diff --git a/Shield/Shield.php b/Shield/Shield.php
index 99d0ec6..146a3b1 100644
--- a/Shield/Shield.php
+++ b/Shield/Shield.php
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ public function __construct()
     {
         // set the APPPATH constant
         if (!defined('APPPATH')) {
-            define('APPPATH',__DIR__.'../app');
+            define('APPPATH', __DIR__.'../app');
         }
 
-        // force all error messages
+        // some global config
         spl_autoload_register(array($this, '_load'));
         set_error_handler(array($this, '_errorHandler'));
         set_exception_handler(array($this, '_exceptionHandler'));
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public function __construct()
         // include our exceptions
         include_once 'Exception.php';
 
+        $this->init();
+    }
+
+    private function init()
+    {
         // make our DI container
         $this->di = new Di();
 
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ public function __call($func, $args)
 
         if (isset($args[2])) {
             // we've been given a route-specific config, set it up!
-            $this->di->get('Config')->setConfig($args[2],'route::'.$path);
+            $this->di->get('Config')->setConfig($args[2], 'route::'.$path);
         }
 
         if (isset($args[1])) {
diff --git a/Shield/View.php b/Shield/View.php
index 44a54ed..f6e4527 100644
--- a/Shield/View.php
+++ b/Shield/View.php
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public function setContentType($type)
      */
     public function getContentType()
     {
-        return $this->contentType;
+        $cfg = $this->di->get('Config')->get('view.content-type');
+        return ($cfg !== null) ? $cfg : $this->contentType;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,7 +133,9 @@ public function setCharset($charset)
      */
     public function getCharset()
     {
-        return $this->charset;
+        // see if its in the config first
+        $cfg = $this->di->get('Config')->get('view.charset');
+        return ($cfg !== null) ? $cfg : $this->charset;
     }
 
     /**