diff --git a/garlic/stages/unit.nix b/garlic/stages/unit.nix
index 2adb444..87650f8 100644
--- a/garlic/stages/unit.nix
+++ b/garlic/stages/unit.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv
 , bash
+, writeText
 }:
 
 {
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ let
 
 
   firstStage = (x: x.programPath) (elemAt linkStages 0);
+
+  jsonConf = writeText "garlic_config.json" (builtins.toJSON conf);
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "unit";
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir \$GARLIC_UNIT
     cd \$GARLIC_UNIT
 
+    # Copy the configuration for the unit to the output path
+    cp ${jsonConf} garlic_config.json
+
     # Finally, execute the first stage:
     exec ${firstStage}
     EOF