oembed_max_size', 1 * 1024 * 1024 /* 1MB */);
+			$max_oembed_size = Config::Get('system', 'oembed_max_size', 1 * 1024 * 1024 /* 1MB */);
 
 			stream_context_set_default(
 				[
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 
 		// save in cache
 
-		if(! get_config('system','oembed_cache_disable'))
+		if(! Config::Get('system','oembed_cache_disable'))
 			Cache::set('[' . App::$videowidth . '] ' . $furl, $txt);
 
 	}
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ function oembed_iframe($src,$width,$height) {
 
 
 function oembed_bbcode2html($text){
-	$stopoembed = get_config("system","no_oembed");
+	$stopoembed = Config::Get("system","no_oembed");
 	if ($stopoembed == true){
 		return preg_replace("/\[embed\](.+?)\[\/embed\]/is", "<!-- oembed $1 --><i>". t('Embedding disabled') ." : $1</i><!-- /oembed $1 -->" ,$text);
 	}
diff --git a/include/permissions.php b/include/permissions.php
index 28f242712..be6fc8594 100644
--- a/include/permissions.php
+++ b/include/permissions.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 require_once('include/security.php');
 
 /**
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ function get_all_perms($uid, $observer_xchan, $check_siteblock = true, $default_
 
 		// system is blocked to anybody who is not authenticated
 
-		if(($check_siteblock) && (! $observer_xchan) && intval(get_config('system', 'block_public'))) {
+		if(($check_siteblock) && (! $observer_xchan) && intval(Config::Get('system', 'block_public'))) {
 			$ret[$perm_name] = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ function perm_is_allowed($uid, $observer_xchan, $permission, $check_siteblock =
 
 	// system is blocked to anybody who is not authenticated
 
-	if(($check_siteblock) && (! $observer_xchan) && intval(get_config('system', 'block_public')))
+	if(($check_siteblock) && (! $observer_xchan) && intval(Config::Get('system', 'block_public')))
 		return false;
 
 	// Check if this $uid is actually the $observer_xchan
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ function site_default_perms() {
 	$global_perms = \Zotlabs\Access\Permissions::Perms();
 
 	foreach($global_perms as $perm => $v) {
-		$x = get_config('default_perms', $perm, $typical[$perm]);
+		$x = Config::Get('default_perms', $perm, $typical[$perm]);
 		$ret[$perm] = $x;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/photo/photo_driver.php b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
index 4394d3238..66a5d19f9 100644
--- a/include/photo/photo_driver.php
+++ b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Photo\PhotoDriver;
 use Zotlabs\Photo\PhotoGd;
 use Zotlabs\Photo\PhotoImagick;
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ function photo_factory($data, $type = null) {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	$ignore_imagick = get_config('system', 'ignore_imagick');
+	$ignore_imagick = Config::Get('system', 'ignore_imagick');
 
 	if(class_exists('Imagick') && !$ignore_imagick) {
 		$v = Imagick::getVersion();
 		preg_match('/ImageMagick ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)/', $v['versionString'], $m);
 		if(version_compare($m[1], '6.6.7') >= 0) {
-			$limits = get_config('system', 'imagick_limits', false);
+			$limits = Config::Get('system', 'imagick_limits', false);
 			if ($limits)
 				foreach ($limits as $k => $v)
 					IMagick::setResourceLimit($k, $v);
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ function guess_image_type($filename, $data = '') {
 	}
 
 	if(is_null($type)){
-		$ignore_imagick = get_config('system', 'ignore_imagick');
+		$ignore_imagick = Config::Get('system', 'ignore_imagick');
 		// Guessing from extension? Isn't that... dangerous?
 		if(class_exists('Imagick') && ! $ignore_imagick) {
 			$v = Imagick::getVersion();
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 5e993e15f..85c97d1fd 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Zotlabs\Access\PermissionLimits;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 require_once('include/permissions.php');
 require_once('include/items.php');
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 
 	$os_storage = 0;
 
-	$max_thumb = get_config('system', 'max_thumbnail', 1600);
+	$max_thumb = Config::Get('system', 'max_thumbnail', 1600);
 
 	if ($args['os_syspath'] && $args['getimagesize']) {
 		if ($args['getimagesize'][0] > $max_thumb || $args['getimagesize'][1] > $max_thumb) {
-			$imagick_path = get_config('system', 'imagick_convert_path');
+			$imagick_path = Config::Get('system', 'imagick_convert_path');
 			if ($imagick_path && @file_exists($imagick_path)) {
 				$tmp_name = $args['os_syspath'] . '-001';
 				$newsize  = photo_calculate_scale(array_merge($args['getimagesize'], ['max' => $max_thumb]));
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 
 		logger('Received file: ' . $filename . ' as ' . $src . ' (' . $type . ') ' . $filesize . ' bytes', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-		$maximagesize = get_config('system', 'maximagesize');
+		$maximagesize = Config::Get('system', 'maximagesize');
 
 		if (($maximagesize) && ($filesize > $maximagesize)) {
 			$ret['message'] = sprintf(t('Image exceeds website size limit of %lu bytes'), $maximagesize);
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 
 	@unlink($src);
 
