diff --git a/panoptica/__init__.py b/panoptica/__init__.py
index dca6768..2f02659 100644
--- a/panoptica/__init__.py
+++ b/panoptica/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 from panoptica.panoptica_evaluator import Panoptica_Evaluator
 from panoptica.panoptica_result import PanopticaResult
 from panoptica.utils.processing_pair import (
+    InputType,
     SemanticPair,
     UnmatchedInstancePair,
     MatchedInstancePair,
-    InputType,
 )
 from panoptica.metrics import Metric, MetricMode, MetricType
diff --git a/panoptica/utils/config.py b/panoptica/utils/config.py
index 3afc165..a0ca8ba 100644
--- a/panoptica/utils/config.py
+++ b/panoptica/utils/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from pathlib import Path
-from panoptica.utils.filepath import config_by_name
+from panoptica.utils.filepath import config_by_name, config_dir_by_name
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 supported_helper_classes = []
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ def _save_to_config(obj, path: str | Path):
     Configuration.save_from_object(obj, path)
 
 
+def _save_to_config_by_name(obj, name: str):
+    dir, name = config_dir_by_name(name)
+    _save_to_config(obj, dir.joinpath(name))
+
+
 class SupportsConfig:
     """Metaclass that allows a class to save and load objects by yaml configs"""
 
@@ -160,6 +165,9 @@ def load_from_config_name(cls, name: str):
     def save_to_config(self, path: str | Path):
         _save_to_config(self, path)
 
+    def save_to_config_by_name(self, name: str):
+        _save_to_config_by_name(self, name)
+
     @classmethod
     def to_yaml(cls, representer, node):
         # cls._register_permanently()
diff --git a/panoptica/utils/filepath.py b/panoptica/utils/filepath.py
index f668b75..70467c0 100644
--- a/panoptica/utils/filepath.py
+++ b/panoptica/utils/filepath.py
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ def search_path(basepath: str | Path, query: str, verbose: bool = False, suppres
     return paths
 
 
-# Find config path
-def config_by_name(name: str) -> Path:
+def config_dir_by_name(name: str) -> tuple[Path, str]:
     directory = Path(__file__.replace("////", "/").replace("\\\\", "/").replace("//", "/").replace("\\", "/")).parent.parent
     if not name.endswith(".yaml"):
         name += ".yaml"
+    return directory, name
+
+
+# Find config path
+def config_by_name(name: str) -> Path:
+    directory, name = config_dir_by_name(name)
     p = search_path(directory, query=f"**/{name}", suppress=True)
     assert len(p) == 1, f"Did not find exactly one config yaml with name {name} in directory {directory}, got {p}"
     return p[0]