diff --git a/src/driver/common/fortprov.c b/src/driver/common/fortprov.c
index 7623efcb..a726b285 100644
--- a/src/driver/common/fortprov.c
+++ b/src/driver/common/fortprov.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static void fort_prov_init_provider(void)
     boot_provider->flags = FWPM_PROVIDER_FLAG_PERSISTENT;
 }
 
-static void fort_prov_init_sublayer(void)
+static void fort_prov_init_sublayer(const FORT_PROV_INIT_CONF init_conf)
 {
     FWPM_SUBLAYER0 *sublayer = &g_provGlobal.sublayer;
     sublayer->flags = 0;
@@ -287,18 +287,19 @@ static void fort_prov_init_sublayer(void)
     sublayer->displayData.name = (PWCHAR) L"FortSublayer";
     sublayer->displayData.description = (PWCHAR) L"Fort Firewall Sublayer";
     sublayer->providerKey = (GUID *) &FORT_GUID_PROVIDER;
+    sublayer->weight = init_conf.sublayer_weight;
 
     FWPM_SUBLAYER0 *boot_sublayer = &g_provGlobal.boot_sublayer;
     *boot_sublayer = *sublayer;
     boot_sublayer->flags = FWPM_SUBLAYER_FLAG_PERSISTENT;
 }
 
-FORT_API void fort_prov_init()
+FORT_API void fort_prov_init(const FORT_PROV_INIT_CONF init_conf)
 {
     RtlZeroMemory(&g_provGlobal, sizeof(g_provGlobal));
 
     fort_prov_init_provider();
-    fort_prov_init_sublayer();
+    fort_prov_init_sublayer(init_conf);
 
     fort_prov_init_callouts();
 
diff --git a/src/driver/common/fortprov.h b/src/driver/common/fortprov.h
index 239bd2d0..827b3742 100644
--- a/src/driver/common/fortprov.h
+++ b/src/driver/common/fortprov.h
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
+#define FORT_SUBLAYER_MAX_WEIGHT 0xFFFF
+
+typedef struct fort_prov_init_conf
+{
+    UINT16 sublayer_weight;
+} FORT_PROV_INIT_CONF, *PFORT_PROV_INIT_CONF;
+
 typedef struct fort_prov_boot_conf
 {
     union {
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ typedef struct fort_prov_boot_conf
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-FORT_API void fort_prov_init(void);
+FORT_API void fort_prov_init(const FORT_PROV_INIT_CONF init_conf);
 
 FORT_API DWORD fort_prov_trans_open(HANDLE *engine);
 
diff --git a/src/driver/fortdev.c b/src/driver/fortdev.c
index 141054e3..47f3f563 100644
--- a/src/driver/fortdev.c
+++ b/src/driver/fortdev.c
@@ -407,7 +407,11 @@ static NTSTATUS fort_device_register_provider(void)
 {
     NTSTATUS status;
 
-    fort_prov_init();
+    const FORT_PROV_INIT_CONF init_conf = {
+        .sublayer_weight = (UINT16) fort_reg_value(L"sublayerWeight", FORT_SUBLAYER_MAX_WEIGHT),
+    };
+
+    fort_prov_init(init_conf);
 
     HANDLE engine;
     status = fort_prov_trans_open(&engine);
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ static NTSTATUS fort_device_register_provider(void)
 
     if (!fort_prov_get_boot_conf(engine, &boot_conf)) {
         // Default flags from Registry
-        boot_conf.boot_filter = fort_reg_flag(L"bootFilter");
+        boot_conf.boot_filter = fort_reg_value(L"bootFilter", 0);
     }
 
     fort_device_flag_set(&fort_device()->conf, FORT_DEVICE_BOOT_FILTER, boot_conf.boot_filter);
diff --git a/src/driver/fortdrv.c b/src/driver/fortdrv.c
index bec36c80..1378b5f5 100644
--- a/src/driver/fortdrv.c
+++ b/src/driver/fortdrv.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static NTSTATUS fort_driver_create_device(PDRIVER_OBJECT driver)
     UNICODE_STRING device_name;
     RtlInitUnicodeString(&device_name, FORT_NT_DEVICE_NAME);
 
-    const BOOL isDriverNonAdmin = fort_reg_flag(L"isDriverNonAdmin") != 0;
+    const BOOL isDriverNonAdmin = fort_reg_value(L"isDriverNonAdmin", 0) != 0;
     const PCUNICODE_STRING sddl = (isDriverNonAdmin ? &SDDL_DEVOBJ_SYS_ALL_ADM_RWX_WORLD_RWX_RES_RWX
                                                     : &SDDL_DEVOBJ_SYS_ALL_ADM_ALL);
 
diff --git a/src/driver/fortutl.c b/src/driver/fortutl.c
index d51c862a..bcbb9d1a 100644
--- a/src/driver/fortutl.c
+++ b/src/driver/fortutl.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ FORT_API NTSTATUS fort_driver_path(
     return status;
 }
 
-FORT_API DWORD fort_reg_flag(PCWSTR name)
+FORT_API DWORD fort_reg_value(PCWSTR name, DWORD defaultValue)
 {
     NTSTATUS status;
 
@@ -134,19 +134,19 @@ FORT_API DWORD fort_reg_flag(PCWSTR name)
     InitializeObjectAttributes(
             &objectAttr, &regPath, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_KERNEL_HANDLE, NULL, NULL);
 
-    DWORD flagValue = 0;
+    DWORD value = 0;
 
     status = ZwOpenKey(&regKey, KEY_READ, &objectAttr);
     if (NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
         UNICODE_STRING valueName;
         RtlInitUnicodeString(&valueName, name);
 
-        status = fort_reg_value_dword(regKey, &valueName, &flagValue);
+        status = fort_reg_value_dword(regKey, &valueName, &value);
 
         ZwClose(regKey);
     }
 
-    return NT_SUCCESS(status) ? flagValue : 0;
+    return NT_SUCCESS(status) ? value : defaultValue;
 }
 
 static void fort_system_drive_init(PCUNICODE_STRING path)
diff --git a/src/driver/fortutl.h b/src/driver/fortutl.h
index 490496e7..855e52e5 100644
--- a/src/driver/fortutl.h
+++ b/src/driver/fortutl.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ extern "C" {
 FORT_API NTSTATUS fort_driver_path(
         PDRIVER_OBJECT driver, PUNICODE_STRING regPath, PUNICODE_STRING outPath);
 
-FORT_API DWORD fort_reg_flag(PCWSTR name);
+FORT_API DWORD fort_reg_value(PCWSTR name, DWORD defaultValue);
 
 FORT_API void fort_path_prefix_adjust(PUNICODE_STRING path);