diff --git a/cmd/remco/config.go b/cmd/remco/config.go
index c347e688..a5e99f5f 100644
--- a/cmd/remco/config.go
+++ b/cmd/remco/config.go
@@ -62,11 +62,16 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	Resource   []Resource
 }
 
+type DefaultBackends struct {
+	Backends BackendConfigs `toml:"default_backends"`
+	Resource []Resource
+}
+
 // Resource is the representation of an resource configuration
 type Resource struct {
 	Exec     template.ExecConfig
 	Template []*template.Renderer
-	Backend  BackendConfigs
+	Backends BackendConfigs `toml:"backend"`
 
 	// defaults to the filename of the resource
 	Name string
@@ -87,12 +92,22 @@ func readFileAndExpandEnv(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 // It returns an error if any.
 func NewConfiguration(path string) (Configuration, error) {
 	var c Configuration
+	var dbc DefaultBackends
 
 	buf, err := readFileAndExpandEnv(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return c, err
 	}
 
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(buf, &dbc); err != nil {
+		return c, errors.Wrapf(err, "toml unmarshal failed: %s", path)
+	}
+
+	c.Resource = dbc.Resource
+	for i := 0; i < len(c.Resource); i++ {
+		c.Resource[i].Backends = dbc.Backends
+	}
+
 	if err := toml.Unmarshal(buf, &c); err != nil {
 		return c, errors.Wrapf(err, "toml unmarshal failed: %s", path)
 	}
@@ -120,7 +135,9 @@ func NewConfiguration(path string) (Configuration, error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return c, err
 				}
-				var r Resource
+				r := Resource{
+					Backends: dbc.Backends,
+				}
 				if err := toml.Unmarshal(buf, &r); err != nil {
 					return c, errors.Wrapf(err, "toml unmarshal failed: %s", fp)
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/remco/config_test.go b/cmd/remco/config_test.go
index 777a3038..985802aa 100644
--- a/cmd/remco/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/remco/config_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,27 @@ const (
       log_level = "debug"
       log_format = "text"
       include_dir = "/tmp/resource.d/"
+      
+      [default_backends]
+      [default_backends.mock]
+          onetime  = false
+          prefix   = "Hallo"
+      
+      
+      [[resource]]
+		  name = "haproxy"
+		  [[resource.template]]
+	        src = "/tmp/test12345.tmpl"
+	        dst = "/tmp/test12345.cfg"
+	        checkCmd = ""
+	        reloadCmd = ""
+	        mode = "0644"
+	      [resource.backend]
+	      [resource.backend.mock]
+		      keys = ["/"]
+			  watch = false
+			  interval = 1
+
 `
 	resourceFile string = `
         [[template]]
@@ -37,7 +58,6 @@ const (
 	      keys = ["/"]
 		  watch = false
 		  interval = 1
-		  onetime = false
 `
 )
 
@@ -56,6 +76,7 @@ var expectedBackend = BackendConfigs{
 			Keys:     []string{"/"},
 			Interval: 1,
 			Onetime:  false,
+			Prefix:   "Hallo",
 		},
 	},
 }
@@ -65,10 +86,15 @@ var expected = Configuration{
 	LogFormat:  "text",
 	IncludeDir: "/tmp/resource.d/",
 	Resource: []Resource{
+		{
+			Name:     "haproxy",
+			Template: expectedTemplates,
+			Backends: expectedBackend,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:     "test.toml",
 			Template: expectedTemplates,
-			Backend:  expectedBackend,
+			Backends: expectedBackend,
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/remco/supervisor.go b/cmd/remco/supervisor.go
index fc22363b..bb919acc 100644
--- a/cmd/remco/supervisor.go
+++ b/cmd/remco/supervisor.go
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ func (ru *Supervisor) runResource(r []Resource, stop, stopped chan struct{}) {
 		go func(r Resource) {
 			defer wait.Done()
 
-			backendConfigs := r.Backend.GetBackends()
-			for _, v := range r.Backend.Plugin {
+			backendConfigs := r.Backends.GetBackends()
+			for _, v := range r.Backends.Plugin {
 				backendConfigs = append(backendConfigs, &v)
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/remco/supervisor_test.go b/cmd/remco/supervisor_test.go
index e32b5635..772ee8d4 100644
--- a/cmd/remco/supervisor_test.go
+++ b/cmd/remco/supervisor_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var exampleConfiguration = Configuration{
 		{
 			Name:     "test.toml",
 			Template: exampleTemplates,
-			Backend:  exampleBackend,
+			Backends: exampleBackend,
 		},
 	},
 }