diff --git a/src/config/private/config.cpp b/src/config/private/config.cpp
index 5598acb..76e7d43 100644
--- a/src/config/private/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config/private/config.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ bool Config::loadConfig(const std::string& configFile) {
         std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
-    loaded = true;
+    m_loaded = true;
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -61,3 +61,45 @@ void Config::addToCache(const std::string &key, const YAML::Node &node) {
 void Config::registerUnknownKey(const std::string &key) {
     unknownKeys.push_back(key);
 }
+
+bool Config::has(const std::string &key) {
+    if (!m_loaded) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Error! Config file not loaded");
+    }
+    if (isKeyInCache(key)) { return true; }
+
+    YAML::Node node = YAML::Clone(yamlRoot);
+    std::istringstream keyStream(key);
+    std::string subKey;
+    while (std::getline(keyStream, subKey, ':')) {
+    if (!node[subKey]) {
+            registerUnknownKey(key);
+            return false;
+    }
+    node = node[subKey]; // go deeper
+    }
+
+    // Key exists and is of the requested type
+    addToCache(key, node);
+    return true;
+}
+
+void recurse_keys(const YAML::Node& node, std::vector<std::string>& keyList, const std::string& path = "") {
+    if (node.IsMap()) {
+        for (const auto& it : node) {
+            std::string key = it.first.as<std::string>();
+            std::string new_path = path.empty() ? key : path + ":" + key;
+            recurse_keys(it.second, keyList, new_path);
+        }
+    } else {
+        keyList.push_back(path);
+    }
+
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> Config::keys() const {
+    std::vector<std::string> keyList;
+    YAML::Node node = YAML::Clone(yamlRoot);
+    recurse_keys(node, keyList);
+    return keyList;
+}
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diff --git a/src/config/public/config.h b/src/config/public/config.h
index c563560..fa04eea 100644
--- a/src/config/public/config.h
+++ b/src/config/public/config.h
@@ -23,15 +23,19 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
+// Required for YAML parsing
 #include "yaml-cpp/yaml.h"
 
+// -- Forward Def of Resource manager to let it act as a friend of Config --
+class ResourceManager;
+
 /**
  * @class Config
  * @brief Singleton class to manage configuration settings loaded from a YAML file.
@@ -96,6 +100,21 @@ private:
     */
    void registerUnknownKey(const std::string &key);
 
+   bool m_loaded = false;
+
+   // Only friends can access get without a default value
+   template <typename T>
+   T get(const std::string &key) {
+      if (!m_loaded) {
+         throw std::runtime_error("Error! Config file not loaded");
+      }
+      if (has(key)) {
+         return getFromCache<T>(key, T());
+      } else {
+         throw std::runtime_error("Error! Key not found in config file");
+      }
+   }
+
 public:
    /**
     * @brief Get the singleton instance of the Config class.
@@ -138,7 +157,7 @@ public:
     */
    template <typename T>
    T get(const std::string &key, T defaultValue) {
-      if (!loaded) {
+      if (!m_loaded) {
          throw std::runtime_error("Configuration file not loaded! This should be done at the very start of whatever main function you are using (and only done once!)");
       }
       // --- Check if the key has already been checked for existence 
@@ -176,6 +195,19 @@ public:
       }
    }
 
+   /**  
+   * @brief Check if the key exists in the given config file
+   * @param key Key to check;
+   * @return boolean true or false
+   */
+   bool has(const std::string &key);
+
+   /**
+   * @brief Get all keys defined in the configuration file.
+   * @return Vector of all keys in the configuration file.
+   */
+   std::vector<std::string> keys() const;
+
    /**
     * @brief Print the configuration file path and the YAML root node.
     * @param os Output stream.
@@ -183,6 +215,10 @@ public:
     * @return Output stream.
     */
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Config& config) {
+      if (!config.m_loaded) {
+         os << "Config file not loaded" << std::endl;
+         return os;
+      }
       if (!config.debug) {
          os << "Config file: " << config.configFilePath << std::endl;
       } else{
@@ -195,6 +231,8 @@ public:
 
    // Setup gTest class as a friend
    friend class configTestPrivateAccessor;
+   // -- Resource Manager is a friend of config so it can create a seperate instance
+   friend class ResourceManager;
 };
 
 #endif
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