Try read_settings()

common_config/__init__.py

-__version__ = '0.1.1'
+__version__ = '0.1.2'
 from common_config.common import *
\ No newline at end of file

common_config/common.py

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ APPLICATION_NAME = ""
 SUFFIX = ""
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = ""
 
+def read_settings(APPLICATION_NAME, SUFFIX, DEFAULT_CONFIG):
+    common_config.common.APPLICATION_NAME = APPLICATION_NAME
+    common_config.common.SUFFIX = SUFFIX
+    common_config.common.DEFAULT_CONFIG = DEFAULT_CONFIG
+
 
 def this_or_else(this: Optional[str], other: str) -> str:
     """

pyproject.toml

 [tool.poetry]
 name = "common-config"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "A config library for eigenservice"
 authors = ["David Huss <dh@atoav.com>"]