diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
index 95424c1ab..b309d8391 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ public class ConfigModel implements NBConfigModel {
     public static ConfigModel of(Class<?> ofType, Param<?>... params) {
         return new ConfigModel(ofType, params);
     }
+    public static ConfigModel of(Class<?> ofType) {
+        return new ConfigModel(ofType);
+    }
 
     public <T> ConfigModel add(Param<T> param) {
         this.params.add(param);