diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 20d6cbf30..842414531 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing
 
-So you whant to help? That's great!
+So you want to help? That's great!
 
 ![Image of happy people jumping with excitement](https://media.giphy.com/media/BlVnrxJgTGsUw/giphy.gif)
 
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 0b5df6e0c..6d73e7853 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ export const setConfig = conf => {
   setConf(conf);
 };
 export const getConfig = () => config;
+
+const configApi = {
+  setConfig,
+  getConfig
+  // get conf() {
+  //   return config;
+  // }
+};
+export default configApi;
diff --git a/src/diagrams/state/shapes.js b/src/diagrams/state/shapes.js
index bed40cf47..8430e8a6a 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/state/shapes.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/state/shapes.js
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@ import * as d3 from 'd3';
 import idCache from './id-cache.js';
 import stateDb from './stateDb';
 import utils from '../../utils';
+import { getConfig, conf } from '../../config';
 
-// TODO Move conf object to main conf in mermaidAPI
-const conf = {
-  dividerMargin: 10,
-  padding: 5,
-  textHeight: 10,
-  noteMargin: 10
-};
+// let conf;
 
 /**
  * Draws a start state as a black circle
@@ -19,9 +14,9 @@ export const drawStartState = g =>
     .append('circle')
     .style('stroke', 'black')
     .style('fill', 'black')
-    .attr('r', 5)
-    .attr('cx', conf.padding + 5)
-    .attr('cy', conf.padding + 5);
+    .attr('r', getConfig().state.sizeUnit)
+    .attr('cx', getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit)
+    .attr('cy', getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit);
 
 /**
  * Draws a start state as a black circle
@@ -31,9 +26,9 @@ export const drawDivider = g =>
     .append('line')
     .style('stroke', 'grey')
     .style('stroke-dasharray', '3')
-    .attr('x1', 10)
+    .attr('x1', getConfig().state.textHeight)
     .attr('class', 'divider')
-    .attr('x2', 20)
+    .attr('x2', getConfig().state.textHeight * 2)
     .attr('y1', 0)
     .attr('y2', 0);
 
@@ -43,18 +38,18 @@ export const drawDivider = g =>
 export const drawSimpleState = (g, stateDef) => {
   const state = g
     .append('text')
-    .attr('x', 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', conf.textHeight + 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('font-size', 24)
+    .attr('x', 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.textHeight + 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('font-size', getConfig().state.fontSize)
     .text(stateDef.id);
 
   const classBox = state.node().getBBox();
   g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
-    .attr('x', conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', conf.padding)
-    .attr('width', classBox.width + 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('height', classBox.height + 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('rx', '5');
+    .attr('x', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('width', classBox.width + 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('height', classBox.height + 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('rx', getConfig().state.radius);
 
   return state;
 };
@@ -68,17 +63,17 @@ export const drawDescrState = (g, stateDef) => {
   const addTspan = function(textEl, txt, isFirst) {
     const tSpan = textEl
       .append('tspan')
-      .attr('x', 2 * conf.padding)
+      .attr('x', 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
       .text(txt);
     if (!isFirst) {
-      tSpan.attr('dy', conf.textHeight);
+      tSpan.attr('dy', getConfig().state.textHeight);
     }
   };
   const title = g
     .append('text')
-    .attr('x', 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', conf.textHeight + 1.5 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('font-size', 24)
+    .attr('x', 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.textHeight + 1.5 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('font-size', getConfig().state.fontSize)
     .attr('class', 'state-title')
     .text(stateDef.id);
 
@@ -87,8 +82,14 @@ export const drawDescrState = (g, stateDef) => {
 
   const description = g
     .append('text') // text label for the x axis
-    .attr('x', conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', titleHeight + conf.padding * 0.2 + conf.dividerMargin + conf.textHeight)
+    .attr('x', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr(
+      'y',
+      titleHeight +
+        getConfig().state.padding * 0.2 +
+        getConfig().state.dividerMargin +
+        getConfig().state.textHeight
+    )
     .attr('fill', 'white')
     .attr('class', 'state-description');
 
@@ -100,23 +101,23 @@ export const drawDescrState = (g, stateDef) => {
 
   const descrLine = g
     .append('line') // text label for the x axis
-    .attr('x1', conf.padding)
-    .attr('y1', conf.padding + titleHeight + conf.dividerMargin / 2)
-    .attr('y2', conf.padding + titleHeight + conf.dividerMargin / 2)
+    .attr('x1', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y1', getConfig().state.padding + titleHeight + getConfig().state.dividerMargin / 2)
+    .attr('y2', getConfig().state.padding + titleHeight + getConfig().state.dividerMargin / 2)
     .attr('class', 'descr-divider');
   const descrBox = description.node().getBBox();
   console.warn(descrBox.width, titleBox.width);
   const width = Math.max(descrBox.width, titleBox.width);
 
