diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/onos-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/onos-synchronizer.py
index 26b44df..77ee91c 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/onos-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/onos-synchronizer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/onos_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")