diff --git a/src/Runner.php b/src/Runner.php
index e0cbca7160..ebf5e4a01d 100644
--- a/src/Runner.php
+++ b/src/Runner.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public function runPHPCS()
             // Creating the Config object populates it with all required settings
             // based on the CLI arguments provided to the script and any config
             // values the user has set.
-            $this->config = new Config();
+            $this->config = $this->getConfig();
 
             // Init the run and load the rulesets to set additional config vars.
             $this->init();
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public function runPHPCBF()
             // Creating the Config object populates it with all required settings
             // based on the CLI arguments provided to the script and any config
             // values the user has set.
-            $this->config = new Config();
+            $this->config = $this->getConfig();
 
             // When processing STDIN, we can't output anything to the screen
             // or it will end up mixed in with the file output.
@@ -895,6 +895,17 @@ public function printProgress(File $file, $numFiles, $numProcessed)
     }//end printProgress()
 
 
+    /**
+     * Get configuration.
+     *
+     * @return Config
+     */
+    protected function getConfig()
+    {
+        return new Config();
+    }//end getConfig()
+
+
     /**
      * Registers a PHP shutdown function to provide a more informative out of memory error.
      *