diff --git a/backends/twitter/main.cpp b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
index b3404d82a161510ff2c7be5666ee2bcc9df29a96..bb28d601e3703ee830625d4ce8f43794f36b0061 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
@@ -27,61 +27,21 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	std::string configFile;
-	boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
-	boost::program_options::options_description desc("Usage: spectrum <config_file.cfg>\nAllowed options");
-	desc.add_options()
-		("help", "help")
-		("host,h", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(&host)->default_value(""), "Host to connect to")
-		("port,p", boost::program_options::value<int>(&port)->default_value(10000), "Port to connect to")
-		("config", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(&configFile)->default_value(""), "Config file")
-		;
-
-	try
-	{
-		boost::program_options::positional_options_description p;
-		p.add("config", -1);
-		boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::command_line_parser(argc, argv).
-			options(desc).positional(p).allow_unregistered().run(), vm);
-		boost::program_options::notify(vm);
-			
-		if(vm.count("help"))
-		{
-			std::cout << desc << "\n";
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		if(vm.count("config") == 0) {
-			std::cout << desc << "\n";
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-	catch (std::runtime_error& e)
-	{
-		std::cout << desc << "\n";
-		return 1;
-	}
-	catch (...)
-	{
-		std::cout << desc << "\n";
+	std::string error;
+	Config *cfg = Config::createFromArgs(argc, argv, error, host, port);
+	if (cfg == NULL) {
+		std::cerr << error;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	Config config(argc, argv);
-	if (!config.load(configFile)) {
-		std::cerr << "Can't open " << argv[1] << " configuration file.\n";
-		return 1;
-	}
+	Logging::initBackendLogging(cfg);
 
-	Logging::initBackendLogging(&config);
-	
-	std::string error;
 	StorageBackend *storagebackend;
-	
-	storagebackend = StorageBackend::createBackend(&config, error);
+	storagebackend = StorageBackend::createBackend(cfg, error);
 	if (storagebackend == NULL) {
-		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error creating StorageBackend! " << error)
-		return -2;
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error creating StorageBackend! " << error);
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Twitter backend needs storage backend configured to work! " << error);
+		return NetworkPlugin::StorageBackendNeeded;
 	}
 
 	else if (!storagebackend->connect()) {
@@ -91,7 +51,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
 	Swift::SimpleEventLoop eventLoop;
 	loop_ = &eventLoop;
-	np = new TwitterPlugin(&config, &eventLoop, storagebackend, host, port);
+	np = new TwitterPlugin(cfg, &eventLoop, storagebackend, host, port);
 	loop_->run();
 
 	return 0;