diff --git a/src/GUI/Settings.hpp b/src/GUI/Settings.hpp
index 9c135cec3..bc391ae87 100644
--- a/src/GUI/Settings.hpp
+++ b/src/GUI/Settings.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enum class ReloadBehavior {
 };
 
 /// Stub class to hold onto GUI-specific settings options. 
-/// TODO: Incorporate a copy of Slic3r::Config 
+/// TODO: Incorporate the system from libslic3r
 class Settings { 
     public:
         bool show_host {false};
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ class Settings {
         const wxString version { wxString(SLIC3R_VERSION) };
 
         void save_settings();
+        void load_settings();
         
         /// Storage for window positions
         std::map<wxString, std::tuple<wxPoint, wxSize, bool> > window_pos { std::map<wxString, std::tuple<wxPoint, wxSize, bool> >() };
+
+    private:
+        const std::string LogChannel {"GUI_Settings"}; //< Which log these messages should go to.
+        
 };
 
 }} //namespace Slic3r::GUI
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..265cc2201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef CONFIG_HPP
+#define CONFIG_HPP
+
+#include "PrintConfig.hpp"
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+class Config : DynamicPrintConfig {
+public:
+    static Config *new_from_defaults();
+    static Config *new_from_cli(const &argc, const char* argv[]);
+
+    void write_ini(const std::string& file) { save(file); }
+    void read_ini(const std::string& file) { load(file); }
+
+
+};
+
+} // namespace Slic3r
+
+#endif // CONFIG_HPP