diff --git a/webservice/DataSID.java b/webservice/DataSID.java
index c2ccc5be55b7bc313a6985705784ca4ffd14fc1c..86bdd95abf3d59796af376f0b8205a42afdd308f 100644
--- a/webservice/DataSID.java
+++ b/webservice/DataSID.java
@@ -44,30 +44,52 @@ import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
 public class DataSID {
-
+    // enum does not work as expected inside an axis web service
+    // using simple constants instead
     private static final int LINUX = 0;
     private static final int WINDOWS = 1;
 
-    private static final String SA_INVENTORY = "telecenter_inventory";
-    private static final String SA_NET_USAGE = "net_usage";
-    private static final String SA_USER_HISTORY = "telecenter_user";
-
-    private static final File XML_INVENTORY_SCHEMA = new File("/home/datasid/conf/collected-data.xsd");
-    private static final File XML_NET_USAGE_SCHEMA = new File("/home/datasid/conf/net-collected-data.xsd");
-
-    private static final String AGENT_VERSION = "1.0.1";
-    private static final String AGENT_UPDATE_LINK = "http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.1-update.run";
-
-    private static final String WINDOWS_AGENT_VERSION = "1.0.0";
-    private static final String WINDOWS_UPDATE_LINK = "http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.0-update.exe";
-
-    // enum does not work as expected inside an axis web service
-    // using simple constants instead
     private static final int ERROR = 0;
     private static final int WARNING = 1;
     private static final int INFO = 2;
     private static final int DEBUG = 3;
 
+    private Properties prop;
+
+    private File xml_inventory_schema;
+    private File xml_net_usage_schema;
+
+    private String linux_agent_version;
+    private String linux_agent_update_link;
+
+    private String windows_agent_version;
+    private String windows_agent_update_link;
+
+    public DataSID() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            this.prop = new Properties();
+            this.prop.load(new FileInputStream("../conf/webservice.properties"));
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to load webservice.properties.");
+            throw e;
+        }
+
+        this.xml_inventory_schema = new File(this.prop.getProperty("xml_inventory_schema",
+            "../conf/collected-data.xsd"));
+        this.xml_net_usage_schema = new File(this.prop.getProperty("xml_net_usage_schema",
+            "../conf/net-collected-data.xsd"));
+
+        this.linux_agent_version = this.prop.getProperty("linux_agent_version", "1.0.0");
+        this.linux_agent_update_link = this.prop.getProperty("linux_agent_update_link",
+                    "http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.0-update.run");
+
+        this.windows_agent_version = this.prop.getProperty("windows_agent_version", "1.0.0");
+        this.windows_agent_update_link = this.prop.getProperty("windows_agent_update_link",
+                    "http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.0-update.exe");
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Returns the name of the log level
      *
@@ -135,12 +157,12 @@ public class DataSID {
      * @param       OS          Integer of OS Type
      * @return                  String
      */
-    public static String getAgentVersion(int OS) {
+    public String getAgentVersion(int OS) {
         switch(OS){
             case LINUX:
-                return AGENT_VERSION;
+                return this.linux_agent_version;
             case WINDOWS:
-                return WINDOWS_AGENT_VERSION;
+                return this.windows_agent_version;
             default:
                 return "ERROR: invalid OS";
         }
@@ -155,13 +177,13 @@ public class DataSID {
      * @param       OS          Integer of OS Type
      * @return                  String
      */
-    public static String getUpdateLink(int OS)
+    public String getUpdateLink(int OS)
     {
         switch(OS){
             case LINUX:
-                return AGENT_UPDATE_LINK;
+                return this.linux_agent_update_link;
             case WINDOWS:
-                return WINDOWS_UPDATE_LINK;
+                return this.windows_agent_update_link;
             default:
                 return "ERROR: invalid OS";
         }
@@ -176,7 +198,7 @@ public class DataSID {
      * @param     xmlData      XML string of inventory
      * @return                 String
      */
-    public static String setInventory(String xmlData) {
+    public String setInventory(String xmlData) {
         try {
             InitialContext cxt = new InitialContext();
             DataSource ds = (DataSource) cxt.lookup("java:/comp/env/jdbc/simmc");
@@ -188,7 +210,7 @@ public class DataSID {
                 throw new Exception("Failed to get a database connection!");
 
