Index: main/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/main/Main.java
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
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--- main/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/main/Main.java	(revision d791bc5917ed2064a53755f1453921253bfe290c)
+++ main/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/main/Main.java	(revision )
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@
     }
 
     public void launch() throws Exception {
+        if (config == null) {
-        config = new ConfigProperties();
+            config = new ConfigProperties();
+        }
         if (config.delayConsoleStart) {
             System.out.println(config.startupMessage);
         }
@@ -530,6 +532,14 @@
 
     protected void setStartLevel(int level) {
         framework.adapt(FrameworkStartLevel.class).setStartLevel(level);
+    }
+
+    public ConfigProperties getConfig() {
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    public void setConfig(ConfigProperties config) {
+        this.config = config;
     }
 
     public void awaitShutdown() throws Exception {