diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3adeaabe1..e9647fab8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 			<groupId>li.strolch</groupId>
 			<artifactId>li.strolch.model</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>li.strolch</groupId>
+			<artifactId>li.strolch.runtime</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/ComponentMock.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/ComponentMock.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2696b7866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/ComponentMock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package li.strolch.testbase.runtime;
+
+import li.strolch.runtime.component.StrolchComponent;
+import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.StrolchConfiguration;
+
+public interface ComponentMock {
+
+	public StrolchComponent getComponent();
+	
+	public void mock(StrolchConfiguration configuration);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/RuntimeMock.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/RuntimeMock.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cdaf44eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/testbase/runtime/RuntimeMock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package li.strolch.testbase.runtime;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+
+import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.RuntimeConfiguration;
+import ch.eitchnet.utils.helper.FileHelper;
+
+public class RuntimeMock {
+
+	private static final String TARGET = "target"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	public static void mockRuntime(File rootPathF, File configSrc) {
+
+		if (!rootPathF.getParentFile().getName().equals(TARGET)) {
+			String msg = "Mocking path must be in a maven target: {0}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, rootPathF.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+		}
+
+		if (!configSrc.isDirectory() || !configSrc.canRead()) {
+			String msg = "Could not find config source in: {0}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, configSrc.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+		}
+
+		if (rootPathF.exists()) {
+			if (!FileHelper.deleteFile(rootPathF, true)) {
+				String msg = "Failed to delete {0}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+				msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, rootPathF.getAbsolutePath());
+				throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!rootPathF.mkdirs()) {
+			String msg = "Failed to create {0}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, rootPathF.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+		}
+
+		File configPathF = new File(rootPathF, RuntimeConfiguration.PATH_CONFIG);
+		configPathF.mkdir();
+
+		if (!FileHelper.copy(configSrc.listFiles(), configPathF, false)) {
+			String msg = "Failed to copy source configs from {0} to {1}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, configSrc.getAbsolutePath(), configPathF.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+		}
+//
+//		// initialize a runtime configuration
+//		Map<String, String> runtimeConfigurationValues = new HashMap<>();
+//		RuntimeConfiguration runtimeConfiguration = new RuntimeConfiguration("RuntimeMock", runtimeConfigurationValues, //$NON-NLS-1$
+//				rootPathF);
+//
+//		Map<String, ComponentConfiguration> configurationByComponent = new HashMap<>();
+//		StrolchConfiguration configuration = new StrolchConfiguration(runtimeConfiguration, configurationByComponent);
+//
+//		// initialize the component configuration
+//		for (ComponentMock componentMock : runtimeMocks) {
+//			//configurationByComponent.put(key, value)
+//			componentMock.mock(configuration);
+//		}
+	}
+}