diff --git a/lib/ServerlessComponent.js b/lib/ServerlessComponent.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/ServerlessComponent.js
+++ b/lib/ServerlessComponent.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ServerlessComponent {
 
     // Default Properties
     _this.name           = _this._config.component || 'component' + SUtils.generateShortId(6);
-    _this.runtime        = 'nodejs';
+    _this.runtime        = config.runtime || 'nodejs';
     _this.custom         = {};
   }
Use a passed-in runtime, but default to nodejs