diff --git a/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs b/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
index c3bee3e..5f12f39 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Configuration.cs
@@ -110,51 +110,27 @@ namespace TimberWinR
                 DumpInvalidNodes(child);
         }
 
-
         static void parseConfInput(string xmlConfFile)
         {
             XDocument config = XDocument.Load(xmlConfFile, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo | LoadOptions.SetBaseUri);
 
-            // Begin parsing the xml configuration file.
+            XElement allInputs = config.Root.Element(InputBase.TagName);
+            if (allInputs == null)          
+                throw new TimberWinR.ConfigurationErrors.MissingRequiredTagException(InputBase.TagName);
+
+            createInput(allInputs, WindowsEvent.ParentTagName, WindowsEvent.TagName, _events, WindowsEvent.Parse);
+            createInput(allInputs, TailFileInput.ParentTagName, TailFileInput.TagName, _logs, TailFileInput.Parse);
+            createInput(allInputs, IISLog.ParentTagName, IISLog.TagName, _iislogs, IISLog.Parse);
+            createInput(allInputs, IISW3CLog.ParentTagName, IISW3CLog.TagName, _iisw3clogs, IISW3CLog.Parse);       
+        }
+
+        static void createInput<T>(XElement allInputs, string parentTagName, string tagName, List<T> inputList, Action<List<T>, XElement> parse)
+        {
             IEnumerable<XElement> inputs =
-                from el in config.Root.Elements("Inputs")
+                from el in allInputs.Elements(parentTagName).Elements(tagName)
                 select el;
-
-            string tagName = "Inputs";
-            if (inputs.Count() == 0)          
-                throw new TimberWinR.ConfigurationErrors.MissingRequiredTagException(tagName);
-           
-            // WINDOWS EVENTS
-            IEnumerable<XElement> xml_events =
-                from el in inputs.Elements("WindowsEvents").Elements("Event")
-                select el;
-
-            foreach (XElement e in xml_events)           
-                WindowsEvent.Parse(_events, e);          
-
-            // TEXT LOGS
-            IEnumerable<XElement> xml_logs =
-                from el in inputs.Elements("Logs").Elements("Log")
-                select el;
-
-            foreach (XElement e in xml_logs)          
-                TailFileInput.Parse(_logs, e);         
-
-            // IIS LOGS
-            IEnumerable<XElement> xml_iis =
-                from el in inputs.Elements("IISLogs").Elements("IISLog")
-                select el;
-
-            foreach (XElement e in xml_iis)           
-                IISLog.Parse(_iislogs, e);            
-
-            // IISW3C LOGS
-            IEnumerable<XElement> xml_iisw3c =
-                from el in inputs.Elements("IISW3CLogs").Elements("IISW3CLog")
-                select el;
-
-            foreach (XElement e in xml_iisw3c)      
-                IISW3CLog.Parse(_iisw3clogs, e);           
+            foreach (XElement input in inputs)
+                parse(inputList, input);
         }
 
         static void parseConfFilter(string xmlConfFile)
@@ -162,7 +138,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR
             XDocument config = XDocument.Load(xmlConfFile, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo | LoadOptions.SetBaseUri);
 
             IEnumerable<XElement> filters =
-                from el in config.Root.Elements("Filters")
+                from el in config.Root.Elements(FilterBase.TagName)
                 select el;                   
 
             foreach (XElement e in filters.Elements())
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Filters/FilterBase.cs b/TimberWinR/Filters/FilterBase.cs
index 0b36282..5d53ac6 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Filters/FilterBase.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Filters/FilterBase.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Filters
 {
     public abstract class FilterBase
     {
+        public const string TagName = "Filters";
+
         public abstract void Apply(JObject json);
 
         protected static string ParseStringAttribute(XElement e, string attributeName, string defaultValue="")
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISLog.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISLog.cs
index 11b0698..b4ca4c6 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISLog.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISLog.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
 {
     public class IISLog : InputBase
     {
+        public const string ParentTagName = "IISLogs";
+        public const string TagName = "IISLog";
+
         public string Name { get; private set; }
         public string Location { get; private set; }
         public int ICodepage { get; private set; }
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISW3CLog.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISW3CLog.cs
index fd07863..dd01721 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISW3CLog.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/IISW3CLog.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
 {
     public class IISW3CLog : InputBase
     {
+        public const string ParentTagName = "IISW3CLogs";
+        public const string TagName = "IISW3CLog";
+
         public string Name { get; private set; }
         public string Location { get; private set; }
         public int ICodepage { get; private set; }
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/InputBase.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/InputBase.cs
index 622c227..a5dfea6 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/InputBase.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/InputBase.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
 {
     public abstract class InputBase
     {
+        public const string TagName = "Inputs";
+
         internal List<FieldDefinition> parseFields(XElement parent, Dictionary<string, Type> allPossibleFields)
         {
             IEnumerable<XElement> xml_fields =
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/TailFileInput.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/TailFileInput.cs
index 35147aa..1be09f1 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/TailFileInput.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/TailFileInput.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
 {
     public class TailFileInput : InputBase
     {
+        public const string ParentTagName = "Logs";
+        public const string TagName = "Log";
+
         public string Name { get; private set; }
         public string Location { get; private set; }
         public int ICodepage { get; private set; }
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvent.cs b/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvent.cs
index 4a457c2..2dd9a7d 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvent.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Inputs/WindowsEvent.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Inputs
 {
     public class WindowsEvent : InputBase
     {
+        public const string ParentTagName = "WindowsEvents";
+        public const string TagName = "Event";
+
         public string Source { get; private set; }
         public bool FullText { get; private set; }
         public bool ResolveSIDS { get; private set; }