diff --git a/bin/gva b/bin/gva
index cf082ce..4856b53 100755
--- a/bin/gva
+++ b/bin/gva
@@ -21,20 +21,8 @@
 #
 # Version: $Id$
 
-from paste.deploy import appconfig
 from sys import argv
-from os import getcwd
-from os.path import isfile
-from logging.config import fileConfig
+from gnuviechadmin.config import config
 from gnuviechadmin.cli import CommandLineInterface
 
-if len(argv) > 1 and isfile(argv[1]):
-    configfile = argv[1]
-    del argv[1]
-else:
-    configfile = 'development.ini'
-
-config = appconfig('config:%s' % configfile, relative_to=getcwd())
-fileConfig(configfile, config)
-
 CommandLineInterface(config, argv).run()
diff --git a/data/dbrepo/versions/002.py b/data/dbrepo/versions/002.py
index dfcb66f..2988d38 100644
--- a/data/dbrepo/versions/002.py
+++ b/data/dbrepo/versions/002.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from sqlalchemy import *
 from migrate import *
-from gnuviechadmin.backend.settings import dbschema
+from gnuviechadmin.config import config
+
+dbschema = None
+if 'database.schema' in config:
+    dbschema = config['database.schema']
 
 meta = MetaData(migrate_engine)
 client = Table(
diff --git a/data/dbrepo/versions/003.py b/data/dbrepo/versions/003.py
index 15f50c7..cff60c6 100644
--- a/data/dbrepo/versions/003.py
+++ b/data/dbrepo/versions/003.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from sqlalchemy import *
 from migrate import *
-from gnuviechadmin.backend.settings import dbschema
+from gnuviechadmin.config import config
+
+dbschema = None
+if 'database.schema' in config:
+    dbschema = config['database.schema']
 
 meta = MetaData(migrate_engine)
 domain = Table('domain', meta, schema = dbschema, autoload = True)
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index acf0a59..0ea3c6e 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: gnuviechadmin
-Version: 0.1.dev-20090730
+Version: 0.1.dev-20090802
 Summary: gnuviechadmin server administration suite
 Home-page: http://www.gnuviech-server.de/projects/gnuviechadmin
 Author: Jan Dittberner
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
index 7070188..702761d 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/gnuviechadmin.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ setup.py
 bin/gva
 bin/gvaserver
 gnuviechadmin/__init__.py
+gnuviechadmin/config.py
 gnuviechadmin/exceptions.py
 gnuviechadmin.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 gnuviechadmin.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/config.py b/gnuviechadmin/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8738dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- python -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009 by Jan Dittberner.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+#
+# Version: $Id$
+
+from sys import argv
+from os import getcwd
+from os.path import isfile
+from paste.deploy import appconfig
+from logging.config import fileConfig
+
+if len(argv) > 1 and isfile(argv[1]):
+    configfile = argv[1]
+    del argv[1]
+else:
+    configfile = 'development.ini'
+
+config = appconfig('config:%s' % configfile, relative_to=getcwd())
+fileConfig(configfile, config)