diff --git a/sources.cfg.sample b/sources.cfg.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a94053c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources.cfg.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+reliability = Unknown
+
+#For each source listed in FourmiCrawler/sources there should be a section
+#named exactly as the filename in here. If not present, the DEFAULT value is 
+#used for reliability of that source.
+
+[ChemSpider]
+reliability = High
+#token=Paste ChemSpider API token here and remove the hashtag
+
+[NIST]
+reliability = High
+
+[WikipediaParser]
+reliability = Medium
+
+[PubChem]
+reliability = High
diff --git a/utils/configurator.py b/utils/configurator.py
index 62987c6..b443529 100644
--- a/utils/configurator.py
+++ b/utils/configurator.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import ConfigParser
 
 from scrapy.utils.project import get_project_settings
-
+import os
 
 class Configurator:
     """
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ class Configurator:
         variables for sources
         :return a ConfigParser object of sources.cfg
         """
+        current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        config_path = current_dir + '\..\sources.cfg'
+        # [TODO]: location of sources.cfg should be softcoded eventually
         config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read('sources.cfg')  # [TODO]: should be softcoded eventually
+        config.read(config_path)
         return config
 
     @staticmethod