diff --git a/centinel.py b/centinel.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/centinel.py
+++ b/centinel.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         configuration.write_out_config(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)
 
+    # making the config globally accessible by adding it to the centinel module
+    centinel.conf = configuration.params
+
     client = centinel.client.Client(configuration.params)
     client.setup_logging()
 
diff --git a/centinel/config.py b/centinel/config.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/centinel/config.py
+++ b/centinel/config.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Configuration():
 
         # experiments
         experiments = {}
+        experiments['tcpdump_params'] = "-i any"
         self.params['experiments'] = experiments
 
         # server
added the ability to have global configuration options

added the ability to add global config options and added a tcpdump
params argument to the config