diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index f9e3da3f18..b3e3286712 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 			services.AddSingleton<IApplication>(this);
 
 			//configure configuration
-			services.Configure<UpdatesConfiguration>(configuration.GetSection(UpdatesConfiguration.Section));
-			services.Configure<DatabaseConfiguration>(configuration.GetSection(DatabaseConfiguration.Section));
-			services.Configure<GeneralConfiguration>(configuration.GetSection(GeneralConfiguration.Section));
-			services.Configure<FileLoggingConfiguration>(configuration.GetSection(FileLoggingConfiguration.Section));
-			services.Configure<ControlPanelConfiguration>(configuration.GetSection(ControlPanelConfiguration.Section));
+			services.UseStandardConfig<UpdatesConfiguration>(configuration);
+			services.UseStandardConfig<DatabaseConfiguration>(configuration);
+			services.UseStandardConfig<GeneralConfiguration>(configuration);
+			services.UseStandardConfig<FileLoggingConfiguration>(configuration);
+			services.UseStandardConfig<ControlPanelConfiguration>(configuration);
 
 			//enable options which give us config reloading
 			services.AddOptions();
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87557989ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration;
+
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Extensions for <see cref="IServiceCollection"/>
+	/// </summary>
+	static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Add a standard <typeparamref name="TConfig"/> binding
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="TConfig">The <see langword="class"/> to bind. Must have a <see langword="public"/> const/static <see cref="string"/> field named "Section"</typeparam>
+		/// <param name="serviceCollection">The <see cref="IServiceCollection"/> to configure</param>
+		/// <param name="configuration">The <see cref="IConfiguration"/> containing the <typeparamref name="TConfig"/></param>
+		/// <returns><paramref name="serviceCollection"/></returns>
+		public static IServiceCollection UseStandardConfig<TConfig>(this IServiceCollection serviceCollection, IConfiguration configuration) where TConfig: class
+		{
+			if (serviceCollection == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serviceCollection));
+			if (configuration == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configuration));
+
+			const string SectionFieldName = nameof(GeneralConfiguration.Section);
+
+			var configType = typeof(TConfig);
+			var sectionField = configType.GetField(SectionFieldName);
+			if (sectionField == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} has no {1} field!", configType, SectionFieldName));
+
+			var stringType = typeof(string);
+			if (sectionField.FieldType != stringType)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} has invalid {1} field type, must be {2}!", configType, SectionFieldName, stringType));
+
+			var sectionName = (string)sectionField.GetValue(null);
+
+			return serviceCollection.Configure<TConfig>(configuration.GetSection(sectionName));
+		}
+	}
+}