diff --git a/bin/swh-git-producer b/bin/swh-git-producer
index 9524e74..ce70de1 100755
--- a/bin/swh-git-producer
+++ b/bin/swh-git-producer
@@ -1,70 +1,55 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Copyright (C) 2015  Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc>,
 #                     Antoine R. Dumont <antoine.romain.dumont@gmail.com>
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+
 import argparse
-import configparser
 import logging
 import os
 
+from swh.core import config
 from swh.cloner.git.producer import clones
 
 
 # Default configuration file
 DEFAULT_CONF_FILE = '~/.config/swh/clones-producer.ini'
 
 
 # default configuration (can be overriden by the DEFAULT_CONF_FILE)
 DEFAULT_CONF = {
-    'table_clones': 'sample',
-    'limit': None,
-    'offset': None,
-    'log_dir': 'swh-git-cloner/log/',
-    'db_url': 'dbname=github',
-    'repository_scheme': 'https://github.com/%s',
-    'debug': None
+    'table_clones': ('string', 'sample'),
+    'limit': ('int', None),
+    'offset': ('int', None),
+    'log_dir': ('string', 'swh-git-cloner/log/'),
+    'db_url': ('string', 'dbname=github'),
+    'repository_scheme': ('string', 'https://github.com/%s'),
+    'debug': ('bool', None)
 }
 
 
 def parse_args():
     """Parse the configuration for the cli.
     """
     cli = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description='Clone git repository on fs.')
     cli.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true',
                      help='Verbosity level in log file.')
     cli.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='configuration file path')
 
     args = cli.parse_args()
 
     return args
 
-def read_conf(args):
-    """Read the user's configuration file.
-
-    args contains the repo to parse.
-    Transmit to the result.
-    """
-    config = configparser.ConfigParser(defaults=DEFAULT_CONF)
-    conf_file = args.config or DEFAULT_CONF_FILE
-    config.read(os.path.expanduser(conf_file))
-    conf = config._sections['main']
-
-    # ensure the default keys are set if some are missing
-    for key in DEFAULT_CONF:
-        conf[key] = conf.get(key, DEFAULT_CONF[key])
-
-    return conf
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-   args = parse_args()
-   conf = read_conf(args)
-   log_filename = os.path.join(conf['log_dir'], 'cloner.log')
-   logging.basicConfig(filename=log_filename,
-                       level=logging.DEBUG if args.verbose else logging.INFO)
+    args = parse_args
+    conf = config.read(args.config or DEFAULT_CONF_FILE, DEFAULT_CONF)
+    config.prepare_folders(conf, 'log_dir')
+
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(conf['log_dir'], 'cloner.log'),
+                        level=logging.DEBUG if args.verbose else logging.INFO)
 
-   clones.produce(conf)
+    clones.produce(conf)