diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4068d66..9113775 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,5 +111,8 @@
     "extends": [
       "@commitlint/config-conventional"
     ]
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "yaml": "^1.10.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index efc0a51..908fb80 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import childProcess from 'child_process'
+import yaml from 'yaml'
 export interface IDockerComposeOptions {
   cwd?: string
   config?: string | string[]
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ export type DockerComposeVersionResult = {
   version: string
 }
 
+export type DockerComposeConfigResult = {
+  config: {
+    version: Record<string, string>
+    services: Record<string, string | Record<string, string>>
+    volumes: Record<string, string>
+  }
+}
+
 export interface IDockerComposeLogOptions extends IDockerComposeOptions {
   follow?: boolean
 }
@@ -292,10 +301,19 @@ export const pullOne = function (
   return execCompose('pull', [service], options)
 }
 
-export const config = function (
+export const config = async function (
   options?: IDockerComposeOptions
-): Promise<IDockerComposeResult> {
-  return execCompose('config', [], options)
+): Promise<TypedDockerComposeResult<DockerComposeConfigResult>> {
+  try {
+    const result = await execCompose('config', [], options)
+    const config = yaml.parse(result.out)
+    return {
+      ...result,
+      data: { config }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return Promise.reject(error)
+  }
 }
 
 export const configServices = function (
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 7d83e28..aa25ccb 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -514,9 +514,11 @@ test('config show data for docker-compose files', async (): Promise<void> => {
     config: 'docker-compose-42.yml'
   })
 
-  expect(std.err).toBeFalsy()
-  expect(std.out.includes('some-service')).toBeTruthy()
-  expect(std.out.includes('test/volume:/mountedvolume:rw')).toBeTruthy()
+  expect(std.data.config.version).toBe('3')
+  expect(std.data.config.services['some-service']['image']).toBe(
+    'nginx:1.19.9-alpine'
+  )
+  expect(std.data.config.volumes['db-data']).toEqual({})
 })
 
 test('config show data for docker-compose files (services)', async (): Promise<void> => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7a621ef..0cf06b5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8920,7 +8920,7 @@ yallist@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz#9bb92790d9c0effec63be73519e11a35019a3a72"
   integrity sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==
 
-yaml@^1.10.0:
+yaml@^1.10.0, yaml@^1.10.2:
   version "1.10.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yaml/-/yaml-1.10.2.tgz#2301c5ffbf12b467de8da2333a459e29e7920e4b"
   integrity sha512-r3vXyErRCYJ7wg28yvBY5VSoAF8ZvlcW9/BwUzEtUsjvX/DKs24dIkuwjtuprwJJHsbyUbLApepYTR1BN4uHrg==