diff --git a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/Configuration.java b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/Configuration.java
index 5b1f3184..c51594ed 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/Configuration.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/Configuration.java
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ public final class Configuration
     final Map<String, Object> self;
     private final Configuration defaults;
 
+    public Configuration() {
+        this( null );
+    }
+
+    public Configuration(Configuration defaults) {
+        this( new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>(), defaults );
+    }
+
     private Configuration getSectionFor(String path)
     {
         int index = path.indexOf( SEPARATOR );
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ public final class Configuration
 
     public Object get(String path)
     {
-        return get( path, null );
+        return get( path, getDefault( path ) );
     }
 
     public Object getDefault(String path)
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/ConfigurationProvider.java b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
index 9fcda3fe..73ed9bc5 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.config;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -28,8 +29,14 @@ public abstract class ConfigurationProvider
     public abstract void save(Configuration config, Writer writer);
 
     public abstract Configuration load(File file) throws IOException;
+    public abstract Configuration load(File file, Configuration defaults) throws IOException;
 
     public abstract Configuration load(Reader reader);
+    public abstract Configuration load(Reader reader, Configuration defaults);
+
+    public abstract Configuration load(InputStream is);
+    public abstract Configuration load(InputStream is, Configuration defaults);
 
     public abstract Configuration load(String string);
+    public abstract Configuration load(String string, Configuration defaults);
 }
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/YamlConfiguration.java b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/YamlConfiguration.java
index 9689d7be..0a936025 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/YamlConfiguration.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/config/YamlConfiguration.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -45,34 +46,70 @@ public class YamlConfiguration extends ConfigurationProvider
 
     @Override
     public Configuration load(File file) throws IOException
+    {
+        return load( file, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Configuration load(File file, Configuration defaults) throws IOException
     {
         try ( FileReader reader = new FileReader( file ) )
         {
-            return load( reader );
+            return load( reader, defaults );
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public Configuration load(Reader reader)
+    {
+        return load( reader, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Configuration load(Reader reader, Configuration defaults)
     {
         Map<String, Object> map = yaml.get().loadAs( reader, LinkedHashMap.class );
         if ( map == null )
         {
             map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         }
-        return new Configuration( map, null );
+        return new Configuration( map, defaults );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Configuration load(InputStream is)
+    {
+        return load( is, null );
     }
 
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Configuration load(InputStream is, Configuration defaults)
+    {
+        Map<String, Object> map = yaml.get().loadAs( is, LinkedHashMap.class );
+        if ( map == null )
+        {
+            map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        }
+        return new Configuration( map, defaults );
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Configuration load(String string)
+    {
+        return load( string, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Configuration load(String string, Configuration defaults)
     {
         Map<String, Object> map = yaml.get().loadAs( string, LinkedHashMap.class );
         if ( map == null )
         {
             map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         }
-        return new Configuration( map, null );
+        return new Configuration( map, defaults );
     }
 }