diff --git a/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js b/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
index cefc542648..5226900af8 100755
--- a/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ program
   .description('Starts the admin dev server')
   .action(getLocalScript('watchAdmin'));
 
+program
+  .command('configuration:dump')
+  .option('-f, --file <file>', 'file to output to')
+  .action(getLocalScript('configurationDump'));
+
 /**
  * Normalize help argument
  */
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js b/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
index 0d6a5bf6e4..8b9acb5e95 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Strapi {
     this.admin = {};
     this.plugins = {};
     this.config = loadConfiguration(this.dir, opts);
+    this.isLoaded = false;
 
     // internal services.
     this.fs = createStrapiFs(this);
@@ -127,12 +128,9 @@ class Strapi {
 
   async start(cb) {
     try {
-      await this.load();
-
-      // Run bootstrap function.
-      await this.runBootstrapFunctions();
-      // Freeze object.
-      await this.freeze();
+      if (!this.isLoaded) {
+        await this.load();
+      }
 
       this.app.use(this.router.routes()).use(this.router.allowedMethods());
 
@@ -236,6 +234,8 @@ class Strapi {
   }
 
   async load() {
+    this.isLoaded = true;
+
     this.app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
       if (ctx.request.url === '/_health' && ctx.request.method === 'HEAD') {
         ctx.set('strapi', 'You are so French!');
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ class Strapi {
     // Initialize hooks and middlewares.
     await initializeMiddlewares.call(this);
     await initializeHooks.call(this);
+
+    await this.runBootstrapFunctions();
+    await this.freeze();
   }
 
   async startWebhooks() {
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/commands/configurationDump.js b/packages/strapi/lib/commands/configurationDump.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9480b0907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/commands/configurationDump.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { logger } = require('strapi-utils');
+const loadConfiguration = require('../core/app-configuration');
+const strapi = require('../index');
+
+module.exports = async function({ file }) {
+  const output = file ? fs.createWriteStream(file) : process.stdout;
+
+  output.write('this is a test');
+
+  const app = strapi();
+
+  await app.load();
+
+  const confs = await app.query('core_store').find({
+    key_contains: 'plugin',
+  });
+
+  console.log(confs);
+
+  output.write('\n');
+  output.end();
+};