diff --git a/common/config.py b/common/config.py
index d59e56b..2d1c980 100644
--- a/common/config.py
+++ b/common/config.py
@@ -72,43 +72,16 @@ def from_environment() -> dict[str, Any]:
     return {}
 
 
-def sampling_config():
-    """Returns the sampling parameter config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("sampling"), {})
+# refactor the get_config functions
+def get_config(config: dict[str, any], topic: str) -> callable :
+    return lambda: unwrap(config.get(topic), {})
 
-
-def model_config():
-    """Returns the model config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("model"), {})
-
-
-def draft_model_config():
-    """Returns the draft model config from the global config"""
-    model_config = unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("model"), {})
-    return unwrap(model_config.get("draft"), {})
-
-
-def lora_config():
-    """Returns the lora config from the global config"""
-    model_config = unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("model"), {})
-    return unwrap(model_config.get("lora"), {})
-
-
-def network_config():
-    """Returns the network config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("network"), {})
-
-
-def logging_config():
-    """Returns the logging config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("logging"), {})
-
-
-def developer_config():
-    """Returns the developer specific config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("developer"), {})
-
-
-def embeddings_config():
-    """Returns the embeddings config from the global config"""
-    return unwrap(GLOBAL_CONFIG.get("embeddings"), {})
+# each of these is a function
+model_config        = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "model")
+sampling_config     = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "sampling")
+draft_model_config  = get_config(model_config(), "draft")
+lora_config         = get_config(model_config(), "lora")
+network_config      = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "network")
+logging_config      = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "logging")
+developer_config    = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "developer")
+embeddings_config   = get_config(GLOBAL_CONFIG,  "embeddings")