diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
index f5cd761..2068c13 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     },
     'accessor': {
         'endpoint': 'xos-core.cord.lab:50051',
+        'kind': 'grpcapi',
     },
     'keep_temp_files': False,
     'enable_watchers': False,
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@
     'node_key': '/opt/cord_profile/node_key',
     'config_dir': '/etc/xos/sync',
     'backoff_disabled': True
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
index 640d61c..f41c7b2 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
       password:
         type: str
         required: True
+      kind:
+        type: str
+        required: False
   required_models:
     type: seq
     sequence:
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/model_policies/test_config.yaml b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/model_policies/test_config.yaml
index c05965e..c8e1b4b 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/model_policies/test_config.yaml
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/model_policies/test_config.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 accessor:
   username: xosadmin@opencord.org
   password: "sample"
+  kind: testframework
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
index 8c6fbe7..89ee257 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/modelaccessor.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
 orig_sigint = None
+model_accessor = None
 
 
 class ModelAccessor(object):
@@ -178,8 +179,7 @@
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, orig_sigint)
 
 
-def config_accessor():
-    global model_accessor
+def config_accessor_grpcapi():
     global orig_sigint
 
     grpcapi_endpoint = Config.get("accessor.endpoint")
@@ -212,5 +212,14 @@
 
     reactor.run()
 
+def config_accessor():
+    accessor_kind = Config.get("accessor.kind")
+
+    if accessor_kind == "testframework":
+        pass
+    elif accessor_kind == "grpcapi":
+        config_accessor_grpcapi()
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Unknown accessor kind %s" % accessor_kind)
 
 config_accessor()