diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp
index 4349f125fb9188cc094384d38400530f81411847..0a8c948d36c0167db19445d1cb21e7c0b48b3fc0 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "XrdVersion.hh"
 #include "xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.hpp"
 #include "xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFile.hpp"
+#include "common/Configuration.hpp"
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -257,10 +258,8 @@ void XrdCtaFilesystem::EnvInfo(XrdOucEnv *envP)
 // constructor
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 XrdCtaFilesystem::XrdCtaFilesystem():
-  m_remoteStorage(castor::common::CastorConfiguration::getConfig().getConfEntString("TapeServer", "EOSRemoteHostAndPort")), 
-  m_backend(cta::objectstore::BackendFactory::createBackend(
-    castor::common::CastorConfiguration::getConfig().getConfEntString("TapeServer", "ObjectStoreBackendPath"))
-      .release()),
+  m_ctaConf(),
+  m_backend(cta::objectstore::BackendFactory::createBackend(m_ctaConf.getConfEntString("ObjectStore", "ObjectStoreBackendPath", NULL)).release()),
   m_backendPopulator(*m_backend),
   m_scheddb(*m_backend, m_backendPopulator.getAgent()) {
   using namespace cta;
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.hpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.hpp
index f336705ed252cf1454ae2e09e087e91e40bfe914..1a1d462a6bd53bc54d9b1d22799c95490532f972 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.hpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdCtaFilesystem.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "catalogue/Catalogue.hpp"
+#include "common/Configuration.hpp"
 #include "nameserver/mockNS/MockNameServer.hpp"
 #include "objectstore/BackendPopulator.hpp"
 #include "objectstore/BackendVFS.hpp"
@@ -65,14 +66,9 @@ public:
 protected:
   
   /**
-   * The CTA nameserver
+   * The CTA configuration
    */
-  cta::MockNameServer m_ns;
-
-  /**
-   * The remote file storage system (typically EOS)
-   */
-  cta::EosNS m_remoteStorage; 
+  cta::common::Configuration m_ctaConf;
   
   /**
    * The VFS backend for the objectstore DB