diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index e4c1217a12..117a11fc5a 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const profile = {
   name: 'app',
   displayName: 'App',
   description: 'Application',
-  methods: []
+  methods: ['getAppParameter', 'setAppParameter']
 }
 
 class AppComponent extends Plugin {
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class AppComponent extends Plugin {
     super(profile)
     const self = this
     self.appManager = new RemixAppManager({})
+    self.queryParams = new QueryParams()
     self._components = {}
     self.registry = registry
     // setup storage
@@ -86,6 +87,22 @@ class AppComponent extends Plugin {
     migrateFileSystem(self._components.filesProviders.browser)
   }
 
+  getAppParameter (name) {
+    // first look in the URL params then in the local storage
+    const self = this
+    const params = self.queryParams.get()
+    const config = registry.get('config').api
+    const param = params[name] ? params[name] : config.get(name)
+    if (param === 'true') return true
+    if (param === 'false') return false
+    return param
+  }
+
+  setAppParameter (name, value) {
+    const config = registry.get('config').api
+    config.set(name, value)
+  }
+
   async run () {
     const self = this
     // APP_MANAGER
@@ -168,6 +185,7 @@ class AppComponent extends Plugin {
     const contextualListener = new ContextualListener({ editor })
 
     self.engine.register([
+      this,
       blockchain,
       contentImport,
       self.themeModule,
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
index a640285566..bd2a9ca0cd 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
@@ -145,16 +145,11 @@ class CompileTab extends CompilerApiMixin(ViewPlugin) { // implements ICompilerA
   }
 
   getAppParameter (name) {
-    // first look in the URL params then in the local storage
-    const params = this.queryParams.get()
-    const param = params[name] ? params[name] : this.config.get(name)
-    if (param === 'true') return true
-    if (param === 'false') return false
-    return param
+    this.call('app', 'getAppParameter', name)
   }
 
   setAppParameter (name, value) {
-    this.config.set(name, value)
+    this.call('app', 'setAppParameter', name, value)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/renderer/src/lib/renderer.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/renderer/src/lib/renderer.tsx
index 41f345cf3d..273be5e0b0 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/renderer/src/lib/renderer.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/renderer/src/lib/renderer.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const Renderer = ({ message, opt = {}, plugin }: RendererProps) => {
   }
 
   const addAnnotation = (file, error) => {
-    if (file === plugin.getAppParameter('currentFile')) {
+    if (file === plugin.call('app', 'getAppParameter', 'currentFile')) {
       plugin.call('editor', 'addAnnotation', error, file)
     }
   }
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ export const Renderer = ({ message, opt = {}, plugin }: RendererProps) => {
   }
 
   const _errorClick = async (errFile, errLine, errCol) => {
-    if (errFile !== plugin.getAppParameter('currentFile')) {
+    if (errFile !== plugin.call('app', 'getAppParameter', 'currentFile')) {
       // TODO: refactor with this._components.contextView.jumpTo
-      if (await plugin.fileExists(errFile)) {
-        plugin.open(errFile)
+      if (await plugin.call('fileManager', 'exists', errFile)) {
+        plugin.call('fileManager', 'open', errFile)
         plugin.call('editor', 'gotoLine', errLine, errCol)
       }
     } else {