diff --git a/weed/command/filer.go b/weed/command/filer.go
index d42db6418..eaef380a2 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ func init() {
 	f.secretKey = cmdFiler.Flag.String("secure.secret", "", "secret to encrypt Json Web Token(JWT)")
 	f.dirListingLimit = cmdFiler.Flag.Int("dirListLimit", 1000, "limit sub dir listing size")
 	f.dataCenter = cmdFiler.Flag.String("dataCenter", "", "prefer to write to volumes in this data center")
-	f.enableNotification = cmdFiler.Flag.Bool("notify", false, "send file updates to the queue defined in message_queue.toml")
 }
 
 var cmdFiler = &Command{
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ func (fo *FilerOptions) start() {
 		SecretKey:          *fo.secretKey,
 		DirListingLimit:    *fo.dirListingLimit,
 		DataCenter:         *fo.dataCenter,
-		EnableNotification: *fo.enableNotification,
 	})
 	if nfs_err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Filer startup error: %v", nfs_err)
diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index bef5e635e..842a32376 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func init() {
 	filerOptions.disableDirListing = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("filer.disableDirListing", false, "turn off directory listing")
 	filerOptions.maxMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("filer.maxMB", 32, "split files larger than the limit")
 	filerOptions.dirListingLimit = cmdServer.Flag.Int("filer.dirListLimit", 1000, "limit sub dir listing size")
-	filerOptions.enableNotification = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("filer.notify", false, "send file updates to the queue defined in message_queue.toml")
 }
 
 func runServer(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
diff --git a/weed/filer2/cassandra/cassandra_store.go b/weed/filer2/cassandra/cassandra_store.go
index 7552cb524..1309cd1ee 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/cassandra/cassandra_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/cassandra/cassandra_store.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func (store *CassandraStore) GetName() string {
 	return "cassandra"
 }
 
-func (store *CassandraStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *CassandraStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetString("keyspace"),
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("hosts"),
diff --git a/weed/filer2/configuration.go b/weed/filer2/configuration.go
index dac537673..387672311 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/configuration.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/configuration.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+			"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -91,29 +91,17 @@ var (
 	Stores []FilerStore
 )
 
-func (f *Filer) LoadConfiguration() {
-
-	// find a filer store
-	viper.SetConfigName("filer")                 // name of config file (without extension)
-	viper.AddConfigPath(".")                     // optionally look for config in the working directory
-	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.seaweedfs")      // call multiple times to add many search paths
-	viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/seaweedfs/")       // path to look for the config file in
-	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil { // Handle errors reading the config file
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to load filer.toml file from current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, or /etc/seaweedfs/" +
-			"\n\nPlease follow this example and add a filer.toml file to " +
-			"current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, or /etc/seaweedfs/:\n" + FILER_TOML_EXAMPLE)
-	}
+func (f *Filer) LoadConfiguration(config *viper.Viper) {
 
-	glog.V(0).Infof("Reading filer configuration from %s", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	for _, store := range Stores {
-		if viper.GetBool(store.GetName() + ".enabled") {
-			viperSub := viper.Sub(store.GetName())
+		if config.GetBool(store.GetName() + ".enabled") {
+			viperSub := config.Sub(store.GetName())
 			if err := store.Initialize(viperSub); err != nil {
 				glog.Fatalf("Failed to initialize store for %s: %+v",
 					store.GetName(), err)
 			}
 			f.SetStore(store)
-			glog.V(0).Infof("Configure filer for %s from %s", store.GetName(), viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+			glog.V(0).Infof("Configure filer for %s", store.GetName())
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -124,19 +112,5 @@ func (f *Filer) LoadConfiguration() {
 		println("    " + store.GetName())
 	}
 
