diff --git a/bin/buildiso.in b/bin/buildiso.in
index 8dab7c8..68dae2a 100755
--- a/bin/buildiso.in
+++ b/bin/buildiso.in
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ display_settings(){
     msg2 "addgroups: ${addgroups}"
     msg2 "hostname: ${hostname}"
     msg2 "pacman_mirrors: ${mirrors_conf}"
+    msg2 "startservices_systemd: ${startservices_systemd[*]}"
+    msg2 "startservices_openrc: ${startservices_openrc[*]}"
 
     msg "ISOFILE:"
     msg2 "iso_file: ${iso_file}"
diff --git a/conf/manjaro-tools.conf b/conf/manjaro-tools.conf
index 304cd4c..a129894 100644
--- a/conf/manjaro-tools.conf
+++ b/conf/manjaro-tools.conf
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 # addgroups="video,audio,power,disk,storage,optical,network,lp,scanner"
 
 # unset defaults to given values, unused
-# startservices_systemd=('cupsd' 'tlp-sleep' 'tlp' )
+# startservices_systemd=('cupsd' 'tlp-sleep' 'tlp')
 
 # unset defaults to given values, unused
 # startservices_openrc=('cupsd' 'fcron' 'metalog')
diff --git a/lib/util.sh b/lib/util.sh
index 66c5d9b..a3bb3f1 100644
--- a/lib/util.sh
+++ b/lib/util.sh
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ load_config(){
 	addgroups="video,audio,power,disk,storage,optical,network,lp,scanner"
     fi
     
+    if [[ -n ${startservices_systemd} ]];then
+	startservices_systemd=${startservices_systemd}
+    else
+	startservices_systemd=('cupsd' 'tlp-sleep' 'tlp')
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ -n ${startservices_openrc} ]];then
+	startservices_openrc=${startservices_openrc}
+    else
+	startservices_openrc=('cupsd' 'fcron' 'metalog')
+    fi
+    
     return 0
 }