diff --git a/change.go b/change.go
index 670c4b41e43745f87670877ce17f7dcaf3471053..18c63d98f08831814a34d3262ed4c6995f9f0d65 100644
--- a/change.go
+++ b/change.go
@@ -74,8 +74,3 @@ func (s *Settings[C]) setConfigInternal(config C, lock bool) *Settings[C] {
 func (s *Settings[C]) SetConfig(config C) *Settings[C] {
 	return s.setConfigInternal(config, true)
 }
-
-// Copy implements the xflags.Copyable interface.
-func (s *Settings[C]) Copy(config C) {
-	s.setConfigInternal(config, true)
-}
diff --git a/copyable.go b/copyable.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4386ecf0785d918dd8c411b50b99093b354e12e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copyable.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package configuration
+
+//type Copyable[C any] interface {
+//	Copy(data C)
+//}
+
+//func (s *ConfigStruct6) Copy(p *ConfigStruct6) {
+//
+//}
+
+// // Copy implements the xflags.Copyable interface.
+func (s *Settings[C]) Copy(c *Settings[C]) {
+	s.setConfigInternal(s.config, true)
+}
diff --git a/copyable_test.go b/copyable_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7410408d71a1a88637954c628ce7d6045a2c4c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copyable_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package configuration
+
+import (
+	"gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/application/xflags"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type testExecutionStruct struct {
+}
+
+type testConfigStruct struct {
+}
+
+func TestXFlagsCopyable(t *testing.T) {
+	config := New(testConfigStruct{})
+
+	flags := xflags.ExecuteWithShadow(testExecutionStruct{}, config)
+	flags.Parse([]string{"-a", "command1", "-d"})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2de0bf41dc59bcf88a96be952efbf8b21b49c4f5..313dee7e221dd6fcdb82615f58e7499415d9e1ca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ module gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/application/configuration
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13
 	github.com/kinbiko/jsonassert v1.1.1
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.5
 	github.com/r3labs/diff/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
-	gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.1.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220916125017-b168a2c6b86b
+	gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.3.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221012211006-4de253d81b95
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220909164309-bea034e7d591 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41 // indirect
+	gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/application/xflags v1.7.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221014081412-f15817d10f9b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221013171732-95e765b1cc43 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf0b463b6596725a31ff5204d54c07861821d8e1..a8421e3ed04362cbcd9d504bbb60909aaa7ec950 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwVZI=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
@@ -29,18 +31,29 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PK
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible h1:dSLoQfGFAo3F6OoNhwUmLwVgaUXK79GlxNBwueZn0xI=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:fy3FlTQTDXWkZ7Bh6AcGMlsjHatGryHQYUTf1ShIgkk=
+gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/application/xflags v1.7.0 h1:cecZVg+2i9XxTOYoal30Lr5mX9YMPiFbKG/w0OiocCM=
+gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/application/xflags v1.7.0/go.mod h1:KN99uofMnTNcpfKwPbskucCTgwivJa3jfP2BHM4Ac+A=
 gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.1.0 h1:4sZ1sQ9JU2KfLWwhpM3rgOa4zG7CNJc+ntWKmya2vl4=
 gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.1.0/go.mod h1:RS2rKf5O+rmSBshHLOgjG7dxg5N2MhNYokZOBcuXdX8=
+gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.3.0 h1:SZG0BW5ll3WK5ZIOTogjqX8oVHCTxANTDLPxUs7Rnx8=
+gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/go/network/http-negotiation v1.3.0/go.mod h1:RS2rKf5O+rmSBshHLOgjG7dxg5N2MhNYokZOBcuXdX8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220916125017-b168a2c6b86b h1:SCE/18RnFsLrjydh/R/s5EVvHoZprqEQUuoxK8q2Pc4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220916125017-b168a2c6b86b/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221012211006-4de253d81b95 h1:sBdrWpxhGDdTAYNqbgBLAR+ULAPPhfgncLr1X0lyWtg=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221012211006-4de253d81b95/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220909164309-bea034e7d591 h1:D0B/7al0LLrVC8aWF4+oxpv/m8bc7ViFfVS8/gXGdqI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220909164309-bea034e7d591/go.mod h1:YDH+HFinaLZZlnHAfSS6ZXJJ9M9t4Dl22yv3iI2vPwk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221014081412-f15817d10f9b h1:tvrvnPFcdzp294diPnrdZZZ8XUt2Tyj7svb7X52iDuU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221014081412-f15817d10f9b/go.mod h1:YDH+HFinaLZZlnHAfSS6ZXJJ9M9t4Dl22yv3iI2vPwk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220908164124-27713097b956/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41 h1:ohgcoMbSofXygzo6AD2I1kz3BFmW1QArPYTtwEM3UXc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221013171732-95e765b1cc43 h1:OK7RB6t2WQX54srQQYSXMW8dF5C6/8+oA/s5QBmmto4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221013171732-95e765b1cc43/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=