diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/configuration.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/configuration.py
index 0c9ef868b516d9b233e5e0dac4de6656d5f4c3bf..2458d99e08c405ba7bbe99975da651e1da4446d1 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/configuration.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/configuration.py
@@ -26,26 +26,25 @@ def get_db_data(db, tangodb_timeout:int = 10000):
     # Create empty dictionaries to be populated
     devices_dict = {}
     server_dict = {}
-    # Query TangoDb with built-in function for devices data
-    _, raw_result = dbproxy.command_inout("DbMySqlSelect", DEVICE_PROPERTIES_QUERY)
-    # Remodel the query result
-    device_property_result = query_to_tuples(raw_result, 3) 
+    
     # Populate devices dictionary from query data
+    device_property_result = query_tangodb(dbproxy, DEVICE_PROPERTIES_QUERY, 3)
     devices_dict = add_to_devices_dict(devices_dict, device_property_result)
-    # Query TangoDb with built-in function for attributes data
-    _, raw_result = dbproxy.command_inout("DbMySqlSelect", ATTRS_PROPERTIES_QUERY)
-    # Remodel the query result
-    attrs_property_result = query_to_tuples(raw_result, 4)
+    
     # Populate devices dictionary from query data
+    attrs_property_result = query_tangodb(dbproxy, ATTRS_PROPERTIES_QUERY, 4)
     devices_dict = add_to_attrs_dict(devices_dict, attrs_property_result)
-    # Query TangoDb with built-in function for server data
-    _, raw_result = dbproxy.command_inout("DbMySqlSelect", SERVER_QUERY)
-    # Remodel the query result
-    server_result = query_to_tuples(raw_result, 3)
+    
     # Populate server dictionary from query data and merge it with devices dict
+    server_result = query_tangodb(dbproxy, SERVER_QUERY, 3)
     server_dict = add_to_server_dict(server_dict, devices_dict, server_result)
     return {"servers" : server_dict}
 
+def query_tangodb(dbproxy: DeviceProxy, sql_query: str, num_cols: int):
+    """ Query TangoDb with a built-in function and return data as tuples """
+    _, raw_result = dbproxy.command_inout("DbMySqlSelect", sql_query)
+    return query_to_tuples(raw_result, num_cols)
+
 def add_to_devices_dict(devices_dict:dict, result:list):
     """ Populate a devices dictionary with the following structure:
     'device_name': { 'properties' : { 'property_name': ['property_value'] } }
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py
index 7c312f8a2f3df247eb6beb36c503396416393e55..7a411e728bac13cbec9adcbb0845b385b6a2520f 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ class Boot(lofar_device):
         dtype='DevVarStringArray',
         mandatory=False,
         default_value=["STAT/Docker/1", # Docker controls the device containers, so it goes before anything else
+                       "STAT/Configuration/1",  # Configuration device loads and update station configuration
                        "STAT/PSOC/1",  # PSOC boot early to detect power delivery failure as fast as possible
                        "STAT/PCON/1",  # PCON boot early because it is responsible for power delivery.
                        "STAT/APSPU/1",  # APS Power Units control other hardware we want to initialise
@@ -256,7 +257,6 @@ class Boot(lofar_device):
                        "STAT/TileBeam/1",     # Accesses AntennaField
                        "STAT/DigitalBeam/1",  # Accessed SDP and Beamlet
                        "STAT/TemperatureManager/1",
-                       "STAT/Configuration/1",
                       ],
     )