diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/manifest b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
index 4b29ef0..695349e 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/manifest
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 run.sh
+openstack_synchronizer_config
 templates/stop-container.sh.j2
 templates/container.service.j2
 templates/container.conf.j2
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/openstack_synchronizer_config b/xos/synchronizer/openstack_synchronizer_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1a9ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/openstack_synchronizer_config
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[db]
+name=xos
+user=postgres
+password=password
+host=localhost
+port=5432
+
+[api]
+nova_enabled=True
+
+[nova]
+ca_ssl_cert=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+[observer]
+name=openstack
+dependency_graph=/opt/xos/model-deps
+steps_dir=/opt/xos/synchronizers/openstack/steps
+sys_dir=/opt/xos/synchronizers/openstack/sys
+logfile=/var/log/xos_backend.log
+save_ansible_output=True
+backoff_disabled=False
+pretend=False
+images_directory=/opt/xos/images
+
+[feefie]
+client_id='vicci_dev_central'
+user_id='pl'
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/run.sh b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
index 9e4747e..373d2b8 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-python /opt/xos/synchronizers/openstack/xos-synchronizer.py
+
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/openstack/xos-synchronizer.py -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/openstack/openstack_synchronizer_config