diff --git a/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoader.php b/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoader.php
index b043bf27cb..95d6041d46 100644
--- a/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoader.php
+++ b/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoader.php
@@ -103,47 +103,61 @@ class ConfigCacheLoader
 	{
 		$filePath = $this->baseDir  . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.' . $name . '.php';
 
+		$config = [];
+
 		if (file_exists($filePath)) {
-			$a = new \stdClass();
-			$a->config = [];
 			include $filePath;
 
 			if (isset($db_host)) {
-				$a->config['database']['hostname'] = $db_host;
+				$config['database']['hostname'] = $db_host;
 				unset($db_host);
 			}
 			if (isset($db_user)) {
-				$a->config['database']['username'] = $db_user;
+				$config['database']['username'] = $db_user;
 				unset($db_user);
 			}
 			if (isset($db_pass)) {
-				$a->config['database']['password'] = $db_pass;
+				$config['database']['password'] = $db_pass;
 				unset($db_pass);
 			}
 			if (isset($db_data)) {
-				$a->config['database']['database'] = $db_data;
+				$config['database']['database'] = $db_data;
 				unset($db_data);
 			}
 			if (isset($a->config['system']['db_charset'])) {
-				$a->config['database']['charset'] = $a->config['system']['charset'];
+				$a->config['database']['charset'] = $config['system']['charset'];
 			}
 			if (isset($pidfile)) {
-				$a->config['system']['pidfile'] = $pidfile;
+				$config['system']['pidfile'] = $pidfile;
 				unset($pidfile);
 			}
 			if (isset($default_timezone)) {
-				$a->config['system']['default_timezone'] = $default_timezone;
+				$config['system']['default_timezone'] = $default_timezone;
 				unset($default_timezone);
 			}
 			if (isset($lang)) {
-				$a->config['system']['language'] = $lang;
+				$config['system']['language'] = $lang;
 				unset($lang);
 			}
-
-			return $a->config;
-		} else {
-			return [];
+			if (isset($admin_email)) {
+				$config['config']['admin_email'] = $admin_email;
+				unset($admin_email);
+			}
+			if (isset($admin_nickname)) {
+				$config['config']['admin_nickname'] = $admin_nickname;
+				unset($admin_nickname);
+			}
+			if (isset($php_path)) {
+				$config['config']['php_path'] = $php_path;
+				unset($php_path);
+			}
+			if (isset($max_import_size)) {
+				$config['config']['max_import_size'] = $max_import_size;
+				unset($max_import_size);
+			}
 		}
+
+		return $config;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/datasets/config/.htconfig.test.php b/tests/datasets/config/.htconfig.test.php
index 88ba4e3ef3..78bb6bcdae 100644
--- a/tests/datasets/config/.htconfig.test.php
+++ b/tests/datasets/config/.htconfig.test.php
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ $db_user = 'testuser';
 $db_pass = 'testpw';
 $db_data = 'testdb';
 
+$admin_email = 'admin@friendica.local';
+$admin_nickname = 'Friendly admin';
+
 $pidfile = '/var/run/friendica.pid';
 $default_timezone = 'Europe/Berlin';
 $lang = 'fr';
+
+$php_path = '/another/php';
+$max_import_size = 999;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoaderTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoaderTest.php
index d473aec00c..4fd0b46509 100644
--- a/tests/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Config/Cache/ConfigCacheLoaderTest.php
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ class ConfigCacheLoaderTest extends MockedTest
 		$this->assertEquals('/var/run/friendica.pid', $configCache->get('system', 'pidfile'));
 		$this->assertEquals('Europe/Berlin', $configCache->get('system', 'default_timezone'));
 		$this->assertEquals('fr', $configCache->get('system', 'language'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals('admin@friendica.local', $configCache->get('config', 'admin_email'));
+		$this->assertEquals('Friendly admin', $configCache->get('config', 'admin_nickname'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals('/another/php', $configCache->get('config', 'php_path'));
+		$this->assertEquals('999', $configCache->get('config', 'max_import_size'));
 	}
 
 	public function testLoadAddonConfig()