diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 1568f45..621b0a7 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Timer;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Url;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Config;
 use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
@@ -567,15 +568,21 @@ function drupal_settings_initialize() {
   // Export these settings.php variables to the global namespace.
   global $databases, $cookie_domain, $conf, $db_prefix, $drupal_hash_salt, $base_secure_url, $base_insecure_url, $config_directories;
   $conf = array();
+  $settings = array();
+  $config = array();
 
   // Make conf_path() available as local variable in settings.php.
   $conf_path = conf_path();
   if (is_readable(DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $conf_path . '/settings.php')) {
     include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $conf_path . '/settings.php';
   }
-  require_once __DIR__ . '../../lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Settings.php';
+  // Initialize Settings.
+  require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Settings.php';
+  new Settings($settings);
+
+  // Initialize global Config overrides.
+  Config::setGlobalOverrides($config);
 
-  new Settings(isset($settings) ? $settings : array());
   $is_https = isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) == 'on';
 
   if (isset($base_url)) {
diff --git a/sites/default/default.settings.php b/sites/default/default.settings.php
index 5a46b12..2160376 100644
--- a/sites/default/default.settings.php
+++ b/sites/default/default.settings.php
@@ -586,25 +586,19 @@
 # $cookie_domain = '.example.com';
 
 /**
- * Variable overrides:
+ * Configuration overrides.
  *
- * To override specific entries in the 'variable' table for this site,
+ * To globally override specific configuration values for this site,
  * set them here. You usually don't need to use this feature. This is
  * useful in a configuration file for a vhost or directory, rather than
- * the default settings.php. Any configuration setting from the 'variable'
- * table can be given a new value. Note that any values you provide in
- * these variable overrides will not be modifiable from the Drupal
- * administration interface.
- *
- * The following overrides are examples:
- * - site_name: Defines the site's name.
- * - $conf['system.theme']['default']: Defines the default theme for this site.
- * - anonymous: Defines the human-readable name of anonymous users.
- * Remove the leading hash signs to enable.
+ * the default settings.php.
+ *
+ * Note that any values you provide in these variable overrides will not be
+ * modifiable from the Drupal administration interface.
  */
-# $conf['system.site']['name'] = 'My Drupal site';
-# $conf['system.theme']['default'] = 'stark';
-# $conf['anonymous'] = 'Visitor';
+# $config['system.site']['name'] = 'My Drupal site';
+# $config['system.theme']['default'] = 'stark';
+# $config['user.settings']['anonymous'] = 'Visitor';
 
 /**
  * CSS/JS aggregated file gzip compression:
@@ -618,8 +612,8 @@
  * configured to cache and compress these files itself you may want to uncomment
  * one or both of the below lines, which will prevent gzip files being stored.
  */
-# $conf['system.performance']['css']['gzip'] = FALSE;
-# $conf['system.performance']['js']['gzip'] = FALSE;
+# $config['system.performance']['css']['gzip'] = FALSE;
+# $config['system.performance']['js']['gzip'] = FALSE;
 
 /**
  * Fast 404 pages:
@@ -643,9 +637,9 @@
  *
  * Remove the leading hash signs if you would like to alter this functionality.
  */
-#$conf['system.performance']['fast_404']['exclude_paths'] = '/\/(?:styles)\//';
-#$conf['system.performance']['fast_404']['paths'] = '/\.(?:txt|png|gif|jpe?g|css|js|ico|swf|flv|cgi|bat|pl|dll|exe|asp)$/i';
-#$conf['system.performance']['fast_404']['html'] = '<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>404 Not Found</title></head><body><h1>Not Found</h1><p>The requested URL "@path" was not found on this server.</p></body></html>';
+# $config['system.performance']['fast_404']['exclude_paths'] = '/\/(?:styles)\//';
+# $config['system.performance']['fast_404']['paths'] = '/\.(?:txt|png|gif|jpe?g|css|js|ico|swf|flv|cgi|bat|pl|dll|exe|asp)$/i';
+# $config['system.performance']['fast_404']['html'] = '<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>404 Not Found</title></head><body><h1>Not Found</h1><p>The requested URL "@path" was not found on this server.</p></body></html>';
 
 /**
  * Load local development override configuration, if available.
