diff --git a/TimberWinR.ServiceHost/Program.cs b/TimberWinR.ServiceHost/Program.cs
index 82136ce..07be258 100644
--- a/TimberWinR.ServiceHost/Program.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR.ServiceHost/Program.cs
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR.ServiceHost
             _args = args;
             _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
             _cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
-            _serviceTask = new Task(RunService, _cancellationToken);
-
-           
+            _serviceTask = new Task(RunService, _cancellationToken);           
         }
         
         public void Start()
@@ -90,19 +88,19 @@ namespace TimberWinR.ServiceHost
         /// </summary>
         private void RunService()
         {
-            var config = new Configuration(_args.ConfigFile);
+            TimberWinR.Manager manager = new TimberWinR.Manager(_args.ConfigFile);
+           
             var outputRedis = new RedisOutput(new string[] { "tstlexiceapp006.vistaprint.svc", "tstlexiceapp007.vistaprint.svc" }, _cancellationToken);
             _nlogListener = new TcpInputListener(_cancellationToken, 5140);
             outputRedis.Connect(_nlogListener);
 
-            foreach (Configuration.WindowsEvents eventConfig in config.Events)
+            foreach (Configuration.WindowsEvents eventConfig in manager.Config.Events)
             {
                 var elistner = new WindowsEvtInputListener(eventConfig, _cancellationToken);
                 outputRedis.Connect(elistner);
             }
 
-            TimberWinR.Manager manager = new TimberWinR.Manager(_args.ConfigFile);
-
+       
             //while (!_cancellationTokenSource.IsCancellationRequested)
             //{               
             //    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);               
diff --git a/TimberWinR.UnitTests/testconf.xml b/TimberWinR.UnitTests/testconf.xml
index 9b5e2c9..27731ed 100644
--- a/TimberWinR.UnitTests/testconf.xml
+++ b/TimberWinR.UnitTests/testconf.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <TimberWinR>
   <Inputs>
     <WindowsEvents>
-      <Events source="System,Application" binaryFormat="PRINT" fullText="crap" />
+      <Events source="System,Application,Security" binaryFormat="PRINT" />
     </WindowsEvents>
     <Logs>
       <Log name="First Set" location="C:\Logs1\*.log" />
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs b/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
index cb02bf9..b1f4bda 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Globalization;
+using NLog;
 using TimberWinR.Inputs;
 namespace TimberWinR
 {
@@ -33,7 +34,16 @@ namespace TimberWinR
 
         public Configuration(string xmlConfFile)
         {
-            parseXMLConf(xmlConfFile);
+            try
+            {
+                parseXMLConf(xmlConfFile);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Error(ex);
+                throw ex;
+            }
+
         }
 
         static List<FieldDefinition> parseFields_Events(IEnumerable<XElement> xml_fields)
@@ -479,10 +489,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR
 
                 IISLogs iis = new IISLogs(name, location, fields, args);
                 _iislogs.Add(iis);
-            }
-
-
-            Console.WriteLine("end");
+            }            
         }
 
         public class WindowsEvents
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvtInputListener.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvtInputListener.cs
index b5e3e4a..41843a1 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvtInputListener.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvtInputListener.cs
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
             // Instantiate the Event Log Input Format object
             var iFmt = new EventLogInputFormat()
             {
-                direction = _arguments.Direction,
                 binaryFormat = _arguments.BinaryFormat,
-                iCheckpoint = fileName,
+                direction = _arguments.Direction,
+                formatMsg = _arguments.FormatMsg,
+                fullEventCode = _arguments.FullEventCode,
+                fullText = _arguments.FullText,
+                msgErrorMode =  _arguments.MsgErrorMode,
+                stringsSep = _arguments.StringsSep,
                 resolveSIDs = _arguments.ResolveSIDS,
+                iCheckpoint = fileName,               
             };
 
             // Create the query
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Manager.cs b/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
index 14cad62..fa7ba62 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ namespace TimberWinR
     /// </summary>
     public class Manager
     {
-        Configuration Config { get; set; }
+        public Configuration Config { get; set; }
         
         public Manager(string configurationFile=null)
-        {
-            // Read the Configuration file
-            Config = new Configuration(configurationFile);
-
+        { 
             var loggingConfiguration = new LoggingConfiguration();
 
             // Create our default targets
@@ -37,7 +34,10 @@ namespace TimberWinR
             LogManager.Configuration = loggingConfiguration;
             LogManager.EnableLogging();  
             
-            LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Info("Initialized");  
+            LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Info("Initialized");
+
+            // Read the Configuration file
+            Config = new Configuration(configurationFile);
         }
 
         /// <summary>