diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d712148b..eb3f8939 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 _vimrc_local.vim
 .sass-cache
 
-# PHPstorm config
+# PHPstorm files
 /.idea/
+/.phpstorm.meta.php
 
 # Project files
 /config/config.php
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 45dce626..0769a6b6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         "php": ">=7.0.0",
         "erusev/parsedown": "1.6.*",
         "twbs/bootstrap": "^3.3",
-        "symfony/http-foundation": "^3.3"
+        "symfony/http-foundation": "^3.3",
+        "psr/container": "^1.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.3"
diff --git a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
index aed331d4..f3c161a6 100644
--- a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
+++ b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
 use Engelsystem\Config\Config;
+use Engelsystem\Container\Container;
 use Engelsystem\Database\Db;
 use Engelsystem\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
 use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
 use Engelsystem\Renderer\HtmlEngine;
 use Engelsystem\Renderer\Renderer;
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
 
 /**
@@ -14,11 +16,20 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/autoload.php';
 
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the container
+ */
+$container = Container::getInstance();
+$container->instance('container', $container);
+$container->instance(ContainerInterface::class, $container);
+
+
 /**
  * Load configuration
  */
 $config = new Config();
-Config::setInstance($config);
+$container->instance('config', $config);
 $config->set(require __DIR__ . '/../config/config.default.php');
 
 if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../config/config.php')) {
@@ -37,7 +48,8 @@ date_default_timezone_set($config->get('timezone'));
  * @var Request $request
  */
 $request = Request::createFromGlobals();
-$request::setInstance($request);
+$container->instance('request', $request);
+
 
 /**
  * Check for maintenance
@@ -52,14 +64,15 @@ if ($config->get('maintenance')) {
  * Initialize renderer
  */
 $renderer = new Renderer();
+$container->instance('renderer', $renderer);
 $renderer->addRenderer(new HtmlEngine());
-Renderer::setInstance($renderer);
 
 
 /**
  * Register error handler
  */
 $errorHandler = new ExceptionHandler();
+$container->instance('error.handler', $errorHandler);
 if (config('environment') == 'development') {
     $errorHandler->setEnvironment(ExceptionHandler::ENV_DEVELOPMENT);
     ini_set('display_errors', true);
@@ -171,6 +184,7 @@ foreach ($includeFiles as $file) {
  * Init application
  */
 $session = new Session();
+$container->instance('session', $session);
 $session->start();
 $request->setSession($session);
 
diff --git a/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php b/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
index 131941e9..efbe5db5 100644
--- a/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
+++ b/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
-
 /**
  * Return currently active locale
  *
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ function gettext_locale($locale = null)
  */
 function make_langselect()
 {
-    $request = Request::getInstance();
+    $request = app('request');
 
     $items = [];
     foreach (config('locales') as $locale => $name) {
diff --git a/includes/pages/user_atom.php b/includes/pages/user_atom.php
index 2991bdbf..c9d9398e 100644
--- a/includes/pages/user_atom.php
+++ b/includes/pages/user_atom.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
 use Engelsystem\Database\DB;
-use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
 
 /**
  * Publically available page to feed the news to feed readers
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ function user_atom()
  */
 function make_atom_entries_from_news($news_entries)
 {
-    $request = Request::getInstance();
+    $request = app('request');
     $html = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <title>Engelsystem</title>
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index b44e1491..c65dbdf8 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
-
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/engelsystem_provider.php');
 
 $free_pages = [
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ $page = '';
 $title = '';
 $content = '';
 
-/** @var Request $request */
 $page = $request->query->get('p');
 if (empty($page)) {
     $page = $request->path();
diff --git a/src/Config/Config.php b/src/Config/Config.php
index 02080de4..34c21a78 100644
--- a/src/Config/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config/Config.php
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Engelsystem\Config;
 
-use ErrorException;
-
 class Config
 {
-    /**
-     * @var self
-     */
-    protected static $instance;
-
     /**
      * The config values
      *
@@ -104,25 +97,4 @@ class Config
     {
         $this->remove($key);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return Config
-     * @throws ErrorException
-     */
-    public static function getInstance()
-    {
-        if (!self::$instance instanceof self) {
-            throw new ErrorException('Config not initialized');
-        }
-
-        return self::$instance;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param self $instance
-     */
-    public static function setInstance($instance)
-    {
-        self::$instance = $instance;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Container/Container.php b/src/Container/Container.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df2f92fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Container/Container.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Container;
+
+use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Psr\Container\NotFoundExceptionInterface;
+
+class Container implements ContainerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * The globally available container
+     *
+     * @var static
+     */
+    protected static $instance;
+
+    /**
+     * Contains the shared instances
+     *
+     * @var mixed[]
+     */
+    protected $instances = [];
+
+    /**
+     * Finds an entry of the container by its identifier and returns it
+     *
+     * @param string $id Identifier of the entry to look for
+     *
+     * @throws NotFoundExceptionInterface  No entry was found for **this** identifier
+     * @throws ContainerExceptionInterface Error while retrieving the entry
+     *
+     * @return mixed Entry
+     */
+    public function get($id)
+    {
+        if ($this->has($id)) {
+            return $this->resolve($id);
+        }
+
+        throw new NotFoundException(sprintf('The entry with the id "%s" could not be found'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register a shared entry in the container
+     *
+     * @param string $abstract Identifier of the entry to set
+     * @param mixed  $instance Entry
+     */
+    public function instance($abstract, $instance)
+    {
+        $this->instances[$abstract] = $instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the container can return an entry for the given identifier
+     * Returns false otherwise
+     *
+     * `has($id)` returning true does not mean that `get($id)` will not throw an exception
+     * It does however mean that `get($id)` will not throw a `NotFoundExceptionInterface`
+     *
+     * @param string $id Identifier of the entry to look for
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function has($id)
+    {
+        return isset($this->instances[$id]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the globally available instance of the container
+     *
+     * @return Container
+     */
+    public static function getInstance()
+    {
+        if (is_null(static::$instance)) {
+            static::$instance = new static;
+        }
+
+        return static::$instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the globally available instance of the container
+     *
+     * @param Container $container
+     */
+    public static function setInstance(Container $container)
+    {
+        static::$instance = $container;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolve the requested object
+     *
+     * @param string $abstract
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function resolve($abstract)
+    {
+        return $this->instances[$abstract];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Container/ContainerException.php b/src/Container/ContainerException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cdde506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Container/ContainerException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Container;
+
+use Exception;
+use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
+
+class ContainerException extends Exception implements ContainerExceptionInterface
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Container/NotFoundException.php b/src/Container/NotFoundException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a83be0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Container/NotFoundException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Container;
+
+use Psr\Container\NotFoundExceptionInterface;
+
+class NotFoundException extends ContainerException implements NotFoundExceptionInterface
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Http/Request.php b/src/Http/Request.php
index f0235d45..e7850c8b 100644
--- a/src/Http/Request.php
+++ b/src/Http/Request.php
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Engelsystem\Http;
 
