diff --git a/server/extension/expected/10_helper_test.out b/server/extension/expected/10_helper_test.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1314b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/extension/expected/10_helper_test.out
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Create a conf table
+CREATE TABLE conf (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, values_json TEXT NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO conf VALUES ('cds', '{"Manolo Escobar": {"El Limonero":"En stock", "Viva el vino":"Sin stock"}}');
+-- Test key retrieval
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._get_conf('cds');
+                                 _get_conf                                  
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"Manolo Escobar": {"El Limonero":"En stock", "Viva el vino":"Sin stock"}}
+(1 row)
+
+-- Test no key exception
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._get_conf('no existe');
+ERROR:  Missing key 'no existe' in conf table
+-- Drop conf table
+DROP TABLE conf;
diff --git a/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_helper.sql b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_helper.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5247057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_helper.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- Get values_json for provided key from conf table
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION _get_conf(_key TEXT)
+  RETURNS text
+AS $$
+DECLARE
+  rec RECORD;
+BEGIN
+  SELECT INTO rec values_json FROM conf WHERE conf.key = _key;
+
+  IF NOT FOUND THEN
+    RAISE EXCEPTION 'Missing key ''%'' in conf table', _key;
+  END IF;
+
+  RETURN rec.values_json;
+END
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
diff --git a/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_geocoding.sql b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/20_geocoding.sql
similarity index 76%
rename from server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_geocoding.sql
rename to server/extension/sql/0.0.1/20_geocoding.sql
index 70644b8..6f17067 100644
--- a/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/10_geocoding.sql
+++ b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/20_geocoding.sql
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION geocode_street(searchtext TEXT, city TEXT DEFAULT NULL, state_province TEXT DEFAULT NULL, country TEXT DEFAULT NULL)
   RETURNS Geometry
 AS $$
+  import json
   from heremaps import heremapsgeocoder
 
+  heremaps_conf = json.loads(plpy.execute("SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._get_conf('heremaps')", 1)[0]['get_conf'])
+
+  app_id = heremaps_conf['geocoder']['app_id']
+  app_code = heremaps_conf['geocoder']['app_code']
+
   geocoder = heremapsgeocoder.Geocoder(app_id, app_code)
 
   results = geocoder.geocode_address(searchtext=searchtext, city=city, state=state_province, country=country)
diff --git a/server/extension/sql/10_helper_test.sql b/server/extension/sql/10_helper_test.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce333f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/extension/sql/10_helper_test.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- Create a conf table
+CREATE TABLE conf (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, values_json TEXT NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO conf VALUES ('cds', '{"Manolo Escobar": {"El Limonero":"En stock", "Viva el vino":"Sin stock"}}');
+
+-- Test key retrieval
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._get_conf('cds');
+
+-- Test no key exception
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._get_conf('no existe');
+
+-- Drop conf table
+DROP TABLE conf;