diff --git a/base/application.cpp b/base/application.cpp
index cee433e4f..c675a9e69 100644
--- a/base/application.cpp
+++ b/base/application.cpp
@@ -171,28 +171,12 @@ ConfigHive::RefType Application::GetConfigHive(void)
 	return m_ConfigHive;
 }
 
-Component::RefType Application::LoadComponent(string name)
+Component::RefType Application::LoadComponent(string path, ConfigObject::RefType componentConfig)
 {
 	Component::RefType component;
 	Component *(*pCreateComponent)();
 
-	component = GetComponent(name);
-
-	if (component.get() != NULL)
-		return component;
-
-	Log("Loading component '%s'", name.c_str());
-
-	ConfigObject::RefType componentConfig = m_ConfigHive->GetObject("component", name);
-
-	if (componentConfig.get() == NULL) {
-		componentConfig = new_object<ConfigObject>();
-		componentConfig->SetName(name);
-		componentConfig->SetType("component");
-		m_ConfigHive->AddObject(componentConfig);
-	}
-
-	string path = componentConfig->GetProperty("path", name);
+	Log("Loading component '%s'", path.c_str());
 
 	HMODULE hModule = LoadLibrary(path.c_str());
 
diff --git a/base/application.h b/base/application.h
index a71e883fc..07eee7941 100644
--- a/base/application.h
+++ b/base/application.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public:
 
 	ConfigHive::RefType GetConfigHive(void);
 
-	shared_ptr<Component> LoadComponent(string name);
+	shared_ptr<Component> LoadComponent(string path, ConfigObject::RefType componentConfig);
 	void UnloadComponent(string name);
 	shared_ptr<Component> GetComponent(string name);
 };
diff --git a/base/configobject.cpp b/base/configobject.cpp
index 838d19a9e..e2b564b6b 100644
--- a/base/configobject.cpp
+++ b/base/configobject.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ string ConfigObject::GetType(void) const
 
 void ConfigObject::SetProperty(const string& name, const string& value)
 {
-	string oldValue = GetProperty(name);
-
 	Properties[name] = value;
 
 	ConfigHive::RefType hive = m_Hive.lock();
@@ -44,31 +42,38 @@ void ConfigObject::SetProperty(const string& name, const string& value)
 		ea->Source = hive;
 		ea->Object = static_pointer_cast<ConfigObject>(shared_from_this());
 		ea->Property = name;
-		ea->OldValue = oldValue;
+
+		string oldValue;
+		if (GetProperty(name, &oldValue))
+			ea->OldValue = oldValue;
+
 		hive->OnPropertyChanged(ea);
 	}
 }
 
-string ConfigObject::GetProperty(const string& name, const string& defaultValue) const
+bool ConfigObject::GetProperty(const string& name, string *value) const
 {
 	map<string, string>::const_iterator vi = Properties.find(name);
 	if (vi == Properties.end())
-		return defaultValue;
-	return vi->second;
+		return false;
+	*value = vi->second;
+	return true;
 }
 
-int ConfigObject::GetPropertyInteger(const string& name, int defaultValue) const
+bool ConfigObject::GetPropertyInteger(const string& name, int *value) const
 {
-	string value = GetProperty(name);
-	if (value == string())
-		return defaultValue;
-	return strtol(value.c_str(), NULL, 10);
+	string stringValue;
+	if (!GetProperty(name, &stringValue))
+		return false;
+	*value = strtol(stringValue.c_str(), NULL, 10);
+	return true;
 }
 
-double ConfigObject::GetPropertyDouble(const string& name, double defaultValue) const
+bool ConfigObject::GetPropertyDouble(const string& name, double *value) const
 {
-	string value = GetProperty(name);
-	if (value == string())
-		return defaultValue;
-	return strtod(value.c_str(), NULL);
+	string stringValue;
+	if (!GetProperty(name, &stringValue))
+		return false;
+	*value = strtod(stringValue.c_str(), NULL);
+	return true;
 }
diff --git a/base/configobject.h b/base/configobject.h
index 78bfc8c31..2ee0f5a99 100644
--- a/base/configobject.h
+++ b/base/configobject.h
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public:
 	void SetPropertyInteger(const string& name, int value);
 	void SetPropertyDouble(const string& name, double value);
 