-	println()
-	println("Please configure a supported filer store in", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
-	println()
-
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }
-
-// A simplified interface to decouple from Viper
-type Configuration interface {
-	GetString(key string) string
-	GetBool(key string) bool
-	GetInt(key string) int
-	GetInt64(key string) int64
-	GetFloat64(key string) float64
-	GetStringSlice(key string) []string
-}
diff --git a/weed/filer2/filerstore.go b/weed/filer2/filerstore.go
index 68fc06a5d..9ef1d9d48 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filerstore.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filerstore.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ package filer2
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 type FilerStore interface {
 	// GetName gets the name to locate the configuration in filer.toml file
 	GetName() string
 	// Initialize initializes the file store
-	Initialize(configuration Configuration) error
+	Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) error
 	InsertEntry(*Entry) error
 	UpdateEntry(*Entry) (err error)
 	// err == filer2.ErrNotFound if not found
diff --git a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
index ac2fb0d66..5f3427a3d 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (store *LevelDBStore) GetName() string {
 	return "leveldb"
 }
 
-func (store *LevelDBStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *LevelDBStore) Initialize(configuration weed_util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	dir := configuration.GetString("dir")
 	return store.initialize(dir)
 }
diff --git a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
index 08cee0afd..db3a86bd2 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/google/btree"
 	"strings"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func (store *MemDbStore) GetName() string {
 	return "memory"
 }
 
-func (store *MemDbStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *MemDbStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	store.tree = btree.New(8)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go b/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go
index 6e0ca2b68..8adec161f 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/mysql/mysql_store.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/abstract_sql"
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (store *MysqlStore) GetName() string {
 	return "mysql"
 }
 
-func (store *MysqlStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *MysqlStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetString("username"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),
diff --git a/weed/filer2/postgres/postgres_store.go b/weed/filer2/postgres/postgres_store.go
index f5904ab21..8836e2be7 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/postgres/postgres_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/postgres/postgres_store.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/abstract_sql"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (store *PostgresStore) GetName() string {
 	return "postgres"
 }
 
-func (store *PostgresStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *PostgresStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetString("username"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),
diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
index 02a62567c..8a3dce4b8 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package redis
 import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func (store *RedisClusterStore) GetName() string {
 	return "redis_cluster"
 }
 
-func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("addresses"),
 	)
diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_store.go
index 85236a5af..77d157ab4 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_store.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package redis
 import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func (store *RedisStore) GetName() string {
 	return "redis"
 }
 
-func (store *RedisStore) Initialize(configuration filer2.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (store *RedisStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetString("address"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),
diff --git a/weed/msgqueue/configuration.go b/weed/msgqueue/configuration.go
index 525809d73..d053f892f 100644
--- a/weed/msgqueue/configuration.go
+++ b/weed/msgqueue/configuration.go
@@ -1,82 +1,29 @@
 package msgqueue
 
 import (
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const (
-	MSG_QUEUE_TOML_EXAMPLE = `
-# A sample TOML config file for SeaweedFS message queue
-
-[log]
-enabled = true
-
-[kafka]
-enabled = false
-hosts = [
-  "localhost:9092"
-]
-topic = "seaweedfs_filer"
-
-`
-)
-
 var (
 	MessageQueues []MessageQueue
 
 	Queue MessageQueue
 )
 
-func LoadConfiguration() {
-
-	// find a filer store
-	viper.SetConfigName("message_queue")         // name of config file (without extension)
-	viper.AddConfigPath(".")                     // optionally look for config in the working directory
-	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.seaweedfs")      // call multiple times to add many search paths
-	viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/seaweedfs/")       // path to look for the config file in
-	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil { // Handle errors reading the config file
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to load message_queue.toml file from current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, "+
-			"or /etc/seaweedfs/"+
-			"\n\nPlease follow this example and add a message_queue.toml file to "+
-			"current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, or /etc/seaweedfs/:\n"+MSG_QUEUE_TOML_EXAMPLE)
-	}
+func LoadConfiguration(config *viper.Viper) {
 
