diff --git a/cmd/ocm-backplane/config/get.go b/cmd/ocm-backplane/config/get.go
index 7aa94a42..8d996554 100644
--- a/cmd/ocm-backplane/config/get.go
+++ b/cmd/ocm-backplane/config/get.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/backplane-cli/pkg/cli/config"
 )
@@ -21,33 +24,40 @@ func newGetCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func getConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	config, err := config.GetBackplaneConfiguration()
+	configPath, err := config.GetConfigFilePath()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	proxyURL := ""
-	if config.ProxyURL != nil {
-		proxyURL = *config.ProxyURL
+	if _, err = os.Stat(configPath); err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to access config file %s: %w", configPath, err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		viper.SetConfigFile(configPath)
+		viper.SetConfigType("json")
+		if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch args[0] {
 	case URLConfigVar:
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", URLConfigVar, config.URL)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", URLConfigVar, viper.GetString(URLConfigVar))
 	case ProxyURLConfigVar:
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", ProxyURLConfigVar, proxyURL)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", ProxyURLConfigVar, strings.Join(viper.GetStringSlice(ProxyURLConfigVar), ", "))
 	case SessionConfigVar:
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", SessionConfigVar, config.SessionDirectory)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", SessionConfigVar, viper.GetString(SessionConfigVar))
 	case PagerDutyAPIConfigVar:
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", PagerDutyAPIConfigVar, config.PagerDutyAPIKey)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", PagerDutyAPIConfigVar, viper.GetString(PagerDutyAPIConfigVar))
 	case GovcloudVar:
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %t\n", GovcloudVar, config.Govcloud)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %t\n", GovcloudVar, viper.GetBool(GovcloudVar))
 	case "all":
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", URLConfigVar, config.URL)
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", ProxyURLConfigVar, proxyURL)
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", SessionConfigVar, config.SessionDirectory)
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", PagerDutyAPIConfigVar, config.PagerDutyAPIKey)
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %t\n", GovcloudVar, config.Govcloud)
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", URLConfigVar, viper.GetString(URLConfigVar))
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", ProxyURLConfigVar, strings.Join(viper.GetStringSlice(ProxyURLConfigVar), ", "))
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", SessionConfigVar, viper.GetString(SessionConfigVar))
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", PagerDutyAPIConfigVar, viper.GetString(PagerDutyAPIConfigVar))
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %t\n", GovcloudVar, viper.GetBool(GovcloudVar))
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("supported config variables are %s, %s, %s, %s, & %s", URLConfigVar, ProxyURLConfigVar, SessionConfigVar, PagerDutyAPIConfigVar, GovcloudVar)
 	}