-	$max_length = get_config('system', 'max_image_length');
+	$max_length = Config::Get('system', 'max_image_length');
 	if (!$max_length)
 		$max_length = MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH;
 	if ($max_length > 0)
diff --git a/include/plugin.php b/include/plugin.php
index bbfeab988..4601cb544 100644
--- a/include/plugin.php
+++ b/include/plugin.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * @brief Some functions to handle addons and themes.
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 /**
  * @brief Handle errors in plugin calls.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function handleerrors_plugin($plugin, $notice, $log, $uninstall = false){
 		$idx = array_search($plugin, \App::$plugins);
 		unset(\App::$plugins[$idx]);
 		uninstall_plugin($plugin);
-		set_config("system", "addon", implode(", ", \App::$plugins));
+		Config::Set("system", "addon", implode(", ", \App::$plugins));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ function plugin_is_installed($name) {
  * @brief Reload all updated plugins.
  */
 function reload_plugins() {
-	$plugins = get_config('system', 'addon');
+	$plugins = Config::Get('system', 'addon');
 	if(strlen($plugins)) {
 		$r = dbq("SELECT * FROM addon WHERE installed = 1");
 		if($r)
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ function plugins_sync() {
 
 	$installed = plugins_installed_list();
 
-	$plugins = get_config('system', 'addon', '');
+	$plugins = Config::Get('system', 'addon', '');
 
 	$plugins_arr = explode(',', $plugins);
 
@@ -719,7 +720,7 @@ function check_plugin_versions($info) {
 					continue;
 				if(strpos($test,'.')) {
 					$conf = explode('.',$test);
-					if(get_config(trim($conf[0]),trim($conf[1])))
+					if(Config::Get(trim($conf[0]),trim($conf[1])))
 						return true;
 					else
 						return false;
diff --git a/include/security.php b/include/security.php
index b3e45742e..bc44704d0 100644
--- a/include/security.php
+++ b/include/security.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * @brief Some security related functions.
  */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 /**
  * @param int $user_record The account_id
  * @param array $channel
@@ -872,7 +874,7 @@ function stream_perms_xchans($perms = NULL) {
  */
 function zarIsDuty($wd=NULL, $hhmm=NULL, $op='isOpen') {
 
-	$isduty = get_config('system', 'register_duty_jso');
+	$isduty = Config::Get('system', 'register_duty_jso');
 
 	if (!$isduty)
 		return (bool)false;
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index e5e8ddf74..336c1c0c3 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzotdir;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Zotfinger;
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ function suggestion_query($uid, $myxchan, $start = 0, $limit = 80) {
 
 function update_suggestions() {
 
-	$dirmode = get_config('system', 'directory_mode', DIRECTORY_MODE_NORMAL);
+	$dirmode = Config::Get('system', 'directory_mode', DIRECTORY_MODE_NORMAL);
 
 	if($dirmode == DIRECTORY_MODE_STANDALONE) {
 		poco_load('', z_root() . '/poco');
diff --git a/include/statistics_fns.php b/include/statistics_fns.php
index 98b0efd41..5915c82a2 100644
--- a/include/statistics_fns.php
+++ b/include/statistics_fns.php
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
+
 function update_channels_total_stat() {
 	$r = q("select count(channel_id) as channels_total from channel left join account on account_id = channel_account_id
 			where account_flags = 0 ");
 	if($r) {
 		$channels_total_stat = intval($r[0]['channels_total']);
-		set_config('system','channels_total_stat',$channels_total_stat);
+		Config::Set('system','channels_total_stat',$channels_total_stat);
 	} else {
-		set_config('system','channels_total_stat',0);
+		Config::Set('system','channels_total_stat',0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -17,10 +19,10 @@ function update_channels_active_halfyear_stat() {
 		db_utcnow(), db_quoteinterval('6 MONTH')
 	);
 	if($r) {
-		set_config('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat',count($r));
+		Config::Set('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat',count($r));
 	}
 	else {
-		set_config('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat','0');
+		Config::Set('system','channels_active_halfyear_stat','0');
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,10 +32,10 @@ function update_channels_active_monthly_stat() {
 		db_utcnow(), db_quoteinterval('1 MONTH')
 	);
 	if($r) {
-		set_config('system','channels_active_monthly_stat',count($r));
+		Config::Set('system','channels_active_monthly_stat',count($r));
 	}
 	else {
-		set_config('system','channels_active_monthly_stat','0');
+		Config::Set('system','channels_active_monthly_stat','0');
 	}
 }
 
@@ -41,9 +43,9 @@ function update_local_posts_stat() {
 	$posts = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS local_posts FROM item WHERE item_wall = 1 and id = parent");
 	if (is_array($posts)) {
 		$local_posts_stat = intval($posts[0]["local_posts"]);
-		set_config('system','local_posts_stat',$local_posts_stat);
+		Config::Set('system','local_posts_stat',$local_posts_stat);
 	} else {
-		set_config('system','local_posts_stat',0);
+		Config::Set('system','local_posts_stat',0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -54,5 +56,5 @@ function update_local_comments_stat() {
     else
         $local_posts = $posts[0]["local_posts"];
 
-    set_config('system','local_comments_stat', $local_posts);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    Config::Set('system','local_comments_stat', $local_posts);
+}
diff --git a/include/taxonomy.php b/include/taxonomy.php
index 90ccb6142..49b364154 100644
--- a/include/taxonomy.php
+++ b/include/taxonomy.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // To do this we need to escape these characters if they appear in our tag.
 
