diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
index 3c34e74cd..25602e280 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/AbstractTransaction.java
@@ -739,6 +739,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransaction implements StrolchTransaction {
 		return configuration;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Resource lockAndGetConfiguration() {
+		lock(Resource.locatorFor(TYPE_CONFIGURATION, RES_CONFIGURATION));
+		return getConfiguration();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Order getOrderTemplate(String type) {
 		return getOrderTemplate(type, false);
diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/StrolchTransaction.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/StrolchTransaction.java
index d40be21f1..20b090670 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/StrolchTransaction.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/api/StrolchTransaction.java
@@ -800,6 +800,20 @@ public interface StrolchTransaction extends AutoCloseable {
 	 */
 	Resource getConfiguration();
 
+	/**
+	 * <p>Returns the {@link Resource} with the type {@link StrolchConstants#TYPE_CONFIGURATION} and id {@link
+	 * StrolchConstants#RES_CONFIGURATION}.</p>
+	 *
+	 * <p>Should the configuration resource not exist, then it will be created without any parameters, as {@link
+	 * Resource#getBoolean(String)} methods et. al. will then just return empty values for their corresponding
+	 * types.</p>
+	 *
+	 * <p>This method first locks the resource's locator, so that we can perform a read lock</p>
+	 *
+	 * @return the configuration resource
+	 */
+	Resource lockAndGetConfiguration();
+
 	/**
 	 * <p>
 	 * Returns a copy of the {@link Order} of Type {@link StrolchModelConstants#TEMPLATE} with the given type as id, or