diff --git a/bin/test-bulk-loader b/bin/test-bulk-loader
index 64e76e1..ac11264 100755
--- a/bin/test-bulk-loader
+++ b/bin/test-bulk-loader
@@ -1,43 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import logging
 import sys
 
 import pygit2
 
 from swh.core import config
 from swh.loader.git.git import BulkLoader
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'db': ('str', 'dbname=softwareheritage-dev'),
     'storage_base': ('str', '/tmp/swh-loader-git/test'),
     'repo_path': ('str', None),
 
     'origin': ('int', -1),
     'authority': ('int', 1),
     'validity': ('str', '2015-01-01 00:00:00+00'),
 
     'create_origin': ('bool', True),
     'send_contents': ('bool', True),
     'send_directories': ('bool', True),
     'send_revisions': ('bool', True),
     'send_releases': ('bool', True),
     'send_occurrences': ('bool', True),
 
     'content_packet_size': ('int', 100000),
     'directory_packet_size': ('int', 25000),
     'revision_packet_size': ('int', 100000),
     'release_packet_size': ('int', 100000),
     'occurrence_packet_size': ('int', 100000),
 }
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
                     format='%(asctime)s %(message)s')
 
-my_config = {key: value for key, (type, value) in DEFAULT_CONFIG.items()}
-
-repo_path = pygit2.discover_repository(sys.argv[1])
-my_config['repo_path'] = repo_path
+my_config = config.read(sys.argv[1], DEFAULT_CONFIG)
 
 loader = BulkLoader(my_config)
 loader.process()