diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/model/Packager.java b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/model/Packager.java
index ef535042..8d60b1f7 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/model/Packager.java
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/model/Packager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.assembler.PackageOptions;
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.config.repository.AssemblerOptions;
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.config.repository.RepositoryConfig;
+import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.config.repository.RepositoryDepositConfig;
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.service.DepositTask;
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.status.DepositStatusProcessor;
 import org.eclipse.pass.deposit.transport.Transport;
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ public Map<String, String> getConfiguration() {
         return repositoryConfig.getTransportConfig().getProtocolBinding().asPropertiesMap();
     }
 
+    public RepositoryDepositConfig getRepositoryConfig() {
+        return repositoryConfig.getRepositoryDepositConfig();
+    }
+
     /**
      * The {@link DepositStatusProcessor}, may be {@code null}.
      *
diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/DepositTask.java b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/DepositTask.java
index a47a7565..eecf628b 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/DepositTask.java
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/DepositTask.java
@@ -424,8 +424,15 @@ static Function<Deposit, TransportResponse> performDeposit(DepositWorkerContext
 
                 try {
                     packager = dc.packager();
+
+
                     packageStream = packager.getAssembler().assemble(
                         dc.depositSubmission(), packager.getAssemblerOptions());
+                    //TODO add options for the packager.getRepoConfig
+                    /*
+                    packageStream = packager.getAssembler().assemble(
+                        dc.depositSubmission(), packager.getAssemblerOptions(), packager.getRepositoryOptions());
+                     */
                     packagerConfig = packager.getConfiguration();
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException("Error resolving a Packager or Packager configuration for " +