diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/run-from-api.sh b/xos/synchronizer/run-from-api.sh
index 6196692..0ffdc57 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/run-from-api.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/run-from-api.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
-python vmme-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vmme/vmme_from_api_config
+
+python vmme-synchronizer.py
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diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py
index 7f94bc7..f27df81 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py
@@ -14,14 +14,18 @@
 
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# Runs the standard XOS observer
+# This imports and runs ../../xos-observer.py
 
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
 
-observer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
-    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+from xosconfig import Config
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/vmme_config.yaml')
+
+Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+observer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+
 sys.path.append(observer_path)
 mod = importlib.import_module("xos-synchronizer")
 mod.main()
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vmme_config.yaml b/xos/synchronizer/vmme_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f9275f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vmme_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+name: vmme-synchronizer
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "@/opt/xos/services/vmme/credentials/xosadmin@opencord.org"
+dependency_graph: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vmme/model-deps"
+steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vmme/steps"
+sys_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vmme/sys"
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