diff --git a/app/models/configuration.rb b/app/models/configuration.rb
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+++ b/app/models/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+class Configuration < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+  @@configurations = nil
+
+  def self.get(key)
+    if @@configurations == nil
+      self.read_config
+    end
+    return @@configurations[key]
+  end
+
+  def self.[](key)
+    self.get(key)
+  end
+
+  def self.reload
+    self.read_config
+  end
+
+  def self.clear
+    @@configurations = nil
+  end
+
+  protected
+  def self.read_config
+    @@configurations = {}
+    Configuration.find(:all).each do |conf|
+      key = conf.key
+      val = conf.value
+      case conf.value_type
+      when 'string'
+        @@configurations[key] = val
+
+      when 'integer'
+        @@configurations[key] = val.to_i
+
+      when 'boolean'
+        @@configurations[key] = (val=='true')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+end