diff --git a/llarp/config/config.hpp b/llarp/config/config.hpp
index 2c94e1e9f..c143f1fe8 100644
--- a/llarp/config/config.hpp
+++ b/llarp/config/config.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <router_contact.hpp>
 #include <util/fs.hpp>
 
+#include <absl/strings/str_cat.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -14,6 +16,22 @@ namespace llarp
 {
   struct ConfigParser;
 
+  template < typename Type >
+  Type
+  fromEnv(const Type& val, string_view envNameSuffix)
+  {
+    std::string envName = absl::StrCat("LOKINET_", envNameSuffix);
+    auto ptr            = std::getenv(envName.c_str());
+    if(ptr)
+    {
+      return ptr;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return val;
+    }
+  }
+
   class RouterConfig
   {
    private:
@@ -67,16 +85,21 @@ namespace llarp
 
   class NetworkConfig
   {
+   public:
+    using NetConfig = std::unordered_multimap< std::string, std::string >;
+
    private:
     absl::optional< bool > m_enableProfiling;
     std::string m_routerProfilesFile = "profiles.dat";
     std::string m_strictConnect;
+    NetConfig m_netConfig;
 
    public:
     // clang-format off
     const absl::optional< bool >& enableProfiling() const { return m_enableProfiling; }
     const std::string& routerProfilesFile() const         { return m_routerProfilesFile; }
     const std::string& strictConnect() const              { return m_strictConnect; }
+    const NetConfig& netConfig() const                    { return m_netConfig; }
     // clang-format on
 
     void
diff --git a/llarp/router/router.cpp b/llarp/router/router.cpp
index b04d90863..607d20f78 100644
--- a/llarp/router/router.cpp
+++ b/llarp/router/router.cpp
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ namespace llarp
     }
 
     // set network config
-    netConfig = conf->network.netConfig;
+    netConfig = conf->network.netConfig();
 
     // Network config
     if(conf->network.enableProfiling().has_value())
diff --git a/test/config/test_llarp_config_config.cpp b/test/config/test_llarp_config_config.cpp
index fed4dac0d..80b399bdb 100644
--- a/test/config/test_llarp_config_config.cpp
+++ b/test/config/test_llarp_config_config.cpp
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ metric-tank-host=52.80.56.123:2003
   ASSERT_TRUE(config.LoadFromString(text));
 
   {
-    using kv = decltype(config.network.netConfig)::value_type;
+    using kv = NetworkConfig::NetConfig::value_type;
 
-    ASSERT_THAT(config.network.netConfig,
+    ASSERT_THAT(config.network.netConfig(),
                 UnorderedElementsAre(kv("ifname", "cluster-1"),
                                      kv("ifaddr", "10.101.0.1/16")));
   }