diff --git a/lib/app/autoload/action-context.common.js b/lib/app/autoload/action-context.common.js
index a81877b6c..a9278023a 100644
--- a/lib/app/autoload/action-context.common.js
+++ b/lib/app/autoload/action-context.common.js
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ YUI.add('mojito-action-context', function(Y, NAME) {
         Y.mojito.hooks.hook('actionContext', opts.adapter.hook, 'start', my, opts);
         // HookSystem::EndBlock
 
-        staticAppConfig = store.getAppConfig(store.getStaticContext());
+        staticAppConfig = store.getStaticAppConfig();
 
         // It's possible to setup a route that calls "foo.", which means that
         // the default action in the instance should be used instead.
diff --git a/lib/app/autoload/store.client.js b/lib/app/autoload/store.client.js
index ab1f4293f..8051b1490 100644
--- a/lib/app/autoload/store.client.js
+++ b/lib/app/autoload/store.client.js
@@ -235,6 +235,16 @@ YUI.add('mojito-client-store', function(Y, NAME) {
         },
 
 
+        /**
+         * Returns the static (non-runtime-sensitive) version of the application.json.
+         * @method getStaticAppConfig
+         * @return {object} the configuration from applications.json
+         */
+        getStaticAppConfig: function(ctx) {
+            return this.appConfig;
+        },
+
+
         /**
          * Returns the routes configured in the application.
          * @method getRoutes
diff --git a/lib/mojito.js b/lib/mojito.js
index 6c4a62dbc..7369498fe 100644
--- a/lib/mojito.js
+++ b/lib/mojito.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ MojitoServer.prototype._configureAppInstance = function(app, options) {
         options.context = {};
     }
 
-    appConfig = store.getAppConfig(store.getStaticContext());
+    appConfig = store.getStaticAppConfig();
     yuiConfig = (appConfig.yui && appConfig.yui.config) || {};
 
     // redefining "combine" and/or "base" in the server side have side effects
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-action-context.common.js b/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-action-context.common.js
index 5cca66721..963451857 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-action-context.common.js
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/app/autoload/test-action-context.common.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
             getAppConfig: function() {
                 return 'app config';
             },
+            getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                return 'static app config';
+            },
             getStaticContext: function() {
                 return 'static context';
             },
@@ -596,6 +599,9 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
                         actionTimeout: 1
                     };
                 },
+                getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                    return 'static app config';
+                },
                 getStaticContext: function() {
                     return 'static context';
                 },
@@ -650,6 +656,9 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
                         actionTimeout: 1000
                     };
                 },
+                getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                    return 'static app config';
+                },
                 getStaticContext: function() {
                     return 'static context';
                 },
@@ -702,6 +711,9 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
                         actionTimeout: 1000
                     };
                 },
+                getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                    return 'static app config';
+                },
                 getStaticContext: function() {
                     return 'static context';
                 },
@@ -836,6 +848,9 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
                 getAppConfig: function() {
                     return {};
                 },
+                getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                    return 'static app config';
+                },
                 getStaticContext: function() {
                     return {};
                 },
@@ -981,6 +996,11 @@ YUI().use('mojito-action-context', 'test', function (Y) {
                             pathToRoot: '/path/to/root/'
                         };
                     },
+                    getStaticAppConfig: function() {
+                        return {
+                            pathToRoot: '/path/to/root/'
+                        };
+                    },
                     getStaticContext: function() {
                         return 'static context';
                     },