-	glog.V(0).Infof("Reading message queue configuration from %s", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	for _, store := range MessageQueues {
-		if viper.GetBool(store.GetName() + ".enabled") {
-			viperSub := viper.Sub(store.GetName())
+		if config.GetBool(store.GetName() + ".enabled") {
+			viperSub := config.Sub(store.GetName())
 			if err := store.Initialize(viperSub); err != nil {
 				glog.Fatalf("Failed to initialize store for %s: %+v",
 					store.GetName(), err)
 			}
 			Queue = store
-			glog.V(0).Infof("Configure message queue for %s from %s", store.GetName(), viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+			glog.V(0).Infof("Configure message queue for %s", store.GetName())
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	println()
-	println("Supported message queues are:")
-	for _, store := range MessageQueues {
-		println("    " + store.GetName())
-	}
-
-	println()
-	println("Please configure a supported message queue in", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
-	println()
-
-	os.Exit(-1)
-}
-
-// A simplified interface to decouple from Viper
-type Configuration interface {
-	GetString(key string) string
-	GetBool(key string) bool
-	GetInt(key string) int
-	GetInt64(key string) int64
-	GetFloat64(key string) float64
-	GetStringSlice(key string) []string
 }
diff --git a/weed/msgqueue/kafka/kafka_queue.go b/weed/msgqueue/kafka/kafka_queue.go
index f070fd597..7f0273ad9 100644
--- a/weed/msgqueue/kafka/kafka_queue.go
+++ b/weed/msgqueue/kafka/kafka_queue.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func (k *KafkaQueue) GetName() string {
 	return "kafka"
 }
 
-func (k *KafkaQueue) Initialize(configuration msgqueue.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (k *KafkaQueue) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	glog.V(0).Infof("filer.msgqueue.kafka.hosts: %v\n", configuration.GetStringSlice("hosts"))
 	glog.V(0).Infof("filer.msgqueue.kafka.topic: %v\n", configuration.GetString("topic"))
 	return k.initialize(
diff --git a/weed/msgqueue/log/log_queue.go b/weed/msgqueue/log/log_queue.go
index 9ce9ff8be..612212ae0 100644
--- a/weed/msgqueue/log/log_queue.go
+++ b/weed/msgqueue/log/log_queue.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func (k *LogQueue) GetName() string {
 	return "log"
 }
 
-func (k *LogQueue) Initialize(configuration msgqueue.Configuration) (err error) {
+func (k *LogQueue) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/msgqueue/message_queue.go b/weed/msgqueue/message_queue.go
index 6d57b9b3b..a14d9b480 100644
--- a/weed/msgqueue/message_queue.go
+++ b/weed/msgqueue/message_queue.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package msgqueue
 
-import "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+import (
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+)
 
 type MessageQueue interface {
 	// GetName gets the name to locate the configuration in message_queue.toml file
 	GetName() string
 	// Initialize initializes the file store
-	Initialize(configuration Configuration) error
+	Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) error
 	SendMessage(key string, message proto.Message) error
 }
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server.go b/weed/server/filer_server.go
index 61bb6e0ea..7a345abe9 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server.go
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/postgres"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/redis"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue/kafka"
 	_ "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue/log"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/security"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/msgqueue"
 )
 
 type FilerOption struct {
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ type FilerOption struct {
 	SecretKey          string
 	DirListingLimit    int
 	DataCenter         string
-	EnableNotification bool
 }
 
 type FilerServer struct {
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ func NewFilerServer(defaultMux, readonlyMux *http.ServeMux, option *FilerOption)
 
 	go fs.filer.KeepConnectedToMaster()
 
-	fs.filer.LoadConfiguration()
+	loadConfiguration("filer", true)
+	v := viper.GetViper()
 
