diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/InternalStrolchRealm.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/InternalStrolchRealm.java
index 62801dfe7..7c2f7a326 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/InternalStrolchRealm.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/InternalStrolchRealm.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public abstract class InternalStrolchRealm implements StrolchRealm {
 		String propTryLockTimeUnit = StrolchConstants.makeRealmKey(this.realm, PROP_TRY_LOCK_TIME_UNIT);
 		String propTryLockTime = StrolchConstants.makeRealmKey(this.realm, PROP_TRY_LOCK_TIME);
 		TimeUnit timeUnit = TimeUnit.valueOf(configuration.getString(propTryLockTimeUnit, TimeUnit.SECONDS.name()));
-		long time = configuration.getLong(propTryLockTime, 10);
+		long time = configuration.getLong(propTryLockTime, 10L);
 		this.lockHandler = new DefaultLockHandler(this.realm, timeUnit, time);
 
 		// versioning
diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/configuration/AbstractionConfiguration.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/configuration/AbstractionConfiguration.java
index d618600fd..a915e9418 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/configuration/AbstractionConfiguration.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/configuration/AbstractionConfiguration.java
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ package li.strolch.runtime.configuration;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -42,6 +44,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractionConfiguration {
 		return this.name;
 	}
 
+	public Properties getAsProperties() {
+		Properties props = new Properties();
+		for (String key : configurationValues.keySet()) {
+			props.setProperty(key, configurationValues.get(key));
+		}
+		return props;
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, String> getAsMap() {
+		return new HashMap<>(this.configurationValues);
+	}
+
 	public boolean hasProperty(String key) {
 		return this.configurationValues.containsKey(key);
 	}
@@ -82,7 +96,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractionConfiguration {
 		return defValue;
 	}
 
-	public int getInt(String key, int defValue) {
+	public int getInt(String key, Integer defValue) {
 		String value = this.configurationValues.get(key);
 		if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(value)) {
 
@@ -100,7 +114,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractionConfiguration {
 		return defValue;
 	}
 
-	public long getLong(String key, long defValue) {
+	public long getLong(String key, Long defValue) {
 		String value = this.configurationValues.get(key);
 		if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(value)) {