diff --git a/CRCTray.cs b/CRCTray.cs
index c870e25..2e925a6 100755
--- a/CRCTray.cs
+++ b/CRCTray.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using CRCTray.Communication;
 using CRCTray.Helpers;
 
@@ -228,19 +229,12 @@ await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.Stop,
         async private void StartMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             // Check using get-config if pullSecret is configured
-            var configs = await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.ConfigView,
+            var pullsecret = await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.GetPullSecret,
                 String.Empty,
                 String.Empty,
                 String.Empty);
 
-            if(configs == null)
-            {
-                // no config was returned, does this mean a communication error?
-                TrayIcon.NotifyError("Unable to read configuration. Is the CRC daemon running?");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (configs != null && configs.Configs.PullSecretFile == String.Empty)
+            if (!pullsecret)
             {
                 var pullSecretForm = new PullSecretPickerForm();
                 var pullSecretPath = pullSecretForm.ShowFilePicker();
@@ -254,13 +248,13 @@ async private void StartMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                     ["pull-secret-file"] = pullSecretPath
                 };
 
-                await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.SetConfig, pullSecretConfig,
+                string data = File.ReadAllText(pullSecretPath);
+                await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.SetPullSecret, data,
                     "Pull Secret stored",
                     "Pull Secret not stored",
                     String.Empty);
             }
 
-
             TrayIcon.NotifyInfo(@"Starting Cluster");
 
             var startResult = await TaskHelpers.TryTaskAndNotify(TaskHandlers.Start,
diff --git a/Communication/DaemonCommander.cs b/Communication/DaemonCommander.cs
index 86d4ef4..3fb8496 100755
--- a/Communication/DaemonCommander.cs
+++ b/Communication/DaemonCommander.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ public static LogsResult GetLogs()
 			return getResultsForBasicCommand<LogsResult>(BasicCommands.Logs);
         }
 
+        public static bool GetPullSecret()
+        {
+            return getResultsForBasicCommand<bool>(BasicCommands.PullSecret);
+        }
+
+        public static bool SetPullSecret(string data)
+        {
+            var result = postResponse(BasicCommands.PullSecret, data, 30);
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private static string SendBasicCommand(string command, int timeout)
         {
             return getResponse(command, timeout).Result;
diff --git a/Communication/Enums.cs b/Communication/Enums.cs
index 2e9f967..2c6e163 100755
--- a/Communication/Enums.cs
+++ b/Communication/Enums.cs
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ static class BasicCommands
         internal const string ConfigSet = "config/set";
         internal const string ConfigUnset = "config/unset";
         internal const string Logs = "logs";
+
+        internal const string PullSecret = "pull-secret";
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Helpers/Handlers.cs b/Helpers/Handlers.cs
index 9980512..30f70fa 100755
--- a/Helpers/Handlers.cs
+++ b/Helpers/Handlers.cs
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ public static SetUnsetConfig UnsetConfig(List<string> cfg)
             return getTypedResults(DaemonCommander.UnsetConfig, config);
         }
 
+        public static bool GetPullSecret()
+        {
+            return getTypedResults(DaemonCommander.GetPullSecret);
+        }
+
+        public static bool SetPullSecret(string data)
+        {
+            return getTypedResults(DaemonCommander.SetPullSecret, data);
+        }
+
         public static ConsoleResult LoginForDeveloper()
         {
             return WebConsole();