diff --git a/lib/utils/ipfs.js b/lib/utils/ipfs.js
index 9b75462..f3b1017 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ipfs.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ipfs.js
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ class IPFS {
     this._config = config;
   }
 
+  get config() {
+    return this._config;
+  }
+
+  get peerId() {
+    return this._ipfsAPI.id();
+  }
+
   catAndMerge(data, deserialize) {
     // if no hash details are found simply return the data; nothing to merge
     if (!data.hashSize || data.hashSize === 0) {