diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9233e43..ad6e258 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,150 +1,157 @@
 FLAKE = flake8
 BINDIR = bin
 SRCDIR = swh
 REPO_PATH=../debsources
 
 # add -v for example
 FLAG=
 
 NOSE = nosetests3
 TESTFLAGS = -s
 TESTDIR = ./swh/tests
 
 DB=softwareheritage-dev
 DB_TEST=$(DB)-test
 
 SWH_LOADER=$(BINDIR)/swh-git-loader
 SWH_DB_MANAGER=$(BINDIR)/swh-db-manager
 SWH_BACK=$(BINDIR)/swh-backend
 
 # could use cProfile
 PROFILE_TYPE=profile
 
 FOLLOW_LOG=-f
 
 deps:
 	apt-get install -y \
 		python3 \
 		python3-pygit2 \
 		python3-psycopg2 \
 		python3-nose \
 		python3-flask \
 		python3-requests \
 		python3-retrying \
 		ipython3
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf /tmp/swh-git-loader/content-storage
 
 cleandb: clean
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_DB_MANAGER) $(FLAG) cleandb
 
+run-remote:
+	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/remote-git-loader.ini load $(REPO_PATH)
+
+run-local:
+	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/local-git-loader.ini load $(REPO_PATH)
+
 run:
+	# works with the default ~/.config/swh/git-loader.ini file
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) load $(REPO_PATH)
 
 run-back:
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_BACK) $(FLAG)
 
 check:
 	$(FLAKE) $(BINDIR) $(SRCDIR)
 
 profile-run:
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` python3 -m $(PROFILE_TYPE) -o ./scratch/swhgitloader.$(PROFILE_TYPE) ./scratch/profile-swhgitloader.py
 
 profile-stats:
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` ./scratch/analyse-profile.py
 
 test-run-back:
 	PYTHONPATH=`pwd` $(SWH_BACK) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/test/back.ini
 
 test:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)
 
 test-http:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_http.py
 
 test-swhmap:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_swhmap.py
 
 test-remote-loader:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_remote_loader.py
 
 test-local-loader:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_local_loader.py
 
 test-api:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api*.py
 
 test-api-post-per-type:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_post_*.py
 
 test-api-content:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_content.py
 
 test-api-directory:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_directory.py
 
 test-api-revision:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_revision.py
 
 test-api-release:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_release.py
 
 test-api-occurrence:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_occurrence.py
 
 test-api-home:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_home.py
 
 test-api-origin:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_origin.py
 
 test-api-person:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_person.py
 
 test-api-pickle:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_pickle.py
 
 test-file:
 	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_file.py
 
 connect-db:
 	psql -d $(DB)
 
 create-db:
 	cd ../swh-sql && make clean initdb
 
 drop-db:
 	cd ../swh-sql && make clean dropdb
 
 test-connect-db:
 	psql -d $(DB_TEST)
 
 test-create-db:
 	cd ../swh-sql && make clean initdb DBNAME=$(DB_TEST)
 
 test-drop-db:
 	cd ../swh-sql && make clean dropdb DBNAME=$(DB_TEST)
 
 check-meta:
 	@echo "Repository: $(REPO_PATH)"
 
 	@echo "Git metadata:"
 	@$(BINDIR)/dir-git-repo-meta.sh $(REPO_PATH)
 	@echo
 
 	@echo "DB metadata:"
 	@$(BINDIR)/db-git-repo-meta.sh $(DB) $(REPO_PATH)
 	@echo
 
 readme:
 	pandoc -f org -t markdown README.org > README
 
 log-loader:
 	tail $(FOLLOW_LOG) /tmp/swh-git-loader/log/sgloader.log
 
 log-back:
 	tail $(FOLLOW_LOG) /tmp/swh-git-loader/log/back.log
 
 coverage:
 	$(NOSE) --with-coverage $(SRCDIR) -v --cover-package=$(SRCDIR)
diff --git a/resources/local-git-loader.ini b/resources/local-git-loader.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6fb920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/local-git-loader.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[main]
+# Where to store the logs
+log_dir = /tmp/swh-git-loader/log
+
+# how to access the backend (remote or local)
+backend-type = local
+
+# backend-type remote: url access to api rest's backend
+# backend-type local: configuration file to backend file .ini (cf. back.ini file)
+backend = ~/.config/swh/back.ini
diff --git a/resources/remote-git-loader.ini b/resources/remote-git-loader.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a11f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/remote-git-loader.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[main]
+# Where to store the logs
+log_dir = /tmp/swh-git-loader/log
+
+# how to access the backend (remote or local)
+backend-type = remote
+
+# backend-type remote: url access to api rest's backend
+# backend-type local: configuration file to backend file .ini (cf. back.ini file)
+backend = http://localhost:5000