diff --git a/common_config/__init__.py b/common_config/__init__.py
index 574af4102e662f816220db7e9b57c1d1f7a9e332..f6cb7392c2cceb944a88e5babd862e09c78d79e0 100644
--- a/common_config/__init__.py
+++ b/common_config/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.1'
+__version__ = '0.1.2'
 from common_config.common import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common_config/common.py b/common_config/common.py
index 327156e96d0c79226ae137dcaa4e9331e4eebd06..6cee50d6b765fdee87d85942762c609cea52b39f 100644
--- a/common_config/common.py
+++ b/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:
     """
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63ba201e339028f6727dc425bb10b57717dbea44..25247237743ea658b64f81d51722517a123870bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [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>"]