-  descrLine.attr('x2', width + 3 * conf.padding);
+  descrLine.attr('x2', width + 3 * getConfig().state.padding);
   // const classBox = title.node().getBBox();
 
   g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
-    .attr('x', conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', conf.padding)
-    .attr('width', width + 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('height', descrBox.height + titleHeight + 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('rx', '5');
+    .attr('x', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('width', width + 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('height', descrBox.height + titleHeight + 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('rx', getConfig().state.radius);
 
   return g;
 };
@@ -130,23 +131,23 @@ export const addIdAndBox = (g, stateDef) => {
   const addTspan = function(textEl, txt, isFirst) {
     const tSpan = textEl
       .append('tspan')
-      .attr('x', 2 * conf.padding)
+      .attr('x', 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
       .text(txt);
     if (!isFirst) {
-      tSpan.attr('dy', conf.textHeight);
+      tSpan.attr('dy', getConfig().state.textHeight);
     }
   };
   const title = g
     .append('text')
-    .attr('x', 2 * conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', -15)
-    .attr('font-size', 24)
+    .attr('x', 2 * getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.titleShift)
+    .attr('font-size', getConfig().state.fontSize)
     .attr('class', 'state-title')
     .text(stateDef.id);
 
   const titleHeight = title.node().getBBox().height;
 
-  const lineY = -9;
+  const lineY = 1 - getConfig().state.textHeight;
   const descrLine = g
     .append('line') // text label for the x axis
     .attr('x1', 0)
@@ -156,32 +157,42 @@ export const addIdAndBox = (g, stateDef) => {
 
   const graphBox = g.node().getBBox();
   title.attr('x', graphBox.width / 2 - title.node().getBBox().width / 2);
-  descrLine.attr('x2', graphBox.width + conf.padding);
+  descrLine.attr('x2', graphBox.width + getConfig().state.padding);
 
   // White color
   g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
     .attr('x', graphBox.x)
     .attr('y', lineY)
     .attr('style', 'fill: white; border-bottom: 1px')
-    .attr('width', graphBox.width + conf.padding)
-    .attr('height', graphBox.height + 3 + conf.textHeight - 17)
+    .attr('width', graphBox.width + getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr(
+      'height',
+      graphBox.height + getConfig().state.textHeight + getConfig().state.titleShift + 1
+    )
     .attr('rx', '0');
 
   // Title background
   g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
     .attr('x', graphBox.x)
-    .attr('y', -15 - conf.textHeight - conf.padding)
-    .attr('width', graphBox.width + conf.padding)
-    .attr('height', 30)
-    .attr('rx', '5');
+    .attr(
+      'y',
+      getConfig().state.titleShift - getConfig().state.textHeight - getConfig().state.padding
+    )
+    .attr('width', graphBox.width + getConfig().state.padding)
+    // Just needs to be higher then the descr line, will be clipped by the white color box
+    .attr('height', getConfig().state.textHeight * 3)
+    .attr('rx', getConfig().state.radius);
 
   // Full background
   g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
     .attr('x', graphBox.x)
-    .attr('y', -15 - conf.textHeight - conf.padding)
-    .attr('width', graphBox.width + conf.padding)
-    .attr('height', graphBox.height + 3 + conf.textHeight + 10)
-    .attr('rx', '5');
+    .attr(
+      'y',
+      getConfig().state.titleShift - getConfig().state.textHeight - getConfig().state.padding
+    )
+    .attr('width', graphBox.width + getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('height', graphBox.height + 3 + 2 * getConfig().state.textHeight)
+    .attr('rx', getConfig().state.radius);
 
   return g;
 };
@@ -190,21 +201,27 @@ const drawEndState = g => {
   g.append('circle')
     .style('stroke', 'black')
     .style('fill', 'white')
-    .attr('r', 7)
-    .attr('cx', conf.padding + 7)
-    .attr('cy', conf.padding + 7);
+    .attr('r', getConfig().state.sizeUnit + getConfig().state.miniPadding)
+    .attr(
+      'cx',
+      getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit + getConfig().state.miniPadding
+    )
+    .attr(
+      'cy',
+      getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit + getConfig().state.miniPadding
+    );
 
