diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.js b/ionic/components/app/app.js
index 852769c468..94c539d4b7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.js
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.js
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ export class IonicApp {
     return this.components[key];
   }
 
-  config(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._config = val;
-    }
-    return this._config;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Create and append the given component into the root
    * element of the app.
@@ -152,7 +145,7 @@ export function ionicBootstrap(ComponentType, config) {
       config.setPlatform(Platform);
 
       // make the config global
-      IonicConfig.setGlobal(config);
+      IonicConfig.global = config;
 
       // config and platform settings have been figured out
       // apply the correct CSS to the app
diff --git a/ionic/config/config.js b/ionic/config/config.js
index 2bdb6e8c29..01e466e375 100644
--- a/ionic/config/config.js
+++ b/ionic/config/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {isString, isObject, isDefined, isFunction, extend} from '../util/util';
+import {isObject, isDefined, isFunction, extend} from '../util/util';
 
 
 export class IonicConfig {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class IonicConfig {
     this._settings.platforms = extend(platform.settings(), this._settings.platforms || {});
   }
 
-  static setGlobal(config) {
+  static set global(config) {
     globalConfig = config;
   }
 
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ export class IonicConfig {
 
 }
 
-export let globalConfig = null;
+let globalConfig = null;