diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 93f8381ed2..74e6118848 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 # Load the rails application
 require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)
+require 'carto/configuration'
 
 module Rails
   class Application
     class Configuration
+      include Carto::Configuration
 
       def database_configuration
         require 'erb'
-        if ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE']
-          db_config = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/' + ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE'])))
-        else
-          db_config = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/database.yml')))
-        end
-        db_config
+        db_config_file
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sequel.rb b/config/initializers/sequel.rb
index 4e699b021e..f7103d9074 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sequel.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sequel.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 require 'active_record'
+require_dependency 'carto/configuration'
 
 ::Sequel::DATABASES.each{|d| d.sql_log_level = :debug }
 
-if ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE']
-  @dbconfig = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/' + ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE'])))
-else
-  @dbconfig = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/database.yml')))
-end
+@dbconfig = Carto::Conf.new.db_config_file
+
 # INFO: our current database.yml sets Sequel PostgreSQL adapter, which is called 'postgres'. Rails' is 'postgresql'
 @dbconfig[Rails.env]['adapter'] = 'postgresql'
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection @dbconfig[Rails.env].merge({:prepared_statements => false})
diff --git a/lib/carto/configuration.rb b/lib/carto/configuration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcec38adef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/carto/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module Carto::Configuration
+  def db_config_file
+    if ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE']
+      db_config = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/' + ENV['RAILS_DATABASE_FILE'])))
+    else
+      db_config = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/database.yml')))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# TODO: singleton
+class Carto::Conf
+  include Carto::Configuration
+end
diff --git a/script/compare_metadata.rb b/script/compare_metadata.rb
index 28f5a73a25..88d85dbf03 100644
--- a/script/compare_metadata.rb
+++ b/script/compare_metadata.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require 'yaml'
 require 'pg'
 require 'redis'
+require_dependency 'carto/configuration'
 
 script_name = "script/compare_metadata.rb"
 data = `ps aux | grep "#{script_name}"`
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ if data.length > 0
 end
 
 config = YAML.load(File.read('../config/app_config.yml'))
-database = YAML.load(File.read('../config/database.yml'))
+database = Carto::Conf.new.db_config_file
 
 
 RAILS_ENV = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'production'
diff --git a/services/user-mover/config.rb b/services/user-mover/config.rb
index f848e615ad..1c2170e4cc 100644
--- a/services/user-mover/config.rb
+++ b/services/user-mover/config.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'pg'
+require 'carto/configuration'
 
 module CartoDB
   module DataMover
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ module CartoDB
       def self.load_config
         root = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
         config = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(root, '../../config/app_config.yml')))
-        database = YAML.load(File.read(File.join(root, '../../config/database.yml')))
+        database = Carto::Conf.new.db_config_file
         rails_env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || Rails.env || 'production'
         @config = {
           rails_env: rails_env,