-	string GetProperty(const string& name, const string& defaultValue = string()) const;
-	int GetPropertyInteger(const string& name, int defaultValue = 0) const;
-	double GetPropertyDouble(const string& name, double defaultValue = 0.0f) const;
+	bool GetProperty(const string& name, string *value) const;
+	bool GetPropertyInteger(const string& name, int *value) const;
+	bool GetPropertyDouble(const string& name, double *value) const;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/configfilecomponent/configfilecomponent.cpp b/configfilecomponent/configfilecomponent.cpp
index 4c10c0d25..34438e6fd 100644
--- a/configfilecomponent/configfilecomponent.cpp
+++ b/configfilecomponent/configfilecomponent.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ void ConfigFileComponent::Start(void)
 	ifstream fp;
 	FIFO::RefType fifo = new_object<FIFO>();
 
-	fp.open(GetConfig()->GetProperty("filename").c_str(), ifstream::in);
+	string filename;
+	if (!GetConfig()->GetProperty("filename", &filename))
+		throw exception(/*"Missing filename property"*/);
+
+	fp.open(filename.c_str(), ifstream::in);
 	if (fp.fail())
 		throw exception(/*"Could not open config file"*/);
 	
diff --git a/configrpccomponent/configrpccomponent.cpp b/configrpccomponent/configrpccomponent.cpp
index e4be5255e..266eda1a4 100644
--- a/configrpccomponent/configrpccomponent.cpp
+++ b/configrpccomponent/configrpccomponent.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ void ConfigRpcComponent::Start(void)
 	ConnectionManager::RefType connectionManager = icingaApp->GetConnectionManager();
 	ConfigHive::RefType configHive = icingaApp->GetConfigHive();
 
-	if (GetConfig()->GetPropertyInteger("configSource") != 0) {
+	int configSource;
+	if (GetConfig()->GetPropertyInteger("configSource", &configSource) && configSource != 0) {
 		connectionManager->RegisterMethod("config::FetchObjects", bind_weak(&ConfigRpcComponent::FetchObjectsHandler, shared_from_this()));
 
 		configHive->OnObjectCreated.bind(bind_weak(&ConfigRpcComponent::LocalObjectCreatedHandler, shared_from_this()));
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ int ConfigRpcComponent::LocalPropertyChangedHandler(ConfigHiveEventArgs::RefType
 	JsonRpcMessage::RefType msg = MakeObjectMessage(ea->Object, "config::ObjectRemoved", false);
 	cJSON *params = msg->GetParams();
 	cJSON_AddStringToObject(params, "property", ea->Property.c_str());
-	string value = ea->Object->GetProperty(ea->Property);
+	string value;
+	ea->Object->GetProperty(ea->Property, &value);
 	cJSON_AddStringToObject(params, "value", value.c_str());
 
 	ConnectionManager::RefType connectionManager = GetIcingaApplication()->GetConnectionManager();
diff --git a/icinga/icingaapplication.cpp b/icinga/icingaapplication.cpp
index 79e383e8b..ed68b8f73 100644
--- a/icinga/icingaapplication.cpp
+++ b/icinga/icingaapplication.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ ConnectionManager::RefType IcingaApplication::GetConnectionManager(void)
 int IcingaApplication::ConfigObjectCreatedHandler(ConfigHiveEventArgs::RefType ea)
 {
 	if (ea->Object->GetType() == "component") {
-		LoadComponent(ea->Object->GetName());
+		string path;
+		
+		if (!ea->Object->GetProperty("path", &path))
+			throw exception(/*"Missing path property"*/);
+
+		LoadComponent(path, ea->Object);
 	}
 
 	return 0;