diff --git a/accounts/cmd/accounts/main.go b/accounts/cmd/accounts/main.go
index 6fa3f4128c..553fc79ef7 100644
--- a/accounts/cmd/accounts/main.go
+++ b/accounts/cmd/accounts/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/command"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
+	if err := command.Execute(config.New()); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/command/root.go b/accounts/pkg/command/root.go
index 19088bb0d6..8957f25fbc 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package command
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Execute is the entry point for the ocis-accounts command.
-func Execute() error {
-	cfg := config.New()
+func Execute(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	app := &cli.App{
 		Name:     "ocis-accounts",
 		Version:  version.String,
@@ -118,3 +118,31 @@ func ParseConfig(c *cli.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// SutureService allows for the settings command to be embedded and supervised by a suture supervisor tree.
+type SutureService struct {
+	ctx    context.Context
+	cancel context.CancelFunc // used to cancel the context go-micro services used to shutdown a service.
+	cfg    *config.Config
+}
+
+// NewSutureService creates a new settings.SutureService
+func NewSutureService(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) SutureService {
+	sctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	cfg.Context = sctx // propagate the context down to the go-micro services.
+	return SutureService{
+		ctx:    sctx,
+		cancel: cancel,
+		cfg:    cfg,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s SutureService) Serve() {
+	if err := Execute(s.cfg); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s SutureService) Stop() {
+	s.cancel()
+}
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/command/server.go b/accounts/pkg/command/server.go
index fd4ba79388..a4452ee044 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 					http.Context(ctx),
 					http.Config(cfg),
 					http.Metrics(mtrcs),
-					http.Flags(flagset.RootWithConfig(config.New())),
-					http.Flags(flagset.ServerWithConfig(config.New())),
 					http.Handler(handler),
 				)
 
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/config/config.go b/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
index 5ce47e94ff..d97e9f1daf 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Package config should be moved to internal
 package config
 
+import "context"
+
 // LDAP defines the available ldap configuration.
 type LDAP struct {
 	Hostname     string
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Index        Index
 	ServiceUser  ServiceUser
 	Tracing      Tracing
+
+	Context context.Context
 }
 
 // New returns a new config.
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/flagset/flagset.go b/accounts/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
index e4f90896ab..8c984204cf 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/flagset/flagset.go
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ func RootWithConfig(cfg *config.Config) []cli.Flag {
 			Name:        "log-level",
 			Value:       "info",
 			Usage:       "Set logging level",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_LEVEL"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_LEVEL", "OCIS_LOG_LEVEL"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Level,
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Value:       true,
 			Name:        "log-pretty",
 			Usage:       "Enable pretty logging",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_PRETTY"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_PRETTY", "OCIS_LOG_PRETTY"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Pretty,
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Value:       true,
 			Name:        "log-color",
 			Usage:       "Enable colored logging",
-			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_COLOR"},
+			EnvVars:     []string{"ACCOUNTS_LOG_COLOR", "OCIS_LOG_COLOR"},
 			Destination: &cfg.Log.Color,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
index b0a703f89d..51102b72d6 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
+	accounts "github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/command"
 	settings "github.com/owncloud/ocis/settings/pkg/command"
 
 	"github.com/thejerf/suture"
@@ -78,14 +79,15 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config) Runtime {
 // within the service Stop() method. Services should cancel their context.
 type serviceTokens map[string][]suture.ServiceToken
 
+// tokens are used to keep track of the services
+var tokens = serviceTokens{}
+
 // Start rpc runtime
 func (r *Runtime) Start() error {
 	setMicroLogger(r.c.Log)
 	halt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(halt, os.Interrupt)
 
-	// tokens are used to keep track of the services
-	tokens := serviceTokens{}
 	supervisor := suture.NewSimple("ocis")
 	globalCtx, globalCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) Start() error {
 
 	tokens["settings"] = append(tokens["settings"], supervisor.Add(settings.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Settings)))
 	tokens["storagemetadata"] = append(tokens["storagemetadata"], supervisor.Add(storage.NewStorageMetadata(globalCtx, r.c.Storage)))
+	tokens["accounts"] = append(tokens["accounts"], supervisor.Add(accounts.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Accounts)))
 
 	go supervisor.ServeBackground()