   return g
     .append('circle')
     .style('stroke', 'black')
     .style('fill', 'black')
-    .attr('r', 5)
-    .attr('cx', conf.padding + 7)
-    .attr('cy', conf.padding + 7);
+    .attr('r', getConfig().state.sizeUnit)
+    .attr('cx', getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit + 2)
+    .attr('cy', getConfig().state.padding + getConfig().state.sizeUnit + 2);
 };
 const drawForkJoinState = (g, stateDef) => {
-  let width = 70;
-  let height = 7;
+  let width = getConfig().state.forkWidth;
+  let height = getConfig().state.forkHeight;
 
   if (stateDef.parentId) {
     let tmp = width;
@@ -217,8 +234,8 @@ const drawForkJoinState = (g, stateDef) => {
     .style('fill', 'black')
     .attr('width', width)
     .attr('height', height)
-    .attr('x', conf.padding)
-    .attr('y', conf.padding);
+    .attr('x', getConfig().state.padding)
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.padding);
 };
 
 export const drawText = function(elem, textData, width) {
@@ -260,8 +277,8 @@ const _drawLongText = (_text, x, y, g) => {
       span.text(txt);
       const textBounds = span.node().getBBox();
       textHeight += textBounds.height;
-      span.attr('x', x + conf.noteMargin);
-      span.attr('y', y + textHeight + 1.25 * conf.noteMargin);
+      span.attr('x', x + getConfig().state.noteMargin);
+      span.attr('y', y + textHeight + 1.25 * getConfig().state.noteMargin);
       // textWidth = Math.max(textBounds.width, textWidth);
     }
   }
@@ -280,12 +297,12 @@ export const drawNote = (text, g) => {
   const note = g
     .append('rect')
     .attr('x', 0)
-    .attr('y', conf.padding);
+    .attr('y', getConfig().state.padding);
   const rectElem = g.append('g');
 
   const { textWidth, textHeight } = _drawLongText(text, 0, 0, rectElem);
-  note.attr('height', textHeight + 2 * conf.noteMargin);
-  note.attr('width', textWidth + conf.noteMargin * 2);
+  note.attr('height', textHeight + 2 * getConfig().state.noteMargin);
+  note.attr('width', textWidth + getConfig().state.noteMargin * 2);
 
   return note;
 };
@@ -322,8 +339,8 @@ export const drawState = function(elem, stateDef, graph, doc) {
   if (stateDef.type === 'default' && stateDef.descriptions.length > 0) drawDescrState(g, stateDef);
 
   const stateBox = g.node().getBBox();
-  stateInfo.width = stateBox.width + 2 * conf.padding;
-  stateInfo.height = stateBox.height + 2 * conf.padding;
+  stateInfo.width = stateBox.width + 2 * getConfig().state.padding;
+  stateInfo.height = stateBox.height + 2 * getConfig().state.padding;
 
   idCache.set(id, stateInfo);
   // stateCnt++;
@@ -367,7 +384,7 @@ export const drawEdge = function(elem, path, relation) {
     .attr('id', 'edge' + edgeCount)
     .attr('class', 'relation');
   let url = '';
-  if (conf.arrowMarkerAbsolute) {
+  if (getConfig().state.arrowMarkerAbsolute) {
     url =
       window.location.protocol +
       '//' +
@@ -396,10 +413,10 @@ export const drawEdge = function(elem, path, relation) {
     const bounds = label.node().getBBox();
     g.insert('rect', ':first-child')
       .attr('class', 'box')
-      .attr('x', bounds.x - conf.padding / 2)
-      .attr('y', bounds.y - conf.padding / 2)
-      .attr('width', bounds.width + conf.padding)
-      .attr('height', bounds.height + conf.padding);
+      .attr('x', bounds.x - getConfig().state.padding / 2)
+      .attr('y', bounds.y - getConfig().state.padding / 2)
+      .attr('width', bounds.width + getConfig().state.padding)
+      .attr('height', bounds.height + getConfig().state.padding);
     // Debug points
     // path.points.forEach(point => {
     //   g.append('circle')
diff --git a/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
index d1f91c237..445e4758e 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@ import { parser } from './parser/stateDiagram';
 import utils from '../../utils';
 import idCache from './id-cache';
 import { drawState, addIdAndBox, drawEdge, drawNote } from './shapes';
+import { getConfig } from '../../config';
 
 parser.yy = stateDb;
 
 let total = 0;
 
