diff --git a/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/ChestChangerType.java b/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/ChestChangerType.java
index 9c19c8c..304f3cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/ChestChangerType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/ChestChangerType.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import static cpw.mods.ironchest.IronChestType.SILVER;
 import static cpw.mods.ironchest.IronChestType.WOOD;
 import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
-import net.minecraftforge.common.config.Configuration;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
 
 public enum ChestChangerType {
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public enum ChestChangerType {
         return this.target.ordinal();
     }
 
-    public ItemChestChanger buildItem(Configuration cfg)
+    public ItemChestChanger buildItem()
     {
         item = new ItemChestChanger(this);
         GameRegistry.registerItem(item, itemName);
@@ -70,14 +69,6 @@ public enum ChestChangerType {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void buildItems(Configuration cfg)
-    {
-        for (ChestChangerType type : values())
-        {
-            type.buildItem(cfg);
-        }
-    }
-
     public static void generateRecipes()
     {
         for (ChestChangerType item : values())
diff --git a/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/IronChest.java b/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/IronChest.java
index afbea12..0b15927 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/IronChest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cpw/mods/ironchest/IronChest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 package cpw.mods.ironchest;
 
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
-import net.minecraftforge.common.config.Configuration;
-
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
-
-import cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLLog;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Instance;
@@ -18,46 +13,33 @@ import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
 @Mod(modid = "IronChest", name = "Iron Chests", dependencies = "required-after:Forge@[10.10,);required-after:FML@[7.2,)")
 public class IronChest {
     public static BlockIronChest ironChestBlock;
+
     @SidedProxy(clientSide = "cpw.mods.ironchest.client.ClientProxy", serverSide = "cpw.mods.ironchest.CommonProxy")
     public static CommonProxy proxy;
+
     @Instance("IronChest")
     public static IronChest instance;
-    public static boolean CACHE_RENDER = true;
-    public static boolean OCELOTS_SITONCHESTS = true;
 
     @EventHandler
-    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event)
+    public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent e)
     {
-        Version.init(event.getVersionProperties());
-        event.getModMetadata().version = Version.fullVersionString();
-        Configuration cfg = new Configuration(event.getSuggestedConfigurationFile());
-        try
-        {
-            cfg.load();
-            ChestChangerType.buildItems(cfg);
-            CACHE_RENDER = cfg.get(Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, "cacheRenderingInformation", true).getBoolean(true);
-            OCELOTS_SITONCHESTS = cfg.get(Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, "ocelotsSitOnChests", true).getBoolean(true);
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            FMLLog.log(Level.ERROR, e, "IronChest has a problem loading its configuration");
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            if (cfg.hasChanged())
-                cfg.save();
-        }
+        Version.init(e.getVersionProperties());
+        e.getModMetadata().version = Version.fullVersionString();
+
+        for (ChestChangerType type : ChestChangerType.values())
+            type.buildItem();
         ironChestBlock = new BlockIronChest();
         GameRegistry.registerBlock(ironChestBlock, ItemIronChest.class, "BlockIronChest");
+
         PacketHandler.INSTANCE.ordinal();
     }
 
     @EventHandler
-    public void load(FMLInitializationEvent evt)
+    public void init(FMLInitializationEvent e)
     {
         for (IronChestType typ : IronChestType.values())
         {
-            GameRegistry.registerTileEntityWithAlternatives(typ.clazz, "IronChest."+typ.name(), typ.name());
+            GameRegistry.registerTileEntityWithAlternatives(typ.clazz, "IronChest." + typ.name(), typ.name());
             proxy.registerTileEntitySpecialRenderer(typ);
         }
         IronChestType.registerBlocksAndRecipes(ironChestBlock);