diff --git a/scripts/eressea/xmlconf.lua b/scripts/eressea/xmlconf.lua
index 1aaa39bdd..0840a31f7 100644
--- a/scripts/eressea/xmlconf.lua
+++ b/scripts/eressea/xmlconf.lua
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ if config.install then
     confdir = config.install .. '/' .. confdir
 end
 read_xml(confdir .. 'config.xml', confdir .. 'catalog.xml')
+eressea.config.read(confdir .. 'config.json')
diff --git a/src/bind_config.c b/src/bind_config.c
index e0930481f..2de4c0d2a 100644
--- a/src/bind_config.c
+++ b/src/bind_config.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <util/language.h>
 #include <cJSON.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "kernel/building.h"
 #include "kernel/race.h"
@@ -50,6 +52,22 @@ int config_parse(const char *json)
 
 int config_read(const char *filename)
 {
+    FILE *F = fopen(filename, "rt");
+    if (F) {
+        int result;
+        char *data;
+        size_t sz;
+
+        fseek(F, 0, SEEK_END);
+        sz = ftell(F);
+        rewind(F);
+        data = malloc(sz);
+        fread(data, 1, sz, F);
+        fclose(F);
+        result = config_parse(data);
+        free(data);
+        return result;
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/jsonconf.c b/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
index 2ba555e9e..b6d6ece6b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
+++ b/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ static void json_configs(cJSON *json) {
         return;
     }
     for (child = json->child; child; child = child->next) {
-        cJSON *config;
-        char *data;
         FILE *F = fopen(child->valuestring, "rt");
         if (F) {
+            cJSON *config;
+            char *data;
             size_t sz;
             fseek(F, 0, SEEK_END);
             sz = ftell(F);
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ static void json_configs(cJSON *json) {
             config = cJSON_Parse(data);
             free(data);
             json_config(config);
+            cJSON_Delete(config);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c b/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
index 5ddba65ce..b7fabc3e3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
+++ b/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <CuTest.h>
 #include <cJSON.h>
 #include <tests.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 static const struct race * race_with_flag(const char * name) {
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ static void test_keywords(CuTest * tc)
     CuAssertIntEquals(tc, K_MOVE, get_keyword("nach", lang));
 
     CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "LERNEN", locale_string(lang, "keyword::study"));
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "NACH", locale_string(lang, "keyword::move"));
 
     test_cleanup();
 }