diff --git a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/RemoteAcquisitionMain.java b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/RemoteAcquisitionMain.java
index 6565655..155e025 100644
--- a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/RemoteAcquisitionMain.java
+++ b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/RemoteAcquisitionMain.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 
 import sun.misc.Signal;
 import sun.misc.SignalHandler;
-import ch.psi.fda.aq.VisualizationMapper;
 import ch.psi.fda.gui.ProgressPanel;
 import ch.psi.fda.gui.ScrollableFlowPanel;
 import ch.psi.fda.model.ModelManager;
diff --git a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/ViewerMain.java b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/ViewerMain.java
index 71d1807..afbc32c 100644
--- a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/ViewerMain.java
+++ b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/ViewerMain.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 import java.awt.Label;
 import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -42,10 +41,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe;
 
-import ch.psi.fda.aq.VisualizationMapper;
 import ch.psi.fda.gui.ScrollableFlowPanel;
-import ch.psi.fda.model.v1.Visualization;
 import ch.psi.fda.rest.StreamClient;
+import ch.psi.fda.vdescriptor.VDescriptor;
 import ch.psi.fda.visualizer.Visualizer;
 
 /**
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ public class ViewerMain {
 		
 		bus.register(new Object(){
 			@Subscribe
-			public void onMessage(List<Visualization> vis){
+			public void onMessage(VDescriptor vdescriptor){
 				
 				logger.info("Build up new visualization");
 				
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ public class ViewerMain {
 					bus.unregister(visualizer);
 				}
 				
-				visualizer = new Visualizer(VisualizationMapper.mapVisualizations(vis));
+				visualizer = new Visualizer(vdescriptor);
 				visualizer.setUpdateAtStreamElement(true);
 				visualizer.setUpdateAtStreamDelimiter(true);
 				visualizer.setUpdateAtEndOfStream(true);
diff --git a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/VisualizationMain.java b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/VisualizationMain.java
index 331092d..e1e0e85 100644
--- a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/VisualizationMain.java
+++ b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/VisualizationMain.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -48,12 +49,10 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.AsyncEventBus;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 
-import ch.psi.fda.aq.VisualizationMapper;
 import ch.psi.fda.deserializer.DataDeserializer;
 import ch.psi.fda.deserializer.DataDeserializerTXT;
 import ch.psi.fda.gui.ScrollableFlowPanel;
-import ch.psi.fda.model.ModelManager;
-import ch.psi.fda.model.v1.Configuration;
+import ch.psi.fda.vdescriptor.VDescriptor;
 import ch.psi.fda.visualizer.Visualizer;
 
 /**
@@ -86,16 +85,21 @@ public class VisualizationMain {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Configuration file ["+configuration.getAbsolutePath()+"] does not exist");
 		}
 		
-		// Unmarshall configuration file
-		Configuration c;
-		try {
-			c = ModelManager.unmarshall(configuration);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to load configuration file "+configuration.getAbsolutePath(), e);
-		}
+		VDescriptor vdescriptor = null;
+		ServiceLoader<DescriptorProvider> providers = ServiceLoader.load(DescriptorProvider.class);
+        for (DescriptorProvider provider : providers) {
+        	try{
+        		provider.load(configuration);
+        		vdescriptor = provider.getVDescriptor();
+        		break;
+        	}
+        	catch(Exception e){
+        		logger.log(Level.INFO, provider.getClass().getName()+ " is not able to read provided descriptor files", e);
+        	}
+        }
 		
 		// Visualize data
-		visualize(c, data);
+		visualize(vdescriptor, data);
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ public class VisualizationMain {
 	 * @param data
 	 * @throws InterruptedException 
 	 */
-	public void visualize(Configuration configuration, File data) throws InterruptedException{
+	public void visualize(VDescriptor vdescriptor, File data) throws InterruptedException{
 		
 		if(data==null){
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Data file is null");
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ public class VisualizationMain {
 		DataDeserializer deserializer = new DataDeserializerTXT(bus, data);
 		
 		// Create Visualizer
-		Visualizer visualizer = new Visualizer(VisualizationMapper.mapVisualizations(configuration.getVisualization()));
+		Visualizer visualizer = new Visualizer(vdescriptor);
 		
 //		visualizer.setTerminateAtEOS(true);
 		// Adapt default visualizer behavior to optimize performance for visualization
diff --git a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/aq/XScanDescriptorProvider.java b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/aq/XScanDescriptorProvider.java
index 40eb102..c6bc506 100644
--- a/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/aq/XScanDescriptorProvider.java
+++ b/ch.psi.fda/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/aq/XScanDescriptorProvider.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class XScanDescriptorProvider implements DescriptorProvider {
 				matrixplot.setnY(nY);
 				
 				matrixplot.getData().add(new XYZSeries(idX, idY, idZ));
-				vdescriptor.getPlots().add(matrixplot);
+				vd.getPlots().add(matrixplot);
 			}
 			else if(v instanceof ch.psi.fda.model.v1.MatrixPlotArray){
 				// Support for 2D waveform plots
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class XScanDescriptorProvider implements DescriptorProvider {
 				matrixplot.setnY(nY);
 				
 				matrixplot.getData().add(new YZSeries(idY, idZ));
-				vdescriptor.getPlots().add(matrixplot);
+				vd.getPlots().add(matrixplot);
 				
 			}
 			else{