diff --git a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
index 4bc0427976..40f5f05b70 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const getConfigParams = ({ type, group, user }, otherProps = {}) => {
  * @param {Object} scopes - the type, group and userID scopes of the configuration.
  * @returns The most granular configuration document based on the scope.
  */
-const determineScopedConfig = async function (db, { type, user, group }) {
+const getScopedFullConfig = async function (db, { type, user, group }) {
   const response = await db.allDocs(
     getConfigParams(
       { type, user, group },
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ const determineScopedConfig = async function (db, { type, user, group }) {
   return scopedConfig.doc
 }
 
+async function getScopedConfig(db, params) {
+  const configDoc = await getScopedFullConfig(db, params)
+  return configDoc && configDoc.config ? configDoc.config : configDoc
+}
+
+exports.getScopedConfig = getScopedConfig
 exports.generateConfigID = generateConfigID
 exports.getConfigParams = getConfigParams
-exports.determineScopedConfig = determineScopedConfig
+exports.getScopedFullConfig = getScopedFullConfig
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js
index 04c835a2e7..598e43e8ad 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ exports.logout = async ctx => {
  */
 exports.googlePreAuth = async (ctx, next) => {
   const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
-  const config = await authPkg.db.determineScopedConfig(db, {
+  const config = await authPkg.db.getScopedConfig(db, {
     type: Configs.GOOGLE,
     group: ctx.query.group,
   })
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ exports.googlePreAuth = async (ctx, next) => {
 exports.googleAuth = async (ctx, next) => {
   const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
 
-  const config = await authPkg.db.determineScopedConfig(db, {
+  const config = await authPkg.db.getScopedConfig(db, {
     type: Configs.GOOGLE,
     group: ctx.query.group,
   })
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/configs.js b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/configs.js
index 790fbcbe35..121cfa1c0b 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/configs.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/configs.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const {
   generateConfigID,
   StaticDatabases,
   getConfigParams,
-  determineScopedConfig,
+  getScopedFullConfig,
 } = require("@budibase/auth").db
 const { Configs } = require("../../../constants")
 const email = require("../../../utilities/email")
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
 
   // Config does not exist yet
   if (!ctx.request.body._id) {
-    config._id = generateConfigID({
+    ctx.request.body._id = generateConfigID({
       type,
       group,
       user,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ exports.save = async function (ctx) {
   }
 
   try {
-    const response = await db.put(config)
+    const response = await db.put(ctx.request.body)
     ctx.body = {
       type,
       _id: response.id,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ exports.find = async function (ctx) {
 
   try {
     // Find the config with the most granular scope based on context
-    const scopedConfig = await determineScopedConfig(db, {
+    const scopedConfig = await getScopedFullConfig(db, {
       type: ctx.params.type,
       user: userId,
       group: groupId,
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/utilities/email.js b/packages/worker/src/utilities/email.js
index f7b9284402..e06b98a31e 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/utilities/email.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/utilities/email.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const nodemailer = require("nodemailer")
 const CouchDB = require("../db")
-const { StaticDatabases, determineScopedConfig } = require("@budibase/auth").db
+const { StaticDatabases, getScopedConfig } = require("@budibase/auth").db
 const { EmailTemplatePurpose, TemplateTypes, Configs } = require("../constants")
 const { getTemplateByPurpose } = require("../constants/templates")
 const { getSettingsTemplateContext } = require("./templates")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function getSmtpConfiguration(db, groupId = null) {
   if (groupId) {
     params.group = groupId
   }
-  return determineScopedConfig(db, params)
+  return getScopedConfig(db, params)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/utilities/templates.js b/packages/worker/src/utilities/templates.js
index e5d94859f2..ea03f2727b 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/utilities/templates.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/utilities/templates.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const CouchDB = require("../db")
-const { determineScopedConfig, StaticDatabases } = require("@budibase/auth").db
+const { getScopedConfig, StaticDatabases } = require("@budibase/auth").db
 const {
   Configs,
   TemplateBindings,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const BASE_COMPANY = "Budibase"
 exports.getSettingsTemplateContext = async (purpose, code = null) => {
   const db = new CouchDB(StaticDatabases.GLOBAL.name)
   // TODO: use more granular settings in the future if required
-  const settings = await determineScopedConfig(db, { type: Configs.SETTINGS })
+  const settings = await getScopedConfig(db, { type: Configs.SETTINGS })
   if (!settings.platformUrl) {
     settings.platformUrl = LOCAL_URL
   }