diff --git a/config/config_defaults.go b/config/config_defaults.go
index 7b76320fb..48583c9e2 100755
--- a/config/config_defaults.go
+++ b/config/config_defaults.go
@@ -849,11 +849,14 @@ const CGRATES_CFG_JSON = `
 					{"tag": "MaxCostStrategy", "path": "MaxCostStrategy", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.10"},
 					{"tag": "RateID", "path": "RateID", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.11"},
 					{"tag": "RateFilterIDs", "path": "RateFilterIDs", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.12"},
-					{"tag": "RateWeight", "path": "RateWeight", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.13"},
-					{"tag": "RateValue", "path": "RateValue", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.14"},
-					{"tag": "RateUnit", "path": "RateUnit", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.15"},
-					{"tag": "RateIncrement", "path": "RateIncrement", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.16"},
-					{"tag": "RateBlocker", "path": "RateBlocker", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.17"},
+					{"tag": "RateActivationStart", "path": "RateActivationStart", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.13"},
+					{"tag": "RateWeight", "path": "RateWeight", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.14"},
+					{"tag": "RateBlocker", "path": "RateBlocker", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.15"},
+					{"tag": "RateIntervalStart", "path": "RateIntervalStart", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.16"},
+					{"tag": "RateValue", "path": "RateValue", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.17"},
+					{"tag": "RateUnit", "path": "RateUnit", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.18"},
+					{"tag": "RateIncrement", "path": "RateIncrement", "type": "*variable", "value": "~*req.19"},
+					
 				],
 			},
 		],
diff --git a/config/config_json_test.go b/config/config_json_test.go
index c62e1bfc9..7cd02bd8b 100755
--- a/config/config_json_test.go
+++ b/config/config_json_test.go
@@ -1683,26 +1683,34 @@ func TestDfLoaderJsonCfg(t *testing.T) {
 							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateFilterIDs"),
 							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
 							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.12")},
+						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateActivationStart"),
+							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateActivationStart"),
+							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
+							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.13")},
 						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateWeight"),
 							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateWeight"),
 							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
-							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.13")},
-						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateValue"),
-							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateValue"),
-							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
 							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.14")},
-						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateUnit"),
-							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateUnit"),
-							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
-							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.15")},
-						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateIncrement"),
-							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateIncrement"),
-							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
-							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.16")},
 						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateBlocker"),
 							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateBlocker"),
 							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
+							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.15")},
+						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateIntervalStart"),
+							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateIntervalStart"),
+							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
+							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.16")},
+						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateValue"),
+							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateValue"),
+							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
 							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.17")},
+						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateUnit"),
+							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateUnit"),
+							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
+							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.18")},
+						{Tag: utils.StringPointer("RateIncrement"),
+							Path:  utils.StringPointer("RateIncrement"),
+							Type:  utils.StringPointer(utils.MetaVariable),
+							Value: utils.StringPointer("~*req.19")},
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index a73ef1905..f20b04e96 100755
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -1741,36 +1741,48 @@ func TestCgrLoaderCfgITDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.12", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
 							Layout: time.RFC3339,
 						},
-						{Tag: "RateWeight",
-							Path:   "RateWeight",
+						{Tag: "RateActivationStart",
+							Path:   "RateActivationStart",
 							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
 							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.13", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
 							Layout: time.RFC3339,
 						},
-						{Tag: "RateValue",
-							Path:   "RateValue",
+						{Tag: "RateWeight",
+							Path:   "RateWeight",
 							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
 							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.14", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
 							Layout: time.RFC3339,
 						},
-						{Tag: "RateUnit",
-							Path:   "RateUnit",
-							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
-							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.15", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
-							Layout: time.RFC3339,
-						},
-						{Tag: "RateIncrement",
-							Path:   "RateIncrement",
-							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
-							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.16", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
-							Layout: time.RFC3339,
-						},
 						{Tag: "RateBlocker",
 							Path:   "RateBlocker",
 							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
+							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.15", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+							Layout: time.RFC3339,
+						},
+						{Tag: "RateIntervalStart",
+							Path:   "RateIntervalStart",
+							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
+							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.16", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+							Layout: time.RFC3339,
+						},
+						{Tag: "RateValue",
+							Path:   "RateValue",
+							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
 							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.17", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
 							Layout: time.RFC3339,
 						},
+						{Tag: "RateUnit",
+							Path:   "RateUnit",
+							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