 // TODO Move conf object to main conf in mermaidAPI
-const conf = {
-  dividerMargin: 10,
-  padding: 5,
-  textHeight: 10
-};
+let conf;
+// {
+//   // Used
+//   padding: 5,
+//   // Font size factor, this is used to guess the width of the edges labels before rendering by dagre
+//   // layout. This might need updating if/when switching font
+//   fontSizeFactor: 5.02,
+//   labelHeight: 16,
+//   edgeLengthFactor: '20',
+//   compositTitleSize: 35
+// };
 
 const transformationLog = {};
 
@@ -59,9 +66,10 @@ const insertMarkers = function(elem) {
  * @param id
  */
 export const draw = function(text, id) {
+  conf = getConfig().state;
   parser.yy.clear();
   parser.parse(text);
-  logger.warn('Rendering diagram ' + text);
+  logger.debug('Rendering diagram ' + text);
 
   // /// / Fetch the default direction, use TD if none was found
   const diagram = d3.select(`[id='${id}']`);
@@ -76,12 +84,6 @@ export const draw = function(text, id) {
     // ranksep: '20'
   });
 
-  // // Set an object for the graph label
-  // graph.setGraph({
-  //   isMultiGraph: false,
-  //   rankdir: 'RL'
-  // });
-
   // // Default to assigning a new object as a label for each new edge.
   graph.setDefaultEdgeLabel(function() {
     return {};
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ export const draw = function(text, id) {
   const bounds = diagram.node().getBBox();
 
   diagram.attr('height', '100%');
-  // diagram.attr('width', 'fit-content');
   diagram.attr('style', `width: ${bounds.width * 3 + conf.padding * 2};`);
   diagram.attr(
     'viewBox',
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ export const draw = function(text, id) {
   );
 };
 const getLabelWidth = text => {
-  return text ? text.length * 5.02 : 1;
+  return text ? text.length * conf.fontSizeFactor : 1;
 };
 
 const renderDoc = (doc, diagram, parentId) => {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ const renderDoc = (doc, diagram, parentId) => {
       // acyclicer: 'greedy',
       rankdir: 'LR',
       ranker: 'tight-tree',
-      ranksep: '20'
+      ranksep: conf.edgeLengthFactor
       // isMultiGraph: false
     });
   else {
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ const renderDoc = (doc, diagram, parentId) => {
       // isCompound: true,
       // acyclicer: 'greedy',
       // ranker: 'longest-path'
-      ranksep: '20',
+      ranksep: conf.edgeLengthFactor,
       ranker: 'tight-tree'
       // ranker: 'network-simplex'
       // isMultiGraph: false
@@ -173,14 +174,14 @@ const renderDoc = (doc, diagram, parentId) => {
         sub = addIdAndBox(sub, stateDef);
         let boxBounds = sub.node().getBBox();
         node.width = boxBounds.width;
-        node.height = boxBounds.height + 10;
-        transformationLog[stateDef.id] = { y: 35 };
+        node.height = boxBounds.height + 2 * conf.padding;
+        transformationLog[stateDef.id] = { y: conf.compositTitleSize };
       } else {
         // sub = addIdAndBox(sub, stateDef);
         let boxBounds = sub.node().getBBox();
         node.width = boxBounds.width;
         node.height = boxBounds.height;
-        // transformationLog[stateDef.id] = { y: 35 };
+        // transformationLog[stateDef.id] = { y: conf.compositTitleSize };
       }
     } else {
       node = drawState(diagram, stateDef, graph);
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ const renderDoc = (doc, diagram, parentId) => {
     graph.setEdge(relation.id1, relation.id2, {
       relation: relation,
       width: getLabelWidth(relation.title),
-      height: 16,
+      height: conf.labelHeight,
       labelpos: 'c'
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index 9fa0901a4..40dc7fb8e 100644
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -302,7 +302,28 @@ const config = {
     axisFormat: '%Y-%m-%d'
   },
   class: {},
-  git: {}
+  git: {},
+  state: {
+    dividerMargin: 10,
+    sizeUnit: 5,
+    padding: 5,
+    textHeight: 10,
+    titleShift: -15,
+    noteMargin: 10,
+    forkWidth: 70,
+    forkHeight: 7,
+    // Used
+    padding: 5,
+    miniPadding: 2,
+    // Font size factor, this is used to guess the width of the edges labels before rendering by dagre
+    // layout. This might need updating if/when switching font
+    fontSizeFactor: 5.02,
+    fontSize: 24,
+    labelHeight: 16,
+    edgeLengthFactor: '20',
+    compositTitleSize: 35,
+    radius: 5
+  }
 };
 
 setLogLevel(config.logLevel);