-	if fs.option.EnableNotification {
-		msgqueue.LoadConfiguration()
-	}
+	fs.filer.LoadConfiguration(v)
+
+	msgqueue.LoadConfiguration(v.Sub("notification"))
 
 	defaultMux.HandleFunc("/favicon.ico", faviconHandler)
 	defaultMux.HandleFunc("/", fs.filerHandler)
@@ -67,3 +68,26 @@ func NewFilerServer(defaultMux, readonlyMux *http.ServeMux, option *FilerOption)
 func (fs *FilerServer) jwt(fileId string) security.EncodedJwt {
 	return security.GenJwt(fs.secret, fileId)
 }
+
+func loadConfiguration(configFileName string, required bool) {
+
+	// find a filer store
+	viper.SetConfigName(configFileName)     // name of config file (without extension)
+	viper.AddConfigPath(".")                // optionally look for config in the working directory
+	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.seaweedfs") // call multiple times to add many search paths
+	viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/seaweedfs/")  // path to look for the config file in
+
+	glog.V(0).Infof("Reading %s.toml from %s", configFileName, viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+
+	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil { // Handle errors reading the config file
+		glog.V(0).Infof("Reading %s: %v", configFileName, viper.ConfigFileUsed(), err)
+		if required {
+			glog.Fatalf("Failed to load %s.toml file from current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, or /etc/seaweedfs/"+
+				"\n\nPlease follow this example and add a filer.toml file to "+
+				"current directory, or $HOME/.seaweedfs/, or /etc/seaweedfs/:\n"+
+				"    https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/blob/master/weed/%s.toml\n",
+				configFileName, configFileName)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/util/config.go b/weed/util/config.go
index e4549c322..77cab3019 100644
--- a/weed/util/config.go
+++ b/weed/util/config.go
@@ -1,130 +1,10 @@
 package util
 
-// Copyright 2011 Numerotron Inc.
-// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license
-// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
-// Developed at www.stathat.com by Patrick Crosby
-// Contact us on twitter with any questions:  twitter.com/stat_hat
-
-// The jconfig package provides a simple, basic configuration file parser using JSON.
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-)
-
-type Config struct {
-	data     map[string]interface{}
-	filename string
-}
-
-func newConfig() *Config {
-	result := new(Config)
-	result.data = make(map[string]interface{})
-	return result
-}
-
-// Loads config information from a JSON file
-func LoadConfig(filename string) *Config {
-	result := newConfig()
-	result.filename = filename
-	err := result.parse()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("error loading config file %s: %s", filename, err)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-// Loads config information from a JSON string
-func LoadConfigString(s string) *Config {
-	result := newConfig()
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &result.data)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("error parsing config string %s: %s", s, err)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-func (c *Config) StringMerge(s string) {
-	next := LoadConfigString(s)
-	c.merge(next.data)
-}
-
-func (c *Config) LoadMerge(filename string) {
-	next := LoadConfig(filename)
-	c.merge(next.data)
-}
-
-func (c *Config) merge(ndata map[string]interface{}) {
-	for k, v := range ndata {
-		c.data[k] = v
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *Config) parse() error {
-	f, err := os.Open(c.filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err = b.ReadFrom(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b.Bytes(), &c.data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Returns a string for the config variable key
-func (c *Config) GetString(key string) string {
-	result, present := c.data[key]
-	if !present {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return result.(string)
-}
-
-// Returns an int for the config variable key
-func (c *Config) GetInt(key string) int {
-	x, ok := c.data[key]
-	if !ok {
-		return -1
-	}
-	return int(x.(float64))
-}
-
-// Returns a float for the config variable key
-func (c *Config) GetFloat(key string) float64 {
-	x, ok := c.data[key]
-	if !ok {
-		return -1
-	}
-	return x.(float64)
-}
-
-// Returns a bool for the config variable key
-func (c *Config) GetBool(key string) bool {
-	x, ok := c.data[key]
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	return x.(bool)
-}
-
-// Returns an array for the config variable key
-func (c *Config) GetArray(key string) []interface{} {
-	result, present := c.data[key]
-	if !present {
-		return []interface{}(nil)
-	}
-	return result.([]interface{})
+type Configuration interface {
+	GetString(key string) string
+	GetBool(key string) bool
+	GetInt(key string) int
+	GetInt64(key string) int64
+	GetFloat64(key string) float64
+	GetStringSlice(key string) []string
 }