diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 5911830..9886b73 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ app.on('ready', function ready () {
 
     // open the web app
     mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 1000, height: 720})
+    // mainWindow.openDevTools()
     mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules/ssbplug-phoenix/home.html'))
     mainWindow.webContents.on('new-window', onNewWindow)
     mainWindow.on('closed', function() { mainWindow = null })
diff --git a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
index 4d24f48..77f9984 100644
--- a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
+++ b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ module.exports = function (sbot, window) {
   pull(ipcPush, rpcStream, pull.drain(function (msg) {
     window.webContents.send('muxrpc-ssb', msg)
   }))
+
+  // setup helper messages
+  ipc.on('fetch-config', function(e) {
+    if (e.sender == window.webContents)
+      e.returnValue = sbot.config
+  });
 }
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