diff --git a/python/obi.py b/python/obi.py
index 355527a..9c05a1c 100644
--- a/python/obi.py
+++ b/python/obi.py
@@ -16,30 +16,21 @@ It defines classes_and_methods
 @deffield    updated: Updated
 '''
 
-import sys
-import pkgutil
-import argparse
-import logging
-import json
 
-default_config = {
+default_config = { 'software'       : "The OBITools",
+                   'log'            : False,
+                   'loglevel'       : 'INFO',
+                   'progress'       : True
+                  }
 
-    'obi' :        { 'log'            : True,
-                     'loglevel'       : 'INFO',
-                     'version'        : False,
-                     'progress'       : True
-                   }
-                 
-}
+root_config_name='obi'
 
-
-
-from obitools3 import command
+from obitools3.apps.config import getConfiguration     # @UnresolvedImport
 from obitools3.version import version
 
-__all__ = []
+__all__     = []
 __version__ = version
-__date__ = '2014-09-28'
+__date__    = '2014-09-28'
 __updated__ = '2014-09-28'
 
 DEBUG = 1
@@ -47,182 +38,12 @@ TESTRUN = 0
 PROFILE = 0
 
 
-
-def loadCommand(name,loader):
-    '''
-    Load a command module from its name and an ImpLoader
-    
-    This function is for internal use
-    
-    @param name:   name of the module
-    @type name: str 
-    @param loader: the module loader
-    @type loader: ImpLoader
-    
-    @return the loaded module
-    @rtype: module 
-    '''
-    
-    module = loader.find_module(name).load_module(name)
-    return module
-
-def getCommandsList():
-    '''
-    Returns the list of sub-commands available to the main `obi` command
-    
-    @return: a dict instance with key corresponding to each command and
-             value corresponding to the module
-             
-    @rtype: dict
-    '''
-    cmds = dict((x[1],loadCommand(x[1],x[0])) 
-                for x in pkgutil.iter_modules(command.__path__) 
-                if not x[2])
-    return cmds
-
-def getLogger(config):
-    '''
-    Returns the logger as defined by the command line option
-    or by the config file
-    :param config:
-    '''
- 
-    output = config['obi']['outputfilename'] 
-    level  = config['obi']['loglevel'] 
-    logfile= config['obi']['log'] 
-    
-    rootlogger   = logging.getLogger()
-    logFormatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s [%(levelname)-5.5s]  %(message)s")
-
-    stderrHandler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
-    stderrHandler.setFormatter(logFormatter)
-
-    rootlogger.addHandler(stderrHandler)
-    
-    if logfile:
-        fileHandler = logging.FileHandler("%s.log" % output)
-        fileHandler.setFormatter(logFormatter)
-        rootlogger.addHandler(fileHandler)
-    
-    try:
-        loglevel = getattr(logging, level) 
-    except:
-        loglevel = logging.INFO
-        
-    rootlogger.setLevel(loglevel)
-    
-    config['obi']['logger']=rootlogger
-    
-    return rootlogger
-
-
-class ObiParser(argparse.ArgumentParser): 
-    def error(self, message):
-        sys.stderr.write('error: %s\n' % message)
-        self.print_help()
-        sys.exit(2)
-
-def buildArgumentParser():
-    parser = ObiParser()
-    
-    parser.add_argument('--version',   dest='obi:version', 
-                                       action='store_true', 
-                                       default=False, 
-                        help='Print the version of the OBITools')
-
-    parser.add_argument('--no-log',    dest='obi:log', 
-                                       action='store_false', 
-                                       default=None, 
-                        help='Do not create a logfile for the data analyze')
-
-    parser.add_argument('--no-progress', dest='obi:progress', 
-                                       action='store_false', 
-                                       default=None, 
-                        help='Do not print the progress bar during analyzes')
-
-    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands',
-                                       description='valid subcommands',
-                                       help='additional help')
-    
-    commands = getCommandsList()
-    
-    for c in commands:
-        module = commands[c]
-        
-        if hasattr(module, "run"):
-            if hasattr(module, "__title__"):
-                sub = subparsers.add_parser(c,help=module.__title__)
-            else:
-                sub = subparsers.add_parser(c)
-    
-            if hasattr(module, "addOptions"):
-                module.addOptions(sub)
-            
-            sub.set_defaults(**{'obi:module' : module})
-                        
-    return parser
-
-def buildDefaultConfiguration():
-    global default_config
-    
-    commands = getCommandsList()
-    
-    for c in commands:
-        module = commands[c]
-    
-        assert hasattr(module, "run")
-        
-        if hasattr(module, 'default_config'):
-            default_config[c]=module.default_config
-        else:
-            default_config[c]={}
-                        
-    return default_config
-        
-
-def getConfiguration():
-    global default_config
-
-    if '__done__' in default_config:
-        return default_config
-    
-    parser = buildArgumentParser()
-    options = vars(parser.parse_args())
-    
-    config =  buildDefaultConfiguration()
-    
-    
-    for k in options:
-        section,key = k.split(':')
-        s = config[section]
-        if options[k] is not None:
-            s[key]=options[k]
-            
-    if config['obi']['version']:
-        print("The OBITools - Version %s" % __version__)
-        sys.exit(0)
-
-    if not 'module' in config['obi']:
-        print('\nError: No obi command specified',file=sys.stderr)
-        parser.print_help()
-        sys.exit(2)
-        
-            
-    if config['obi']['outputfilename'] is None:
-        config['obi']['outputfilename']=config['obi']['indexfilename']
-        
-    getLogger(config)
-    
-    config['__done__']=True
-            
-    return config
-    
-
 if __name__ =="__main__":
     
-    config = getConfiguration()    
+    config = getConfiguration(root_config_name,
+                              default_config)    
                 
-    config['obi']['module'].run(config)
+    config[root_config_name]['module'].run(config)
     
     
     
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