diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7b938f1fb..00a1c20fc 100755
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func NewDefaultCGRConfig() (*CGRConfig, error) {
 	cfg.attributeSCfg = new(AttributeSCfg)
 	cfg.chargerSCfg = new(ChargerSCfg)
 	cfg.resourceSCfg = new(ResourceSConfig)
+	cfg.statsCfg = new(StatSCfg)
 
 	//Depricated
 	cfg.cdrStatsCfg = new(CdrStatsCfg)
@@ -267,7 +268,6 @@ type CGRConfig struct {
 
 	httpAgentCfg []*HttpAgentCfg // HttpAgent configuration
 
-	statsCfg          *StatSCfg                // Configuration for StatS
 	thresholdSCfg     *ThresholdSCfg           // configuration for ThresholdS
 	supplierSCfg      *SupplierSCfg            // configuration for SupplierS
 	dispatcherSCfg    *DispatcherSCfg          // configuration for Dispatcher
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ type CGRConfig struct {
 	attributeSCfg    *AttributeSCfg    // AttributeS config
 	chargerSCfg      *ChargerSCfg      // ChargerS config
 	resourceSCfg     *ResourceSConfig  // ResourceS config
+	statsCfg         *StatSCfg         // StatS config
 	analyzerSCfg *AnalyzerSCfg
 
 	// Deprecated
@@ -896,6 +897,9 @@ func (self *CGRConfig) loadFromJsonCfg(jsnCfg *CgrJsonCfg) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if self.statsCfg.loadFromJsonCfg(jsnStatSCfg); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	jsnThresholdSCfg, err := jsnCfg.ThresholdSJsonCfg()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1070,15 +1074,6 @@ func (self *CGRConfig) loadFromJsonCfg(jsnCfg *CgrJsonCfg) (err error) {
 	}
 	///depricated^^^
 
-	if jsnStatSCfg != nil {
-		if self.statsCfg == nil {
-			self.statsCfg = new(StatSCfg)
-		}
-		if self.statsCfg.loadFromJsonCfg(jsnStatSCfg); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	if jsnThresholdSCfg != nil {
 		if self.thresholdSCfg == nil {
 			self.thresholdSCfg = new(ThresholdSCfg)
diff --git a/config/statscfg_test.go b/config/statscfg_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a20bd52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/statscfg_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+package config
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestStatSCfgloadFromJsonCfg(t *testing.T) {
+	var statscfg, expected StatSCfg
+	if err := statscfg.loadFromJsonCfg(nil); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(statscfg, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %+v ,recived: %+v", expected, statscfg)
+	}
+	if err := statscfg.loadFromJsonCfg(new(StatServJsonCfg)); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(statscfg, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %+v ,recived: %+v", expected, statscfg)
+	}
+	cfgJSONStr := `{
+"stats": {									// Stat service (*new)
+	"enabled": false,						// starts Stat service: <true|false>.
+	"store_interval": "2s",					// dump cache regularly to dataDB, 0 - dump at start/shutdown: <""|$dur>
+	"thresholds_conns": [],					// address where to reach the thresholds service, empty to disable thresholds functionality: <""|*internal|x.y.z.y:1234>
+	//"string_indexed_fields": [],			// query indexes based on these fields for faster processing
+	"prefix_indexed_fields": ["index1", "index2"],			// query indexes based on these fields for faster processing
+},	
+}`
+	expected = StatSCfg{
+		StoreInterval:       time.Duration(time.Second * 2),
+		ThresholdSConns:     []*HaPoolConfig{},
+		PrefixIndexedFields: &[]string{"index1", "index2"},
+	}
+	if jsnCfg, err := NewCgrJsonCfgFromReader(strings.NewReader(cfgJSONStr)); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if jsnStatSCfg, err := jsnCfg.StatSJsonCfg(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if err = statscfg.loadFromJsonCfg(jsnStatSCfg); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, statscfg) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %+v , recived: %+v", expected, statscfg)
+	}
+}