diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1393f1b..b005c64 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 source :rubygems
 
 gem 'rack'
-gem 'rjb'
+gem 'rjb',	:platforms => :ruby # to prevent some errors with precompiled versions while using ruby 1.9 and rvm
 gem 'locator', :path => '~/Development/projects/locator'
 
 group :test do
   gem 'mocha'
-  gem 'ruby-debug'
+  #gem 'ruby-debug' <-- because of diff versions for ruby 1.8 and 1.9 recommend to take out of repo file
   gem 'test_declarative'
 end
diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 1d4e979..86c5800 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Since some Mac OS X 10.6 update removed the Java header files that are necessary
 
 Also, if you are on Mac OS X, use `sudo` and get an error saying that "JAVA_HOME is not set" then you need to export the JAVA_HOME variable for RJB. See here for two solutions: "Installing RJB on Mac OS X":http://www.elctech.com/articles/sudo-java_home-and-mac-os-x. The visudo way worked for us. Don't forget to add yourself to the sudoers file, though.
 
-
 <a name="configuration"></a>
 
 h2. Configuration
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ You should not need to configure anything. If you do need though have a look at
 
 E.g. in order to tweak the Java load params you can
 
-pre. Steam.config[:java_load_params] = "-Xmx2048M"
+pre. Steam.config[:java_load_params] = ["-Xmx2048M"]
 
 If you want to test your application through Cucumber features then you need to setup your Cucumber environment and steps accordingly. You can find an example for a Cucumber setup here: "env.rb":http://github.com/svenfuchs/steam/blob/master/example/cucumber/env.rb.
 
diff --git a/lib/steam.rb b/lib/steam.rb
index 8f6ef7d..8ec5b18 100644
--- a/lib/steam.rb
+++ b/lib/steam.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def config
         :server_port       => '3000',
         :url_scheme        => 'http',
         :charset           => 'utf-8',
-        :java_load_params  => '-Xmx1024M',
+        :java_load_params  => ['-Xmx1024M'],
         :drb_uri           => 'druby://127.0.0.1:9000',
         :html_unit => {
           :java_path         => File.expand_path("../../vendor/htmlunit-2.6/", __FILE__),
diff --git a/lib/steam/configuration.rb b/lib/steam/configuration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10ed8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/steam/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module Steam
+
+  def self.config
+    @@config ||= Configuration.new
+  end
+
+  def self.configure(&block)
+    raise "#configure must be sent a block" unless block_given?
+    yield config
+  end
+
+  class Configuration
+
+    attr_accessor :java_load_params
+    attr_accessor :server_name
+    attr_accessor :server_port
+    attr_accessor :rack_url_scheme
+    attr_accessor :charset
+    attr_accessor :drb_uri
+    attr_accessor :request_env_for
+
+    def initialize
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/steam/java.rb b/lib/steam/java.rb
index 26c1816..b3a1e36 100644
--- a/lib/steam/java.rb
+++ b/lib/steam/java.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def load_from(path)
       end
 
       def load(paths)
-        Rjb::load(paths, Steam.config[:java_load_params].to_a)
+        Rjb::load(paths, Steam.config[:java_load_params])
       end
 
       def logger(classifier)