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Cache;
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 
 
 function file_tag_encode($s) {
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ function pub_tagadelic($net, $site, $limit, $recent, $safemode, $type) {
 	}
 
 	if($safemode) {
-		$unsafetags = get_config('system','unsafepubtags', [ 'boobs', 'bot', 'rss', 'girl','girls', 'nsfw', 'sexy', 'nude' ]);
+		$unsafetags = Config::Get('system','unsafepubtags', [ 'boobs', 'bot', 'rss', 'girl','girls', 'nsfw', 'sexy', 'nude' ]);
 		if($unsafetags) {
 			$sql_extra .= " and not term.term in ( " . stringify_array($unsafetags,true) . ") ";
 		}
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 713911af2..b9ec90e92 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Michelf\MarkdownExtra;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Exception\UnableToBuildUuidException;
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Crypto;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\SvgSanitizer;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
@@ -741,9 +742,9 @@ function logger($msg, $level = LOGGER_NORMAL, $priority = LOG_INFO) {
 		$loglevel = LOGGER_ALL;
 	}
 	else {
-		$debugging = get_config('system', 'debugging');
-		$loglevel  = intval(get_config('system', 'loglevel'));
-		$logfile   = get_config('system', 'logfile');
+		$debugging = Config::Get('system', 'debugging');
+		$loglevel  = intval(Config::Get('system', 'loglevel'));
+		$logfile   = Config::Get('system', 'logfile');
 	}
 
 	if((! $debugging) || (! $logfile) || ($level > $loglevel))
@@ -846,9 +847,9 @@ function dlogger($msg, $level = 0) {
 	if(App::$module == 'setup')
 		return;
 
-	$debugging = get_config('system','debugging');
-	$loglevel  = intval(get_config('system','loglevel'));
-	$logfile   = get_config('system','dlogfile');
+	$debugging = Config::Get('system','debugging');
+	$loglevel  = intval(Config::Get('system','loglevel'));
+	$logfile   = Config::Get('system','dlogfile');
 
 	if((! $debugging) || (! $logfile) || ($level > $loglevel))
 		return;
@@ -1253,7 +1254,7 @@ function sslify($s) {
 	// The downside is that http: media files will likely be blocked by your browser
 	// Complain to your browser maker
 
-	$allow = get_config('system','sslify_everything');
+	$allow = Config::Get('system','sslify_everything');
 	$pattern = (($allow) ? "/\<(.*?)src=[\"|'](http\:.*?)[\"|'](.*?)\>/" : "/\<img(.*?)src=[\"|'](http\:.*?)[\"|'](.*?)\>/" );
 
 	$matches = null;
@@ -1407,7 +1408,7 @@ function list_smilies($default_only = false) {
  */
 function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 
-	if(intval(get_config('system', 'no_smilies'))
+	if(intval(Config::Get('system', 'no_smilies'))
 		|| (local_channel() && intval(get_pconfig(local_channel(), 'system', 'no_smilies'))))
 		return $s;
 
@@ -2113,7 +2114,7 @@ function create_export_photo_body(&$item) {
  * @return string
  */
 function feed_hublinks() {
-	$hub = get_config('system', 'huburl');
+	$hub = Config::Get('system', 'huburl');
 
 	$hubxml = '';
 	if(strlen($hub)) {
@@ -2496,7 +2497,7 @@ function check_webbie($arr) {
 	// These names conflict with the CalDAV server
 	$taken = [ 'principals', 'addressbooks', 'calendars' ];
 
-	$reservechan = get_config('system','reserved_channels');
+	$reservechan = Config::Get('system','reserved_channels');
 	if(strlen($reservechan)) {
 		$taken = array_merge($taken,explode(',', $reservechan));
 	}
diff --git a/include/zid.php b/include/zid.php
index b38457d99..9f0b23edf 100644
--- a/include/zid.php
+++ b/include/zid.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Config;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
 use Zotlabs\Lib\Verify;
 
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ function owt_init($token) {
 	App::set_observer($hubloc);
 	require_once('include/security.php');
 	App::set_groups(init_groups_visitor($_SESSION['visitor_id']));
-	if(! get_config('system', 'hide_owa_greeting'))
+	if(! Config::Get('system', 'hide_owa_greeting'))
 		info(sprintf( t('OpenWebAuth: %1$s welcomes %2$s'),App::get_hostname(), $hubloc['xchan_name']));
 
 	logger('OpenWebAuth: auth success from ' . $hubloc['xchan_addr']);