diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vpgwc-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/vpgwc-synchronizer.py
index 95f4081..361ad7f 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/vpgwc-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vpgwc-synchronizer.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# This imports and runs ../../xos-observer.py
-# Runs the standard XOS observer
+# Runs the standard XOS synchronizer
 
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
-observer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
-    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/base")
-sys.path.append(observer_path)
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/vpgwc_config.yaml')
+Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+
+synchronizer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+sys.path.append(synchronizer_path)
 mod = importlib.import_module("xos-synchronizer")
-mod.main()
+mod.main()
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