--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/artifacts/sinfo/tkhstate/DefaultBedHeights.java	Tue Jun 26 16:17:30 2018 +0200
+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/artifacts/sinfo/tkhstate/DefaultBedHeights.java	Tue Jun 26 19:48:35 2018 +0200
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
  */
 package org.dive4elements.river.artifacts.sinfo.tkhstate;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -84,13 +79,9 @@
     }
 
     private static Collection<String> loadBedHeightDefaultsForRiver(final River river, final Calculation problems) {
-        final File configDir = Config.getConfigDirectory();
-        final File configFile = new File(configDir, CONFIG_FILE);
 
-        final Properties properties = new Properties();
-        try (final InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(Files.newInputStream(configFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1)) {
-            properties.load(reader);
-
+        try {
+            final Properties properties = Config.loadProperties(CONFIG_FILE);
             final String value = properties.getProperty(river.getName());
             final String[] split = StringUtils.split(StringUtils.trim(value), ',');
             if (ArrayUtils.isEmpty(split)) {
@@ -100,7 +91,9 @@
 
             return Arrays.asList(split);
         }
-        catch (final IOException e) {
+        catch (
+
+        final Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             problems.addProblem("sinfo.bedheightsfinder.configfile.loaderror", CONFIG_FILE, e.getMessage());
             return Collections.emptyList();