+							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.18", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+							Layout: time.RFC3339,
+						},
+						{Tag: "RateIncrement",
+							Path:   "RateIncrement",
+							Type:   utils.MetaVariable,
+							Value:  NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.19", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+							Layout: time.RFC3339,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/loaders/loader_test.go b/loaders/loader_test.go
index 2b6f09545..c9f5be559 100644
--- a/loaders/loader_test.go
+++ b/loaders/loader_test.go
@@ -1223,3 +1223,179 @@ func TestLoaderRemoveContentSingleFile(t *testing.T) {
 			utils.ToJSON(ap), utils.ToJSON(rcv))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLoaderProcessRateProfile(t *testing.T) {
+	data := engine.NewInternalDB(nil, nil, true, config.CgrConfig().DataDbCfg().Items)
+	ldr := &Loader{
+		ldrID:         "TestLoaderProcessRateProfile",
+		bufLoaderData: make(map[string][]LoaderData),
+		dm:            engine.NewDataManager(data, config.CgrConfig().CacheCfg(), nil),
+		timezone:      "UTC",
+	}
+	ldr.dataTpls = map[string][]*config.FCTemplate{
+		utils.MetaRateProfiles: []*config.FCTemplate{
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "TenantID",
+				Path:      "Tenant",
+				Type:      utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value:     config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.0", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+				Mandatory: true},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "ProfileID",
+				Path:      "ID",
+				Type:      utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value:     config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.1", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP),
+				Mandatory: true},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "FilterIDs",
+				Path:  "FilterIDs",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.2", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "ActivationInterval",
+				Path:  "ActivationInterval",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.3", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "Weight",
+				Path:  "Weight",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.4", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "ConnectFee",
+				Path:  "ConnectFee",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.5", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RoundingMethod",
+				Path:  "RoundingMethod",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.6", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RoundingDecimals",
+				Path:  "RoundingDecimals",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.7", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "MinCost",
+				Path:  "MinCost",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.8", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "MaxCost",
+				Path:  "MaxCost",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.9", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "MaxCostStrategy",
+				Path:  "MaxCostStrategy",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.10", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateID",
+				Path:  "RateID",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.11", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateFilterIDs",
+				Path:  "RateFilterIDs",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.12", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateActivationStart",
+				Path:  "RateActivationStart",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.13", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateWeight",
+				Path:  "RateWeight",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.14", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateBlocker",
+				Path:  "RateBlocker",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.15", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateIntervalStart",
+				Path:  "RateIntervalStart",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.16", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateValue",
+				Path:  "RateValue",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.17", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateUnit",
+				Path:  "RateUnit",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.18", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+			&config.FCTemplate{Tag: "RateIncrement",
+				Path:  "RateIncrement",
+				Type:  utils.META_COMPOSED,
+				Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*req.19", true, utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+		},
+	}
+	rdr := ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(engine.RateProfileCSVContent))
+	csvRdr := csv.NewReader(rdr)
+	csvRdr.Comment = '#'
+	ldr.rdrs = map[string]map[string]*openedCSVFile{
+		utils.MetaRateProfiles: map[string]*openedCSVFile{
+			utils.RateProfilesCsv: &openedCSVFile{fileName: utils.RateProfilesCsv,
+				rdr: rdr, csvRdr: csvRdr}},
+	}
+	if err := ldr.processContent(utils.MetaRateProfiles, utils.EmptyString); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if len(ldr.bufLoaderData) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("wrong buffer content: %+v", ldr.bufLoaderData)
+	}
+	eRatePrf := &engine.RateProfile{
+		Tenant:           "cgrates.org",
+		ID:               "RP1",
+		FilterIDs:        []string{"*string:~*req.Subject:1001"},
+		Weight:           0,
+		ConnectFee:       0.1,
+		RoundingMethod:   "*up",
+		RoundingDecimals: 4,
+		MinCost:          0.1,
+		MaxCost:          0.6,
+		MaxCostStrategy:  "*free",
+		Rates: map[string]*engine.Rate{
+			"RT_WEEK": &engine.Rate{
+				ID:              "RT_WEEK",
+				Weight:          0,
+				ActivationStart: "* * * * 1-5",
+				IntervalRates: []*engine.IntervalRate{
+					&engine.IntervalRate{
+						IntervalStart: time.Duration(0 * time.Second),
+						Value:         0.12,
+						Unit:          time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+						Increment:     time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+					},
+					&engine.IntervalRate{
+						IntervalStart: time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+						Value:         0.06,
+						Unit:          time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+						Increment:     time.Duration(1 * time.Second),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"RT_WEEKEND": &engine.Rate{
+				ID:              "RT_WEEKEND",
+				Weight:          10,
+				ActivationStart: "* * * * 0,6",
+				IntervalRates: []*engine.IntervalRate{
+					&engine.IntervalRate{
+						IntervalStart: time.Duration(0 * time.Second),
+						Value:         0.06,
+						Unit:          time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+						Increment:     time.Duration(1 * time.Second),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"RT_CHRISTMAS": &engine.Rate{
+				ID:              "RT_CHRISTMAS",
+				Weight:          30,
+				ActivationStart: "* * 24 12 *",
+				IntervalRates: []*engine.IntervalRate{
+					&engine.IntervalRate{
+						IntervalStart: time.Duration(0 * time.Second),
+						Value:         0.06,
+						Unit:          time.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+						Increment:     time.Duration(1 * time.Second),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if rcv, err := ldr.dm.GetRateProfile("cgrates.org", "RP1",
+		true, false, utils.NonTransactional); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(rcv, eRatePrf) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v,\n received: %+v", utils.ToJSON(eRatePrf), utils.ToJSON(rcv))
+	}
+
+}