diff --git a/cdr-exporter.conf b/cdr-exporter.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb684f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdr-exporter.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+DBHOST=127.0.0.1
+DBUSER=exporter
+DBPASS=1exportTheCDRs!
+DBDB=accounting
+
+CDRDIR=/home/cdr
+
+PREFIX=sipwise
+VERSION=001
+
diff --git a/cdr-exporter.pl b/cdr-exporter.pl
index db75b53..c94dfc7 100755
--- a/cdr-exporter.pl
+++ b/cdr-exporter.pl
@@ -7,43 +7,37 @@ use DBI;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Digest::MD5;
 
-my %CONF;
-
-{
-	my $res = GetOptions(
-				"help"		=> \$CONF{help},
-				"h=s"		=> \$CONF{host},
-				"P=i"		=> \$CONF{port},
-				"u=s"		=> \$CONF{user},
-				"p=s"		=> \$CONF{pass},
-				"d=s"		=> \$CONF{db},
-				"t=s"		=> \$CONF{target},
-				"f=s"		=> \$CONF{prefix},
-				"v=s"		=> \$CONF{version},
-	);
-
-	if (!$res || $CONF{help}) {
-		print("Usage:   $0 { --help | [-h HOSTNAME] [-P PORT] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD]\n");
-		print("             -d DATABASE -t TARGETPATH -f PREFIX -v VERSION }\n");
-		print("Example: $0 -d accounting -t /tmp/acc.$$ -f sipwise -v 001\n");
-		exit($res ? 0 : 1);
-	}
-
-	for my $k (qw(db target prefix version)) {
-		if (!defined($CONF{$k})) {
-			print("Missing argument \"$k\", see $0 --help\n");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
+our $DBHOST;
+our $DBUSER;
+our $DBPASS;
+our $DBDB;
+our $CDRDIR;
+our $PREFIX;
+our $VERSION;
+
+
+my $config_file = "/etc/cdr-exporter.conf";
+open CONFIG, "$config_file" or die "Program stopping, couldn't open the configuration file '$config_file'.\n";
+
+while (<CONFIG>) {
+    chomp;                  # no newline
+    s/#.*//;                # no comments
+    s/^\s+//;               # no leading white
+    s/\s+$//;               # no trailing white
+    next unless length;     # anything left?
+    my ($var, $value) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
+        no strict 'refs';
+        $$var = $value;
 }
+close CONFIG;
+
 
--d $CONF{target} or die("Target directory $CONF{target} doesn't exist, stop");
 
-$0 = "$0";	# hide command line with password
 
-my $DBH = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$CONF{db}" . ($CONF{host} ? ";host=$CONF{host}" : ""), $CONF{user} || $ENV{USER} || undef, $CONF{pass}) or die("DB connect failed, stop");
+my $DBH = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$DBDB;host=$DBHOST", $DBUSER, $DBPASS);
 
-print("+++ Start run with DB " . ($CONF{user} || "(undef)") . "\@$CONF{db} to $CONF{prefix}\n");
+$DBH or return 0;
+print("+++ Start run with DB " . ($DBUSER || "(undef)") . "\@$DBDB to $PREFIX\n");
 
 my $COLLID = "exporter";
 my %MARKS;	# last id etc
@@ -111,8 +105,8 @@ my @NOW = localtime($NOW);
 		unshift(@F, sprintf('%04i', $num));
 
 		$MARKS{lastseq}++;
-		my $fn = sprintf('%s/%s_%s_%s_%010i.cdr', $CONF{target}, $CONF{prefix}, $CONF{version}, $ts, $MARKS{lastseq});
-		my $tfn = sprintf('%s/%s_%s_%s_%010i.cdr.'.$$, $CONF{target}, $CONF{prefix}, $CONF{version}, $ts, $MARKS{lastseq});
+		my $fn = sprintf('%s/%s_%s_%s_%010i.cdr', $CDRDIR, $PREFIX, $VERSION, $ts, $MARKS{lastseq});
+		my $tfn = sprintf('%s/%s_%s_%s_%010i.cdr.'.$$, $CDRDIR, $PREFIX, $VERSION, $ts, $MARKS{lastseq});
 		my $fd;
 		open($fd, ">", $tfn) or die("failed to open tmp-file $tfn ($!), stop");
 		my $ctx = Digest::MD5->new;
diff --git a/debian/cdr-exporter.default b/debian/cdr-exporter.default
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ed7ea8..0000000
--- a/debian/cdr-exporter.default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-DBHOST="127.0.0.1"
-DBPORT="3306"
-DBUSER="exporter"
-DBPASS="1exportTheCDRs!"
-DBDB="accounting"
-
-CDRDIR="/tmp/cdr"
-
-PREFIX="sipwise"
-VERSION="001"
-
diff --git a/debian/cdr-exporter.init b/debian/cdr-exporter.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 015048a..0000000
--- a/debian/cdr-exporter.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-case $(dirname $0) in
-        /*) FULLPATH=$(dirname $0);;
-        *)  FULLPATH=$(pwd)/$(dirname $0);;
-esac
-
-DAEMON=/usr/sbin/cdr-exporter
-DEFAULTS=/etc/default/cdr-exporter
-
-test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
-
-# Load startup options if available
-if [ -f $DEFAULTS ]; then
-   . $DEFAULTS || true
-   fi
-
-
-$DAEMON -h $DBHOST -P $DBPORT -u $DBUSER -p $DBPASS -d $DBDB \
-	-t $CDRDIR -f $PREFIX -v $VERSION
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 68f95a0..bd2effb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+sipwise-cdr-exporter (0.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Read the configuration from the script itself
+  * Remove init script and etc/default file
+
+ -- Jon Bonilla <jbonilla@sipwise.com>  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:03:01 +0200
+
 sipwise-cdr-exporter (0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial release.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1463895..74ca737 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ install: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k
-	dh_installdirs usr/sbin etc/cron.d
+	dh_installdirs usr/sbin etc/cron.d etc
 
 	install -m 755 cdr-exporter.pl   debian/sipwise-cdr-exporter/usr/sbin/cdr-exporter
 	install -m 755 cdr-md5.sh        debian/sipwise-cdr-exporter/usr/sbin/cdr-md5
 	install -m 644 cdr-exporter.cron debian/sipwise-cdr-exporter/etc/cron.d/cdr-exporter
+	install -m 644 cdr-exporter.conf debian/sipwise-cdr-exporter/etc/cdr-exporter.conf
 
 # Build architecture-dependent files here.
 binary-arch: build install
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ binary-indep: build install
 	dh_installdocs
 	dh_installexamples
 	#dh_installman docs/rate-o-mat.8
-	dh_installinit --name=cdr-exporter
+#	dh_installinit --name=cdr-exporter
 	dh_link
 	dh_strip
 	dh_compress