diff --git a/src/f3dasm/_src/hydra_utils.py b/src/f3dasm/_src/hydra_utils.py
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+"""
+This module defines utility functions for the Hydra configuration system.
+"""
+#                                                                       Modules
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Standard
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+# Third-party
+from omegaconf import OmegaConf
+
+# Local
+from .experimentdata.experimentsample import ExperimentSample
+
+#                                                          Authorship & Credits
+# =============================================================================
+__author__ = 'Martin van der Schelling (M.P.vanderSchelling@tudelft.nl)'
+__credits__ = ['Martin van der Schelling']
+__status__ = 'Alpha'
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+def update_config_with_experiment_sample(
+        config: OmegaConf, experiment_sample: ExperimentSample) -> OmegaConf:
+    """
+    Update the config with the values from the experiment sample
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    config : OmegaConf
+        The configuration to update
+    experiment_sample : ExperimentSample
+        The experiment sample to update the configuration with
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    OmegaConf
+        The updated configuration
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    The function will update the configuration with the values from the
+    experiment sample. The function will only update the configuration with
+    values that are present in the experiment sample. If the experiment sample
+    contains values that are not present in the configuration, they will be
+    ignored. Keys can be nested using dots, e.g. 'a.b' will update the value
+    of 'c' in the configuration key 'b'.
+
+    The function will return a new configuration object with the
+    updated values. The original configuration object will not be modified.
+    """
+    cfg = deepcopy(config)
+    for key, value in experiment_sample.to_dict().items():
+        try:
+            OmegaConf.update(cfg, key, value)
+        except AttributeError:
+            continue
+
+    return cfg
diff --git a/src/f3dasm/hydra.py b/src/f3dasm/hydra.py
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+"""
+Module for hydra utilities
+"""
+#                                                                       Modules
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Local
+from ._src.hydra_utils import update_config_with_experiment_sample
+
+#                                                          Authorship & Credits
+# =============================================================================
+__author__ = 'Martin van der Schelling (M.P.vanderSchelling@tudelft.nl)'
+__credits__ = ['Martin van der Schelling']
+__status__ = 'Stable'
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# =============================================================================
+
+__all__ = [
+    'update_config_with_experiment_sample',
+]