diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 818e72e..b7b433e 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ include(JsProviderConfig)
 if(JS_PROVIDER)
     list(APPEND HEADER_FILES jsconsole.h)
     list(APPEND SRC_FILES jsconsole.cpp)
+    list(APPEND RES_FILES resources/js/js.qrc)
 endif()
 include(QtConfig)
 include(WindowsResources)
diff --git a/cli/application.cpp b/cli/application.cpp
index 9b397cc..205d0b9 100644
--- a/cli/application.cpp
+++ b/cli/application.cpp
@@ -799,6 +799,21 @@ QByteArray Application::editConfigViaScript() const
     JSConsole console;
     engine.globalObject().setProperty("console", engine.newQObject(&console));
 
+    // provide helper
+    QFile helperFile(":/js/helper.js");
+    helperFile.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
+    const auto helperScript(helperFile.readAll());
+    if (helperScript.isEmpty()) {
+        cerr << Phrases::Error << "Unable to load internal helper script." << Phrases::EndFlush;
+        return QByteArray();
+    }
+    const auto helperRes(engine.evaluate(QString::fromUtf8(helperScript)));
+    if (helperRes.isError()) {
+        cerr << Phrases::Error << "Unable to evaluate internal helper script." << Phrases::End;
+        printError(helperRes);
+        return QByteArray();
+    }
+
     // evaluate the user provided script
     const auto res(engine.evaluate(QString::fromUtf8(script), scriptFileName));
     if (res.isError()) {
diff --git a/cli/resources/js/helper.js b/cli/resources/js/helper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082eddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/resources/js/helper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+function findFolder(id) {
+    var folders = config.folders;
+    for (var i = 0, count = folders.length; i !== count; ++i) {
+        var folder = folders[i];
+        if (folder.id === id) {
+            return folder;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function findDevice(name) {
+    var devices = config.devices;
+    for (var i = 0, count = devices.length; i !== count; ++i) {
+        var device = devices[i];
+        if (device.name === name) {
+            return device;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function findDeviceById(id) {
+    var devices = config.devices;
+    for (var i = 0, count = devices.length; i !== count; ++i) {
+        var device = devices[i];
+        if (device.deviceID === name) {
+            return device;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function assignIfPresent(object, property, value) {
+    if (!object) {
+        return;
+    }
+    object[property] = value;
+}
diff --git a/cli/resources/js/js.qrc b/cli/resources/js/js.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e79019f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/resources/js/js.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/js">
+        <file>helper.js</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/cli/testfiles/example.js b/cli/testfiles/example.js
index 682e6e6..20677e0 100644
--- a/cli/testfiles/example.js
+++ b/cli/testfiles/example.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // example script for changing configuration with syncthingctl
 // can be executed like: syncthingctl edit --script example.js
 
+// the ECMAScript environment is either provided by Qt QML or Qt Script, see http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtqml-javascript-hostenvironment.html
+// additional helpers are defined in syncthingtray/cli/resources/js/helper.js
+
 // alter some options
 config.gui.useTLS = true;
 config.options.relaysEnabled = false;
@@ -25,3 +28,6 @@ for (var i = 0, count = devices.length; i !== count; ++i) {
         console.log("unpausing device " + (device.name ? device.name : device.deviceID));
     }
 }
+
+// pause folder "foo" if the folder exist
+assignIfPresent(findFolder("foo"), "paused", true);