diff --git a/isso/js/embed.js b/isso/js/embed.js
index 680880b..73da853 100644
--- a/isso/js/embed.js
+++ b/isso/js/embed.js
@@ -27,14 +27,19 @@ require(["app/lib/ready", "app/config", "app/i18n", "app/api", "app/isso", "app/
             return console.log("abort, #isso-thread is missing");
         }
 
-        $("#isso-thread").append($.new('h4'));
-        $("#isso-thread").append(new isso.Postbox(null));
-        $("#isso-thread").append('<div id="isso-root"></div>');
 
         api.fetch($("#isso-thread").getAttribute("data-isso-id"),
             config["max-comments-top"],
             config["max-comments-nested"]).then(
             function(rv) {
+                for (var setting in rv.config) {
+                    config[setting] = rv.config[setting]
+                }
+
+                $("#isso-thread").append($.new('h4'));
+                $("#isso-thread").append(new isso.Postbox(null));
+                $("#isso-thread").append('<div id="isso-root"></div>');
+
                 if (rv.total_replies === 0) {
                     $("#isso-thread > h4").textContent = i18n.translate("no-comments");
                     return;
diff --git a/isso/views/comments.py b/isso/views/comments.py
index 0272fa3..afb96ba 100644
--- a/isso/views/comments.py
+++ b/isso/views/comments.py
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ class API(object):
         self.conf = isso.conf.section("general")
         self.moderated = isso.conf.getboolean("moderation", "enabled")
 
+        # These configuration records can be read out by client
+        self.public_conf = {}
+        self.public_conf["reply-to-self"] = isso.conf.getboolean("guard", "reply-to-self")
+        self.public_conf["require-email"] = isso.conf.getboolean("guard", "require-email")
+
         self.guard = isso.db.guard
         self.threads = isso.db.threads
         self.comments = isso.db.comments
@@ -397,7 +402,8 @@ class API(object):
             'id'             : root_id,
             'total_replies'  : reply_counts[root_id],
             'hidden_replies' : reply_counts[root_id] - len(root_list),
-            'replies'        : self._process_fetched_list(root_list, plain)
+            'replies'        : self._process_fetched_list(root_list, plain),
+            'config'         : self.public_conf
         }
         # We are only checking for one level deep comments
         if root_id is None: