diff -r 54bacc7ed42b -r f4d879cbcee1 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/CLIStarter.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/CLIStarter.java	Sat May 16 20:25:16 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/CLIStarter.java	Sat May 16 21:42:52 2015 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.DatabaseDefinition;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.FormatterDefinition;
+import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.Loader;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.configuration.NameIdentified;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.Formatter;
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.FormatterContext;
@@ -43,8 +44,6 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
-import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
 
 /**
  * Entry point of the command line interface of SQL-DK.
@@ -64,7 +63,8 @@
 	public static final int EXIT_FORMATTING_ERROR = 7; // doc:formatting error
 	public static final int EXIT_BATCH_ERROR = 8; // doc:batch error
 	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(CLIStarter.class.getName());
-	private CLIOptions options;
+	private final CLIOptions options;
+	private final Loader configurationLoader = new Loader();
 	private Configuration configuration;
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 	@Override
 	public Configuration getConfiguration() throws ConfigurationException {
 		if (configuration == null) {
-			configuration = loadConfiguration();
+			configuration = configurationLoader.loadConfiguration();
 		}
 		return configuration;
 	}
@@ -206,16 +206,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Configuration loadConfiguration() throws ConfigurationException {
-		try {
-			JAXBContext jaxb = JAXBContext.newInstance(Configuration.class);
-			Unmarshaller u = jaxb.createUnmarshaller();
-			return (Configuration) u.unmarshal(Constants.CONFIG_FILE);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new ConfigurationException("Unable to load configuration from " + Constants.CONFIG_FILE, e);
-		}
-	}
-
 	private void generateBashCompletion() {
 		if (configuration == null) {
 			log.log(Level.FINER, "Not writing Bash completion helper files. In order to generate these files please run some command which requires configuration.");