diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index e45f0591a..b98086956 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -7,20 +7,58 @@
  */
 
 set_include_path(__DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc/library' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
-require_once __DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php';
+//require_once __DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php';
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../include/AirtimeInstall.php');
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../include/AirtimeIni.php');
 
-//global $AIRTIME_SRC;
-//global $AIRTIME_UTILS;
-global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
-
 global $CC_CONFIG;
 
-//$AIRTIME_SRC = __DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc';
-//$AIRTIME_UTILS = __DIR__.'/../../../utils';
-$AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS = __DIR__.'/../../../python_apps';
+function load_airtime_config(){
+	$ini_array = parse_ini_file('/etc/airtime/airtime.conf', true);
+    return $ini_array;
+}
 
+$values = load_airtime_config();
+
+$CC_CONFIG = array(
+
+    // Name of the web server user
+    'webServerUser' => $values['general']['web_server_user'],
+
+    'rabbitmq' => $values['rabbitmq'],
+
+    'baseFilesDir' => $values['general']['base_files_dir'],
+    // main directory for storing binary media files
+    'storageDir'    =>  $values['general']['base_files_dir']."/stor",
+
+	// Database config
+    'dsn' => array(
+                'username'      => $values['database']['dbuser'],
+                'password'      => $values['database']['dbpass'],
+                'hostspec'      => $values['database']['host'],
+                'phptype'       => 'pgsql',
+                'database'      => $values['database']['dbname']),
+
+    // prefix for table names in the database
+    'tblNamePrefix' => 'cc_',
+
+    /* ================================================ storage configuration */
+
+    'apiKey' => array($values['general']['api_key']),
+    'apiPath' => '/api/',
+
+    'soundcloud-client-id' => '2CLCxcSXYzx7QhhPVHN4A',
+    'soundcloud-client-secret' => 'pZ7beWmF06epXLHVUP1ufOg2oEnIt9XhE8l8xt0bBs',
+
+    'soundcloud-connection-retries' => $values['soundcloud']['connection_retries'],
+    'soundcloud-connection-wait' => $values['soundcloud']['time_between_retries'],
+
+    "rootDir" => __DIR__."/../..",
+    'pearPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/pear',
+    'zendPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/Zend',
+    'phingPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/phing',
+
+);
 
 AirtimeInstall::DbConnect(true);
 
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
index a3245522b..aa82ca0b2 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -18,16 +18,8 @@ const CONF_DIR_STORAGE = "/srv/airtime";
 const CONF_DIR_WWW = "/var/www/airtime";
 const CONF_DIR_LOG = "/var/log/airtime";
 
-global $AIRTIME_SRC;
-global $AIRTIME_UTILS;
-global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
-
 global $CC_CONFIG;
 
-$AIRTIME_SRC = __DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc';
-$AIRTIME_UTILS = __DIR__.'/../../../utils';
-$AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS = __DIR__.'/../../../python_apps';
-
 $configFiles = array(CONF_FILE_AIRTIME,
                      CONF_FILE_PYPO,
                      CONF_FILE_RECORDER,
@@ -48,7 +40,7 @@ $CC_CONFIG = array(
     'phingPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/phing'
 );
 
-//$CC_CONFIG = Config::loadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
+$CC_CONFIG = LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
 
 // Add database table names
 $CC_CONFIG['playListTable'] = $CC_CONFIG['tblNamePrefix'].'playlist';
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
index c19234d65..3096e374f 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -18,16 +18,9 @@ const CONF_DIR_STORAGE = "/srv/airtime";
 const CONF_DIR_WWW = "/var/www/airtime";
 const CONF_DIR_LOG = "/var/log/airtime";
 
-global $AIRTIME_SRC;
-global $AIRTIME_UTILS;
-global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
 
 global $CC_CONFIG;
 
-$AIRTIME_SRC = __DIR__.'/../../../airtime_mvc';
-$AIRTIME_UTILS = __DIR__.'/../../../utils';
-$AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS = __DIR__.'/../../../python_apps';
-
 $configFiles = array(CONF_FILE_AIRTIME,
                      CONF_FILE_PYPO,
                      CONF_FILE_RECORDER,
@@ -48,7 +41,7 @@ $CC_CONFIG = array(
     'phingPath'      =>  dirname(__FILE__).'/../../library/phing'
 );
 
-//$CC_CONFIG = Config::loadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
+$CC_CONFIG = LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
 
 // Add database table names
 $CC_CONFIG['playListTable'] = $CC_CONFIG['tblNamePrefix'].'playlist';