diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm b/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3145264992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+// Lets read our settings from the configuration file on startup too!
+//
+
+/hook/startup/proc/read_vs_config()
+	var/list/Lines = file2list("config/config.txt")
+	for(var/t in Lines)
+		if(!t)	continue
+
+		t = trim(t)
+		if (length(t) == 0)
+			continue
+		else if (copytext(t, 1, 2) == "#")
+			continue
+
+		var/pos = findtext(t, " ")
+		var/name = null
+		var/value = null
+
+		if (pos)
+			name = lowertext(copytext(t, 1, pos))
+			value = copytext(t, pos + 1)
+		else
+			name = lowertext(t)
+
+		if (!name)
+			continue
+
+		switch (name)
+			if ("items_survive_digestion")
+				config.items_survive_digestion = 1
+	return 1
diff --git a/vorestation.dme b/vorestation.dme
index 2199eb0645..47d9547005 100644
--- a/vorestation.dme
+++ b/vorestation.dme
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 #include "code\controllers\autotransfer.dm"
 #include "code\controllers\communications.dm"
 #include "code\controllers\configuration.dm"
+#include "code\controllers\configuration_vr.dm"
 #include "code\controllers\emergency_shuttle_controller.dm"
 #include "code\controllers\hooks-defs.dm"
 #include "code\controllers\hooks.dm"