diff --git a/cmd/kpod/common.go b/cmd/kpod/common.go
index 2a7d92ea..1c1503e2 100644
--- a/cmd/kpod/common.go
+++ b/cmd/kpod/common.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/storage"
 	"github.com/fatih/camelcase"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libkpod"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libpod"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/server"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -32,6 +34,22 @@ func getStore(c *libkpod.Config) (storage.Store, error) {
 	return store, nil
 }
 
+func getRuntime(c *cli.Context) (*libpod.Runtime, error) {
+
+	config, err := getConfig(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get config")
+	}
+
+	options := storage.DefaultStoreOptions
+	options.GraphRoot = config.Root
+	options.RunRoot = config.RunRoot
+	options.GraphDriverName = config.Storage
+	options.GraphDriverOptions = config.StorageOptions
+
+	return libpod.NewRuntime(libpod.WithStorageConfig(options))
+}
+
 func shutdownStores() {
 	for store := range stores {
 		if _, err := store.Shutdown(false); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kpod/pull.go b/cmd/kpod/pull.go
index 6beb8a84..69f31def 100644
--- a/cmd/kpod/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/kpod/pull.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libkpod/common"
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libpod/images"
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -45,21 +45,11 @@ func pullCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	image := args[0]
 
-	config, err := getConfig(c)
+	runtime, err := getRuntime(c)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get config")
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not create runtime")
 	}
-	store, err := getStore(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	allTags := c.Bool("all-tags")
-
-	systemContext := common.GetSystemContext("")
-
-	err = images.PullImage(store, image, allTags, false, systemContext)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.PullImage(image, c.Bool("all-tags"), os.Stdout); err != nil {
 		return errors.Errorf("error pulling image from %q: %v", image, err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/kpod/push.go b/cmd/kpod/push.go
index e559d5e2..be9d3a1e 100644
--- a/cmd/kpod/push.go
+++ b/cmd/kpod/push.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libkpod/common"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libpod/common"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libpod/images"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func pushCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	options := libkpodimage.CopyOptions{
+	options := images.CopyOptions{
 		Compression:         archive.Uncompressed,
 		SignaturePolicyPath: signaturePolicy,
 		Store:               store,
diff --git a/libpod/image.go b/libpod/image.go
index ea9de972..cbc52d49 100644
--- a/libpod/image.go
+++ b/libpod/image.go
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ type CopyOptions struct {
 	// layer blobs.  The default is to not use compression, but
 	// archive.Gzip is recommended.
 	Compression archive.Compression
-	// ReportWriter is an io.Writer which will be used to log the writing
-	// of the new image.
-	ReportWriter io.Writer
-	// Store is the local storage store which holds the source image.
-	Store storage.Store
 	// DockerRegistryOptions encapsulates settings that affect how we
 	// connect or authenticate to a remote registry to which we want to
 	// push the image.
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ type ImageFilter func(*storage.Image) bool
 // pulled. If allTags is true, all tags for the requested image will be pulled.
 // Signature validation will be performed if the Runtime has been appropriately
 // configured
-func (r *Runtime) PullImage(imgName string, allTags bool) error {
+func (r *Runtime) PullImage(imgName string, allTags bool, reportWriter io.Writer) error {
 	// PullImage copies the image from the source to the destination
 	var (
 		images []string
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) PullImage(imgName string, allTags bool) error {
 	}
 	defer policyContext.Destroy()
 
-	copyOptions := common.GetCopyOptions(r.output, "", nil, nil, common.SigningOptions{})
+	copyOptions := common.GetCopyOptions(reportWriter, "", nil, nil, common.SigningOptions{})
 
 	for _, image := range images {
 		destRef, err := is.Transport.ParseStoreReference(r.store, image)
@@ -138,7 +133,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) PullImage(imgName string, allTags bool) error {
 }
 
 // PushImage pushes the given image to a location described by the given path
-func (r *Runtime) PushImage(source string, destination string, options CopyOptions) error {
+func (r *Runtime) PushImage(source string, destination string, options CopyOptions, reportWriter io.Writer) error {
 	// PushImage pushes the src image to the destination
 	//func PushImage(source, destination string, options CopyOptions) error {
 	if source == "" || destination == "" {
@@ -151,9 +146,9 @@ func (r *Runtime) PushImage(source string, destination string, options CopyOptio
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting destination imageReference for %q", destination)
 	}
 
-	policyContext, err := common.GetPolicyContext(options.SignaturePolicyPath)
+	policyContext, err := common.GetPolicyContext(r.GetConfig().SignaturePolicyPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Could not get default policy context for signature policy path %q", options.SignaturePolicyPath)
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Could not get default policy context for signature policy path %q", r.GetConfig().SignaturePolicyPath)
 	}
 	defer policyContext.Destroy()
 	// Look up the image name and its layer, then build the imagePushData from
@@ -176,7 +171,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) PushImage(source string, destination string, options CopyOptio
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying layers and metadata")
 	}
 
-	copyOptions := common.GetCopyOptions(options.ReportWriter, options.SignaturePolicyPath, nil, &options.DockerRegistryOptions, options.SigningOptions)
+	copyOptions := common.GetCopyOptions(reportWriter, r.GetConfig().SignaturePolicyPath, nil, &options.DockerRegistryOptions, options.SigningOptions)
 
 	// Copy the image to the remote destination
 	err = cp.Image(policyContext, dest, src, copyOptions)
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 1eebb7ee..05abda40 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package libpod
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ type Runtime struct {
 	seccompEnabled  bool
 	valid           bool
 	lock            sync.RWMutex
-	output          io.Writer
 }
 
 // RuntimeConfig contains configuration options used to set up the runtime