diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 577ff3afa..e560a660b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 - dynamicdns: Allowed Plinth to run as non-root.
+- transmission: Read configuration as super user.
 
 ## [0.10.0] - 2016-08-12
 ### Added
diff --git a/actions/transmission b/actions/transmission
index a21f0e14e..85f1751d1 100755
--- a/actions/transmission
+++ b/actions/transmission
@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@ def parse_arguments():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest='subcommand', help='Sub command')
 
-    # Enable service
     subparsers.add_parser('enable', help='Enable Transmission service')
-
-    # Disable service
     subparsers.add_parser('disable', help='Disable Transmission service')
-
-    # Merge given JSON configration with existing
+    subparsers.add_parser(
+        'get-configuration', help='Return the current configuration')
     subparsers.add_parser(
         'merge-configuration',
         help='Merge JSON configuration from stdin with existing')
@@ -63,6 +60,12 @@ def subcommand_disable(_):
     action_utils.service_disable('transmission-daemon')
 
 
+def subcommand_get_configuration(_):
+    """Return the current configuration in JSON format."""
+    configuration = open(TRANSMISSION_CONFIG, 'r').read()
+    print(configuration)
+
+
 def subcommand_merge_configuration(arguments):
     """Merge given JSON configuration with existing configuration."""
     configuration = sys.stdin.read()
diff --git a/plinth/modules/transmission/__init__.py b/plinth/modules/transmission/__init__.py
index 6af0e7b19..3a5a02a0c 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/transmission/__init__.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/transmission/__init__.py
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ description = [
 
 service = None
 
-TRANSMISSION_CONFIG = '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json'
-
 
 def init():
     """Intialize the Transmission module."""
diff --git a/plinth/modules/transmission/views.py b/plinth/modules/transmission/views.py
index 781c87e97..54e3d6d5e 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/transmission/views.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/transmission/views.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class TransmissionServiceView(views.ServiceView):
 
     def get_initial(self):
         """Get the current settings from Transmission server."""
-        configuration = open(transmission.TRANSMISSION_CONFIG, 'r').read()
+        configuration = actions.superuser_run(
+            'transmission', ['get-configuration'])
         status = json.loads(configuration)
         status = {key.translate(str.maketrans({'-': '_'})): value
                   for key, value in status.items()}