             SchemaFactory factory = SchemaFactory.newInstance("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
-            Schema schema = factory.newSchema(XML_INVENTORY_SCHEMA);
+            Schema schema = factory.newSchema(this.xml_inventory_schema);
 
             JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(CollectedData.class);
             Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
@@ -235,8 +257,8 @@ public class DataSID {
         }
     }
 
-    private static PreparedStatement createInventoryStatement(Connection con, CollectedData collectedData, java.sql.Date contactDate) throws SQLException, ParseException {
-        final String query = "INSERT INTO " + SA_INVENTORY + " " +
+    private PreparedStatement createInventoryStatement(Connection con, CollectedData collectedData, java.sql.Date contactDate) throws SQLException, ParseException {
+        final String query = "INSERT INTO telecenter_inventory " +
             "(contact_date, machine_type, id_point, macaddr, agent_version, " +
             " os_type, os_distro, os_kernel, " +
             " processor, memory, " +
@@ -345,9 +367,9 @@ public class DataSID {
         return st;
     }
 
-    private static PreparedStatement createUserHistoryStatement(Connection con, java.sql.Date contactDate,
+    private PreparedStatement createUserHistoryStatement(Connection con, java.sql.Date contactDate,
             int id_point, Object macaddr, String name, String login, String logout) throws SQLException {
-        final String query = "INSERT INTO " + SA_USER_HISTORY + " " +
+        final String query = "INSERT INTO telecenter_user " +
             "(contact_date, id_point, macaddr, name, login, logout) VALUES " +
             "(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);";
 
@@ -385,7 +407,7 @@ public class DataSID {
      * @param     xmlData      XML string of inventory
      * @return                 String
      */
-    public static String setNetUsage(String xmlData)
+    public String setNetUsage(String xmlData)
     {
         try {
             InitialContext cxt = new InitialContext();
@@ -398,7 +420,7 @@ public class DataSID {
                 throw new Exception("Failed to get a database connection!");
 
             SchemaFactory factory = SchemaFactory.newInstance("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
-            Schema schema = factory.newSchema(XML_NET_USAGE_SCHEMA);
+            Schema schema = factory.newSchema(this.xml_net_usage_schema);
 
             JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(NetCollectedData.class);
             Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
@@ -446,10 +468,10 @@ public class DataSID {
         }
     }
 
-    private static PreparedStatement createNetUsageStatement(Connection con, java.sql.Date contactDate,
+    private PreparedStatement createNetUsageStatement(Connection con, java.sql.Date contactDate,
             BigInteger idpoint, Object macaddr, String collect_date, String collect_time, long down_kbits,
             BigInteger down_packages, long up_kbits, BigInteger up_packages) throws SQLException {
-        final String query = "INSERT INTO " + SA_NET_USAGE + " " +
+        final String query = "INSERT INTO net_usage " +
             "(contact_date, id_point, macaddr, collect_date, collect_time, " +
             "down_kbits, down_packages, up_kbits, up_packages, ip, city_code) VALUES " +
             "(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);";
diff --git a/webservice/webservice.properties b/webservice/webservice.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f2db7ea376c7dbb448f2badef4cff468f29d405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webservice/webservice.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+xml_inventory_schema=../conf/collected-data.xsd
+xml_net_usage_schema=../conf/net-collected-data.xsd
+
+linux_agent_version=1.0.1
+linux_agent_update_link=http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.1-update.run
+
+windows_agent_version=1.0.0
+windows_agent_update_link=http://bisimmcdev.c3sl.ufpr.br/download/datasid-1.0.0-update.exe