diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f0e4e0..d007109 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .idea
 logs/
-*configuration.local.php
 *~
diff --git a/Lib/Configuration.php b/Lib/Configuration.php
index bbe6856..34bb61b 100644
--- a/Lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/Lib/Configuration.php
@@ -60,16 +60,17 @@ class Configuration {
         // by default, set the session save path to the default value;
         $this->values['session']['save_path'] = session_save_path();
 
-        if(file_exists($this->custom_config)) {
-            /** @noinspection PhpIncludeInspection */
-            require_once($this->custom_config);
-
-            if(! isset($configuration) || ! is_array($configuration)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException("You custom configuration in '{$this->custom_config}' must be in a variable named '\$configuration' and be an array.");
-            }
+        if(!file_exists($this->custom_config)) {
+            throw new \Exception\UsageException('No configuration.local.php file was found. Create it with the proper config.');
+        }
+    
+        $configuration  = include_once $this->custom_config;
 
-            $this->values = array_replace_recursive($this->values, $configuration);
+        if(!is_array($configuration)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException("You custom configuration in '{$this->custom_config}' must be in a variable named '\$configuration' and be an array.");
         }
+
+        $this->values = array_replace_recursive($this->values, $configuration);
     }
 
     private function dotNotationAccess($data, $key, $default=null)
diff --git a/configuration.local.php b/configuration.local.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3be21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configuration.local.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * 'odbc:Driver=FreeTDS; 
+ * Server=192.168.0.8; 
+ * Port=1218; 
+ * Database=netbiblio; 
+ * TDS_Version=7.4; 
+ * ClientCharset=UTF-8'* 'alcoda', 'alcodaonly'
+ */
+return array(
+        'db' => array(
+            'driver' => 'FreeTDS',
+            'server' => '192.168.0.8',
+            'port' => '1218',
+            'username' => 'alcoda',
+            'password' => 'alcodaonly',
+            'name' => 'netbiblio',
+        ),
+        'solr' => array(
+            'server' => '212.147.56.162',
+            'port' => '8983',
+            'username' => '',
+            'password' => '',
+            'path' => 'solr/',
+            'result_count' => 10,
+        ),
+        'log' => array(
+            'file' => '/var/www/webservice/logs/log.txt',
+            'format' => '%ip% - [%date%] - %status% %error% - %time% - %func%',
+            // The greater the verbosity, the more is displayed
+            // 0 : no log at all
+            // 1 : log summary
+            // 2 : log response
+            'verbosity' => 1,
+        ),
+        'session' => array(
+            'save_path' => ''
+        ),
+		'checkfile_url' => 'http://medias.bibliothequesonore.ch/checkfile.php?',
+        'checkfile_url_old' => 'http://fichiers.bibliothequesonore.ch/checkfile.php?',
+        'netbiblio_worker_id' => 45,
+        'www_employee_id' => 45,
+        'www_library_id' => 2,
+    );;