diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vcpe-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/vcpe-synchronizer.py
index 26b44df..f2c7ce2 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/vcpe-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vcpe-synchronizer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/vsg_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")