-use ErrorException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request as SymfonyRequest;
 
 class Request extends SymfonyRequest
 {
-    /** @var self */
-    protected static $instance;
-
     /**
      * Get POST input
      *
@@ -68,25 +64,4 @@ class Request extends SymfonyRequest
     {
         return rtrim(preg_replace('/\?.*/', '', $this->getUri()), '/');
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return self
-     * @throws ErrorException
-     */
-    public static function getInstance()
-    {
-        if (!self::$instance instanceof self) {
-            throw new ErrorException('Request not initialized');
-        }
-
-        return self::$instance;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param self $instance
-     */
-    public static function setInstance($instance)
-    {
-        self::$instance = $instance;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Renderer/Renderer.php b/src/Renderer/Renderer.php
index bf3d5609..5ed7cf31 100644
--- a/src/Renderer/Renderer.php
+++ b/src/Renderer/Renderer.php
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Engelsystem\Renderer;
 
-use ErrorException;
-
 class Renderer
 {
-    /** @var self */
-    protected static $instance;
-
     /** @var EngineInterface[] */
     protected $renderer = [];
 
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ class Renderer
             return $renderer->get($template, $data);
         }
 
-        engelsystem_error('Unable to find a renderer for template file &laquo;' . $template . '&raquo;.');
+        engelsystem_error('Unable to find a renderer for template file "' . $template . '".');
         return '';
     }
 
@@ -42,21 +37,4 @@ class Renderer
     {
         $this->renderer[] = $renderer;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return self
-     * @throws ErrorException
-     */
-    public static function getInstance()
-    {
-        return self::$instance;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param self $instance
-     */
-    public static function setInstance($instance)
-    {
-        self::$instance = $instance;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Routing/UrlGenerator.php b/src/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
index 8dc464c6..33eef7b0 100644
--- a/src/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Engelsystem\Routing;
 
-use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
-
 class UrlGenerator
 {
     /**
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ class UrlGenerator
     public static function to($path, $parameters = [])
     {
         $path = '/' . ltrim($path, '/');
-        $request = Request::getInstance();
+        $request = app('request');
         $uri = $request->getUriForPath($path);
 
         if (!empty($parameters) && is_array($parameters)) {
diff --git a/src/helpers.php b/src/helpers.php
index 24f93f2c..733b902d 100644
--- a/src/helpers.php
+++ b/src/helpers.php
@@ -2,11 +2,27 @@
 // Some useful functions
 
 use Engelsystem\Config\Config;
+use Engelsystem\Container\Container;
 use Engelsystem\Http\Request;
 use Engelsystem\Renderer\Renderer;
 use Engelsystem\Routing\UrlGenerator;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\SessionInterface;
 
+/**
+ * Get the global container instance
+ *
+ * @param string $id
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+function app($id = null)
+{
+    if (is_null($id)) {
+        return Container::getInstance();
+    }
+
+    return Container::getInstance()->get($id);
+}
+
 /**
  * Get or set config values
  *
@@ -16,15 +32,18 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\SessionInterface;
  */
 function config($key = null, $default = null)
 {
+    $config = app('config');
+
     if (empty($key)) {
-        return Config::getInstance();
+        return $config;
     }
 
     if (is_array($key)) {
-        Config::getInstance()->set($key);
+        $config->set($key);
+        return true;
     }
 
-    return Config::getInstance()->get($key, $default);
+    return $config->get($key, $default);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +53,7 @@ function config($key = null, $default = null)
  */
 function request($key = null, $default = null)
 {
-    $request = Request::getInstance();
+    $request = app('request');
 
     if (is_null($key)) {
         return $request;
@@ -66,7 +85,7 @@ function session($key = null, $default = null)
  */
 function view($template = null, $data = null)
 {
-    $renderer = Renderer::getInstance();
+    $renderer = app('renderer');
 
     if (is_null($template)) {
         return $renderer;