diff --git a/src/commands/create/custom_opts.rs b/src/commands/create/custom_opts.rs
index 34b94f7..14d4a2b 100644
--- a/src/commands/create/custom_opts.rs
+++ b/src/commands/create/custom_opts.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ pub struct CustomOptions {
 
     #[clap(long)]
     pub print_libvirt_xml: bool,
+
+    #[clap(long, conflicts_with = "print_libvirt_xml")]
+    pub print_config_json: bool,
 }
 
 impl CustomOptions {
diff --git a/src/commands/create/mod.rs b/src/commands/create/mod.rs
index 799040b..d092c86 100644
--- a/src/commands/create/mod.rs
+++ b/src/commands/create/mod.rs
@@ -151,9 +151,12 @@ fn set_up_container_root(
 
     // configure container entrypoint
 
-    let command = match custom_options.print_libvirt_xml {
-        true => vec!["cat", "/crun-vm/domain.xml"],
-        false => vec!["/crun-vm/entrypoint.sh"],
+    let command = if custom_options.print_libvirt_xml {
+        vec!["cat", "/crun-vm/domain.xml"]
+    } else if custom_options.print_config_json {
+        vec!["cat", "/crun-vm/config.json"]
+    } else {
+        vec!["/crun-vm/entrypoint.sh"]
     };
 
     spec.set_process({