diff --git a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler.java
index 29a8daf..4971889 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventInput;
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventOutput;
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventStep;
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventStepController;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.AbstractElementBindingHandler;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.Element;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingException;
-import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingHandler;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingHandler;
  * @author Willem Cazander
  * @version 1.0 Feb 24, 2006
  */
-public class FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler implements ElementBindingHandler {
+public class FoeiEventBindingRuleHandler extends AbstractElementBindingHandler {
 		
 	/**
 	 * 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/X2OExecutorImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/X2OExecutorImpl.java
index 322367b..f83e783 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/X2OExecutorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/impl/X2OExecutorImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ package com.idcanet.foei.core.impl;
 import com.idcanet.foei.core.FoeiProcess;
 import com.idcanet.foei.core.FoeiProcessFactory;
 import com.idcanet.foei.core.X2OExecutor;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.core.AbstractX4OPhaseHandler;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.core.X4OParser;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.core.X4OPhaseException;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.core.X4OPhaseHandler;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.core.X4OPhaseHandlerFactory;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.core.X4OPhase;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.eld.EldX4OElementConfigurator;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.Element;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementContext;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -67,8 +75,12 @@ public class X2OExecutorImpl implements X2OExecutor {
 			// config parser
 			FoeiProcess foeiProcess = FoeiProcessFactory.getFoeiProcess();
 			X4OParser parser = new X4OParser("foei");
-			parser.preStart();
-			parser.getElementContext().getProperties().putAll(foeiProcess.getFoeiContext().getStartProperties());
+			
+			for (String key:foeiProcess.getFoeiContext().getStartProperties().keySet()) {
+				String value = foeiProcess.getFoeiContext().getStartProperties().get(key);
+				parser.setProperty(key, value);
+			}
+			
 			
 			logger.info("Executing X2O Parsing.");
 			
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/BindAttributeHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/BindAttributeHandler.java
index 1cfd52b..e954d38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/BindAttributeHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/BindAttributeHandler.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventOutput;
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventPort;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.AbstractElementParameterHandler;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.Element;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementConfiguratorException;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementException;
 
 /**
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class BindAttributeHandler extends AbstractElementParameterHandler {
 	 * @see com.idca.foei.xml.x2o.eld.GlobalParameterHandler#doParameter(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public void doParameterStartTag(Element element) throws ElementException {
+	public void doConfigElement(Element element) throws ElementConfiguratorException {
 		String parameterValue = element.getAttributes().get(getParameterName());
 		String[] port = parameterValue.split(":");
 		if(port.length!=2) {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public class BindAttributeHandler extends AbstractElementParameterHandler {
 		foei.addBinding(outputEventPort,inputEventPort);
 		
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			throw new ElementConfiguratorException(this,e.getMessage(),e);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/EventStepBindRuleHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/EventStepBindRuleHandler.java
index 8c74253..f4a690f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/EventStepBindRuleHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/EventStepBindRuleHandler.java
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ package	com.idcanet.foei.core.x4o;
 
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventStep;
 import com.idcanet.foei.event.EventStepController;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.AbstractElementBindingHandler;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.Element;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingException;
-import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingHandler;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementBindingHandler;
  * @author Willem Cazander
  * @version 1.0 Apr 16, 2006
  */
-public class EventStepBindRuleHandler implements ElementBindingHandler {
+public class EventStepBindRuleHandler extends AbstractElementBindingHandler {
 	
 	/**
 	 * @see com.idca.foei.xml.x2o.eld.BindingRuleHandler#canBind(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/IdAttributeHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/IdAttributeHandler.java
index 0339532..aad5df7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/IdAttributeHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/idcanet/foei/core/x4o/IdAttributeHandler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import com.idcanet.foei.core.FoeiProcess;
 import com.idcanet.foei.core.FoeiProcessFactory;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.AbstractElementParameterHandler;
 import com.idcanet.x4o.element.Element;
-import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementException;
+import com.idcanet.x4o.element.ElementConfiguratorException;
 
 /**
  * Handles the id
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class IdAttributeHandler extends AbstractElementParameterHandler {
      * @see com.idca.foei.xml.x2o.eld.GlobalParameterHandler#doParameter(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
      */
     @Override
-    public void doParameterStartTag(Element element) throws ElementException {
+    public void doConfigElement(Element element) throws ElementConfiguratorException {
         // add to objext context
     	String parameterValue = element.getAttributes().get(getParameterName());
         if(element.getElementObject()==null | "".equals(parameterValue)) {